THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#1
Posted: 9/2/23 at 7:39pm
For some reason, I either couldn't find (or open) our previous thread on this production — maybe it was deleted by the mods? — so creating this one now. Anyway, rehearsals begin on Tuesday for Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen's The Great Gatsby, directed by Marc Bruni; it will run from October 12 — November 12 at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ.
With that, the full company should be announced in a press release real soon — I hear that Samantha Pauly is involved in this project. I have no clue who else is going to be in it, but if we know anything about Howland, it's that he loves recruiting several cast members from his previous projects for whatever he's working on at the moment. I'd expect a sizable amount of Beautiful, Paradise Square, and Shucked alums joining Jordan, Noblezada, and Pauly in this cast.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/20
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#2
Posted: 9/2/23 at 7:51pm
Sam Pauly as Jordan is the only thing that will get me to make a trip from the city at this point... that's a draw for me
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#4
Posted: 9/2/23 at 9:11pm
Unless this bombs like Hercules, this is a planned Broadway transfer.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#5
Posted: 9/2/23 at 9:41pm
Whitty and Ricketts also did the private reading for this show in May 2022.
Gotta think the ensemble will include at least a few more people from previous Howland shows (Ricketts was in Beautiful).
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/20
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#6
Posted: 9/18/23 at 9:48am
https://reddit.com/r/Broadway/s/rM0zL8iNjx
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#7
Posted: 9/18/23 at 10:23am
Curious how the two Gatsbys will differ in plot.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#8
Posted: 9/18/23 at 10:54am
For the thirsty among us, Ray Baynard (MJ, Bad Cinderella) is in the ensemble.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw-uQ3XLrFi/?img_index=1
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#10
Posted: 9/28/23 at 11:39am
RippedMan said: "Curious how the two Gatsbys will differ in plot."
What? It’s a book, how different can the plot be for the two?
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#11
Posted: 9/28/23 at 11:41am
willep said: "RippedMan said: "Curious how the two Gatsbys will differ in plot."
What? It’s a book, how different can the plot be for the two?"
I mean, look at the two Wild Parties. Same source material and very different takes.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#12
Posted: 9/28/23 at 11:55am
jacobsnchz14 said: "https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxvW8urur07/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxvXN9xu6Qd/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxvWW1PuLbt/"
The clips are promising, and I think getting Eva was a major win for them.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#13
Posted: 9/28/23 at 12:07pm
Holy mother of God! I am in tears just from watching that clip! I cannot imagine what this will sound like with a full orchestra! My excitement for this just shot up!
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#14
Posted: 9/28/23 at 12:20pm
Eva singing "Beautiful Little Fool" in its entirety:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8Md7E2v/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxvbmw8ObRI/
"My Green Light" in its entirety:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxvbmw8ObRI/
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#15
Posted: 9/28/23 at 12:23pm
Obviously, we haven’t heard Welch’s music from the A.R.T. Gatsby yet, but this is already giving me Lippa’s Wild Party. Whether that’s a good or bad thing, time will tell. That said, I’m firmly in the LaChiusa camp on that versus battle, and these clips are doing absolutely zero for me.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#16
Posted: 9/28/23 at 12:39pm
Agreed. This is giving grade A bland.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#17
Posted: 9/28/23 at 1:19pm
That opening number is not great, even if Jordan and the ensemble sound and look great.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#18
Posted: 9/28/23 at 1:50pm
If we're already getting two Gatsbys, can we get three? I want one written and VERY liberally adapted by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, dragging Cole Sprouse into the cast as Nick Carraway to hate-monologue his way through the narration and make every possible excuse not to sing or dance.
Three isn't enough, let's do four. What does the Lin-Manuel Miranda Gatsby look like? Someone sit him down and don't give him any Schmackery's until he writes it.
Ahh let's go for five. Where's the Ivo Van Hove Gatsby, performed in a vintage bathhouse being actively demolished around the cast as they perform? Featuring video of Christopher Walken in a filmed cameo as Meyer Wolfsheim and TJ Eckleberg, visually glowering down at the cast through the entire performance from a 360 looping video screen.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#19
Posted: 9/28/23 at 2:20pm
I liked the choreo in the opening number...but did make me think of Fosse/Pippin (which isn't a bad thing)
But the music itself? Sounded so generic....what a time to live in the time period that (seemingly) has been missed.
Still looking forward to seeing this, but hoping the ART version finds its time period better.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#20
Posted: 9/28/23 at 3:41pm
I am already not vibing with it, but I love The Great Gatsby. I am going to go in with an open mind. The opening number was very off to me though.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#21
Posted: 9/28/23 at 4:05pm
I truly hope Jordan’s bit with the mask was just a rehearsal room thing and not something that will be in the production.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#22
Posted: 9/28/23 at 4:10pm
While it sounds good, and looks good… I’d love to see an ensemble with a bit more body and or age diversity.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/30/08
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#23
Posted: 9/28/23 at 4:21pm
Mixed feelings based on these clips. On the one hand, these clips, admittedly not much to go on, don't seem to evoke the tone of the original novel. (I was half-expecting Nick to walk on as a Che-like narrator and say "That's how she tells this story to herself, but..."
On the other hand, I never really liked the original novel or understood what was so incredible about it, so maybe an adaptation that goes in another direction isn't such a bad idea. If that direction actually turns out to be interesting.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#24
Posted: 10/1/23 at 1:28am
It is notable that they changed their Instagram handle to @bwaygatsby. Seems inevitable that it will transfer to broadway.
THE GREAT GATSBY @ Paper Mill Playhouse Thread#25
Posted: 10/1/23 at 3:38am
TaffyDavenport said: "Eva singing "Beautiful Little Fool" in its entirety:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8Md7E2v/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxvbmw8ObRI/
"My Green Light" in its entirety:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxvbmw8ObRI/
"
I'm kind of getting a bad feeling that the songs might have the same amount of depth as the music in Paradise Square and also be a waste of its super talented cast if you pay any attention to the lyrics.
Also, I WISH this was Lippa's Wild Party. That would be more fun. That mask thing was not cute to me so it ruined the one upbeat number they've shown off.
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