Sunday In The Park Revival

[Blue-Eyed Wonder]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 11:36pm

Does anybody have any thoughts on the Sunday In The Park revival? I've heard the recording of the London cast, but I know there are some changes being made. Anybody know anything?

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 11:41pm

I hope the orchestra will be a little more than 5 members like the London production.

[LadyRosecoe]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 11:53pm

Hopefully they'll be generous enough to give us a horn or something a little more than just a clarinet and an oboe or something. On listening to the London cd, I was surprised that they could sell it as a recording of the score when all that could be noted was just a chorus of voices and about two instruments accompanying them.

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 11:54pm

The recording even had additional players! I think 8 for the recording, 5 for the theatre. Imagine only 5 players.

[Blue-Eyed Wonder]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 11:57pm

Well, I did see the tenative cast listing and it looked like a full cast. Definitely more than five people.

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 11:59pm

We're taking about the orchestra size.

[Blue-Eyed Wonder]

Posted: 1/8/08 at 12:03am

Got it. Well, the musical director has changed, so I suppose there's a chance.

[LadyRosecoe]

Posted: 1/8/08 at 12:04am

I heard the orchestrations are not getting carried over so I pray we can get an "Everybody Loves Louis" that doesn't sound like she is singing it at a Bar Mitzvah. I mean, I've been to some great ones, but none that I had to pay to go to.

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/8/08 at 12:06am

I heard the orchestrations are not getting carried over

- Good news! Sadly we probably won't get a recording though.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 1/8/08 at 12:40am

This is Roundabout though so don't expect any kind of lush orchestrations.
I have my ticket for Feb.10 and cannot wait. The supporting cast is not what I thought it would be, but this looks to be one of the most promising evenings of theatre in a while. And to be frank it will be nice to see Sondheim without Doyle.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 1/8/08 at 12:53am

The original Broadway production was only scored for 11 musicians, so it's not like it had a huge sound to begin with. (A larger orchestra was used for the Broadway cast recording).

[joshy]

Posted: 1/8/08 at 5:40am

When you're criticising the number of musicians in the London production, remember that it started in the Menier Chocolate Factory which only has 200 seats and is absolutely tiny, and then transferred to the Wyndhams which is a very small West End theatre (http://theatremonkey.com/WYNDHAMSstalls.htm). So the number of people in the orchestra was entirely appropriate for the intimate scale of the show.