"The Cher Show" - Chicago premiere, Neil Simon Theatre Fall 2018- Page 2

[JSquared2]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 4:43pm

ChgoTheatreGuy said: "Cher is going to one of the producers of the show, so theoretically if the show wins Best Musical, she would win a producer Tony. It won't be eligible for score (of course), but it would be a hands down winner for Best Costume Design..."

 

No.  She is not a producer of the show (directly or indirectly).  The producers are Jeffrey Seller and Flody Suarez.  I also doubt that Cher is going to be designing the costumes.  Her only involvement is going to be cashing the royalty checks.

[TheSassySam]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 5:15pm

Don't forget other Chicago tryouts included War Paint and Trevor. Which I am not sure why nobody is talking about the latter. 

[markypoo]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 7:34pm

Also falling under the category of Memorable-Chicago-pre-B'way-tryouts-of-years-past:

The Goodbye Girl, January 1993, Shubert;

Odyssey (Yul Brynner), May 1975, Arie Crown, and

The Wizard of Oz, June 1902, Grand Opera House (the only one of the 3 I didn't see...)

[ChgoTheatreGuy]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 8:00pm

and "Victor, Victoria" with Julie Andrews...

 

[ChgoTheatreGuy]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 8:03pm

and "The Addams Family" with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth...

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 8:21pm

My husband told me that Cher was coming to Broadway next season. Imagine my surprise to find that it would be a trio of fauxChers instead. What a dreadful idea!

[markypoo]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 8:25pm

Good News: Alice Faye, John Payne, Stubby Kaye (Shubert, June 1974),

Sheba: Kay Ballard (1st Chicago Center, July 1974).

Saw both.

[RevolutionaryCostume]

Posted: 9/29/17 at 12:12am

The Pirate Queen.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 9/29/17 at 1:47am

Hope they work on the logo! And 3 actresses?! Sounds misguided. 

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 9/29/17 at 10:49am

RippedMan said: "Hope they work on the logo! And 3 actresses?! Sounds misguided."

Depends on how they do it. Like in On Your Feet, if a child Cher gets a brief moment, its not a big deal. Also, if they are taking this up to the present, we would need a Cher at 70. Im cool with seeing a middle aged and senior Cher.

Also glad Lesli is not longer attached. No mugging and scenery chewing needed.

Cher herself, is rather introspective and even though she's a badass, she's not some angry rocker chick. She's dry, saracastic and blunt. She's not really "sassy."

I think Lena would be solid if she took it in a less aggressive direction. I also think Ana would be great, but she might not be keen on playing another pop icon.

 

[TheSassySam]

Posted: 9/29/17 at 6:10pm

Does anybody know if Bob Mackie is designing costumes for this show? 

[Speed]

Posted: 9/29/17 at 6:18pm

ChgoTheatreGuy said: "and "The Addams Family" with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth..."

And The Producers 

[Valentina3]

Posted: 9/29/17 at 8:57pm

There was a "hint" dropped about an actress nominated for Tony in 2017 whose initials are SJB being attached to the project. I would watch her in anything, and she's the reason for me going to Chicago to watch this.

[Valentina3]

Posted: 9/29/17 at 8:58pm

Bebe Neuwirth would be a phenomenal old Cher.

[brettarnett]

Posted: 9/29/17 at 11:56pm

I'm surprised Orfeh hasn't been involved at some point.

[BJR]

Posted: 9/30/17 at 1:11pm

Has anyone commented on the premise of 3 Chers being the same one as the Donna Summer musical trying out at La Jolla Playhouse? Both have Broadway talent working on them (and LaChanze is playing the oldest Donna), I figured they'd be jockeying to see who could arrive in NYC first. Looks like Cher may have won.

And I personally love Cher and am excited for this. I think maybe how these jukebox shows go is you're annoyed by them until you really like the artist.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 11/11/17 at 5:43pm

Valentina3 said: "There was a "hint" dropped about an actress nominated for Tony in 2017 whose initials are SJB being attached to the project. I would watch her in anything, and she's the reason for me going to Chicago to watch this."

She’s posting about Cher.... https://instagram.com/p/BbFqmBInJja/

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 11/11/17 at 9:04pm

I saw that too, Jorge! I'd place money on Stephanie being involved. And thank GOODNESS. Hopefully she acts as more of the "lead" Cher - whatever age that will be.

[SweetLips]

Posted: 11/12/17 at 4:09am

'I'll be there'--well I won't be there.

I wish every show success as it gives so much work for however long and there is an audience[hopefully] for all types of shows and subject matter.

I have no interest in her voice[yuk!] and type of music[yuk!yuk!] but love the costumes.

Hope it is a smash without my single ticket purchase.

[tmbyru]

Posted: 11/12/17 at 11:23am

Valentina3 said: " Kinky Boots was fairly successful, they had a Chicago tryout."

 

Fairly successful? KB won best musical and is still playing. How is that "fairly"? LOL