Superman in Dallas?
Superman in Dallas?
Sleeper2
Leading Actor Joined: 2/8/06
#1Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 9:10pmDid anyone see Superman in Dallas yet? Any chance it will come to Broadway?
#2Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 10:26pmI'd rather Superman than Spider-Man. The score is one of my favorites and I'm very intrigued to know more about the new book. The pictures look pretty promising. I actually think Matt looks pretty good in the suit -- despite the slight diaper effect caused by the harness. I wish I could see the show.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#3Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 11:03pmWhere did you find production photos?
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#4Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 11:10pm
Exactly my question. I saw the above... If that's even him.
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rmusic11322
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/07
#5Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 11:19pmThat interview makes him sound like he has no idea what he's doing.
#6Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 11:21pm
He is way too skinny!
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/gallery//1395/?pnum=1
Not to mention the Superman logo looks like ****!
I'll bet anything Superman sings with lots of vibrato.
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Updated On: 6/19/10 at 11:21 PM
#7Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 11:29pm
The "S" logo looks like it is from the Fleischer cartoon version of SUPERMAN.
And yes, Matt is WAAAAAAAAY too skinny. That costume hangs off of him
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Updated On: 6/19/10 at 11:29 PM
#8Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 11:36pm
I really like the way it fits him. I think they were going for a "look"... like they didn't want him to look like he was wearing tights so they made it a little looser, I dunno. It works for me.
Updated On: 6/19/10 at 11:36 PM
#9Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 11:38pmIMO, it looks like the top is a size too big for him
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#10Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 11:39pm
I feel like a pedophile admiring him in his nappy.*
(*Diaper, I mean. Forgot you're mostly from the USA :P).
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 6/19/10 at 11:39 PM
#11Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 11:43pmI'm also wondering if the harness has anything to do with why it might not be so tight? I dunno. I still think he looks good.
#12Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/19/10 at 11:59pmI think he looks great, but the material is a little too "pajama-ey" for me and I don't like how the top is all bunched and up and gathered like that. The top is not fitted properly. I am assuming the briefs are so big b/c they are probably padded and reinforced to protect his junk when being hoisted by his drawers. They do look a bit too big though.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#13Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 12:15amYes the emblem "Looks like " the Fleischer cartoon version but it isn't draw or proportioned properly so it looks like dog poo.
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#14Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 12:17am
I think the drawers only look big to me because I'm used to Brandon Routh's low riding undies.
#15Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 12:25am
I dont like the arguments that Matt is "too skinny." He is very muscular and fit, he is just not bulky. He looks fit in the way contemporary men look fit. Overly muscular is the stuff of cartoons and comic books and isn't realistic for a performer that needs to be flexible and move.
It reminds me of the stuff being said about Josh Strickland in Tarzan. The creative team make the choices. Also, would you want to be the techie hoisting a bodybuilder? I think not.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#16Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 12:40amI don't think he's too skinny. He's always been fit, like you said. And, I agree that weight was probably a major consideration since they have to be able to fly him.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#17Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 12:47am
"Also, would you want to be the techie hoisting a bodybuilder?"
Uhm. They are called counter-weights.
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#18Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 1:13am
"Uhm. They are called counter-weights"
Sorry, Im not up my stage craft. The news story about Superman the other day showed real dudes pulling ropes to fly the anchorman. My bad.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
bethnor
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/08
#19Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 1:32amin fairness, i think just about anyone would look ridiculous in that outfit. it works on a comic book page, but just doesn't translate well in real life.
#20Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 1:45am
That's because it only ever looks like comic book superman when it's done with body paint.
#21Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 2:03am
It's funny...just an hour ago I was on the training coming home from NYC when "Doing Good" came on my iPod and I thought about this retooling of the show. I wondered how it was going and then come here to find this thread and the links.
I see that Matt's wife Jenny Powers is playing Sydney. I'd love to hear her "You've Got Possibilities"
And Patrick Cassidy was on LOIS & CLARK...not LOUIS & CLARK.
And correct me if I'm wrong but weren't there plans to turn Max into Lex for this incarnation?
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#22Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 2:11am
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa says that Lex doesn't sing.
But, he admits, still no Lex Luthor. What gives?
A couple of things prevented that, mostly the idea that “Lex Luthor just wouldn’t sing. And making Max formidable was real attractive to me.”
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_13029.php
#23Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 2:16amThanks for the link
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#24Superman in Dallas?
Posted: 6/20/10 at 2:31amThe real explanation is clearly that they couldn't get rights from DC to replace any characters with real comics characters (like Max to Lex), or add any of the comics characters in. Hence cub photographer "Torchy" (Jimmy) and a barage of made-up supervillains that were once announced to be a big chunk of Superman's traditional rogue's gallery.
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