THE MUSIC MAN Will Now Start Previews 12/20/21- Page 10
THE MUSIC MAN Will Now Start Previews 12/20/21
THE MUSIC MAN#225
Posted: 12/19/21 at 3:05pm
JSquared2 said: "soulmistin said: "I just ran into someone from the production a couple hours ago, and it sounds like they're debating even opening now at all"
You are 100% full of shiite."
Thanks for that. I didn't say it was necessarily true at all. I don't know, I have zero personal ties to the production. I asked someone involved if they still planned on opening, and he said it was up in the air. I don't need to make that up.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
THE MUSIC MAN#227
Posted: 12/19/21 at 5:23pm
SouthernCakes said: "That must be the intermission set. A friend on FB posted a the pre show and it’s a curtain."
Is it a traditional red curtain or something more custom? Feel free to share the image if possible :)
THE MUSIC MAN#228
Posted: 12/19/21 at 5:28pm
Sutton Ross said: "You also don't need to spread false gossip."
1. I don't know if it's false or not. I didn't make it up, someone involved in the production told me. 2. I get what you're saying as a principle, but aren't these threads literally all gossip and speculation?
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
THE MUSIC MAN#229
Posted: 12/19/21 at 5:32pm
Um, nope. I guess you haven't been around here long enough to understand that.
THE MUSIC MAN#231
Posted: 12/19/21 at 6:29pm
THE MUSIC MAN#232
Posted: 12/19/21 at 6:29pm
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
THE MUSIC MAN#233
Posted: 12/19/21 at 6:31pm
FANtomFollies said: "SouthernCakes said: "That must be the intermission set. A friend on FB posted a the pre show and it’s a curtain."
Is it a traditional red curtain or something more custom? Feel free to share the image if possible :)"
I tried to upload the image but I don't know what I'm doing. But it's not a traditional curtain. It's got rolling hills and a very farm landscape look with the same wooden panels on the side.
THE MUSIC MAN#236
Posted: 12/19/21 at 10:38pm
So I checked out telecharge and a lot of people must have returned their tickets because there's many tickets available this week.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
THE MUSIC MAN#237
Posted: 12/19/21 at 10:46pm
Jerry Zaks said in an interview that the set design is inspired by the paintings of Grant Wood.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
THE MUSIC MAN#238
Posted: 12/19/21 at 10:52pm
After previews begin, I'll be most curious to hear how they handle the ending of the show, since the finale as-written is kind of anticlimactic (kids playing Minuet in G, badly). The Susan Stroman production's finale was quite fabulous: the whole cast playing trombones onstage.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
THE MUSIC MAN#239
Posted: 12/19/21 at 10:53pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Jerry Zaks said in an interview that the set design is inspired by the paintings of Grant Wood."
The show curtain is Wood's painting "Stone City, Iowa"
THE MUSIC MAN#240
Posted: 12/19/21 at 11:53pm
Curious to hear from anyone seeing this about the set and what partial view might be like. It seems that there are closer partial view seats but not sure just how obstructed they'd be.
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/20
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
THE MUSIC MAN#242
Posted: 12/20/21 at 1:56am
I saw Stroman's "The Music Man" on tour in Alabama and to this day it's the best touring show I've seen. It was just quality. Great sets, etc. Not sure who it was or if it was Union or not, but a really gorgeous design and I'm not a big "Music Man" person. So curious to see how this version differs from that one or if they just lean into it and take bits and pieces from that - like the trombones.
THE MUSIC MAN#243
Posted: 12/21/21 at 10:35am
Looking at those stage photos, it looks like the closest rows extreme sides will be very partial view. The buildout seems pretty obscuring.
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