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The King and I previews thread
The king and I previews thread #200
Posted: 3/14/15 at 9:42pmThank God Namo is here to keep logic in this conversation.
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The king and I previews thread #202
Posted: 3/14/15 at 9:42pmOh yes, calling people demented and wishing people to go to hell is very logical.
The king and I previews thread #203
Posted: 3/14/15 at 9:46pmIt's all the logic you deserve, dweeb.
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The king and I previews thread #204
Posted: 3/14/15 at 10:23pmI thought Mozart was just a character from that play?
The king and I previews thread #205
Posted: 3/14/15 at 10:46pmOh. OH! Goodness gracious. The next thing you know, somebody here is going to put Leonard Bernstein above Orlande de Lassus!!! Why, I never...
The king and I previews thread #206
Posted: 3/14/15 at 10:59pm
Is there a thread that AE and Fantod post in they don't ruin?
The king and I previews thread #207
Posted: 3/14/15 at 11:07pm
No, tazber. Sad, but true.
But can't I enjoy both LaChiusa and Mozart for different reasons?
The king and I previews thread #208
Posted: 3/14/15 at 11:19pm
Of course not! Marie Christine and The Wild Party were the WORST shows ever made and every single person who saw them hated them. Ben Franklin in Paris was much better. Grr, Sondheim insult, grr, randomly bringing up some forgotten musical like Kelly, grr, everything's a dirgical.
The king and I previews thread #209
Posted: 3/14/15 at 11:27pmWhy are discussing randmon composers who have nothing to with Broadway here !! Updated On: 3/14/15 at 11:27 PM
The king and I previews thread #210
Posted: 3/14/15 at 11:45pm
Well, LaChiusa has something to do with Broadway. He's a theater composer.
And didn't they write some play about Mozart?
The king and I previews thread #211
Posted: 3/14/15 at 11:47pmLeonard Bernstein has a show on Broadway RIGHT NOW.
The king and I previews thread #212
Posted: 3/14/15 at 11:49pmAnd don't forget the smash hit Orlande de Lassus musical, CHANSON!: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION
The king and I previews thread #213
Posted: 3/14/15 at 11:54pm
I hope it's in English.
(full circle)
The king and I previews thread #215
Posted: 3/15/15 at 12:00amWanna hear my poem about farts? It's called "After Eight."
The king and I previews thread #216
Posted: 3/15/15 at 12:07amJust saw that Ann Sanders is an understudy for Anna. Wouldn't it be bizarre to have an Asian Anna? Betsy Morgan is the standby, so it would be very unlikely that Sanders would go on.
The king and I previews thread #217
Posted: 3/15/15 at 1:26am
Interestingly, this Times piece on Ken Watanbe points out that he's only contracted through July (I'm assuming due to film commitments), meaning he'll only be with the production for four months before they already have to put in a replacement.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/theater/ken-watanabe-moves-from-samurai-to-the-king-and-i.html?hpw&rref=theater&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
The king and I previews thread #218
Posted: 3/15/15 at 1:29am
"Probably a third to a half of the posters here would put Sondheim over Rodgers."
You have GOT to be kidding. Truly, you have GOT to be kidding. Yes, I know that there are some brainwashed and/or brainwashing and/or hopeless and/or corrosive and/or corroded individuals here--- but surely nowhere near THAT many!
If that sentence was the ravings of a madman, then I'm at least encouraged that the people who post on this board, who have so much knowledge and love of the Broadway musical (although not so much love for each other) have also a love and respect for Broadway's history. When an outsider stops by, he can't help but notice the love for Sondheim just in the number of topics devoted to him.
More specifically, check out this 10 Greatest Scores topic. Of the 50 or 60 who listed ten or about ten scores, I didn't do the tedious math, but I say fully half of them included two, three or four Sondheim scores.
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=931254&dt=123
I can't help but think this that the above comment is a pretty pointed criticism against another person who is also a strong contender for a Tony this year.
Not meant as a criticism of Kristin or Audra, but as an expression of gratitude for Kelli. Who am I to tell Kristin or Audra that they should be enduring eight shows a week on Broadway when they could take a break on the other coast, do work which they enjoyed and for which they were well-paid, and find time for a lot of concert appearances? (Having said that, did KC really think that GCB was a good project for her to be a part of? How many actresses could have played her role on GCB? How many actresses could play Lily Garland on Broadway?)
Also, isn't Anna always suppose to be the star of the show, and then it wasn't until many of the later revivals, that it made The King the star because it was Yul Brynner?
From what I've read, The King and I was specifically written for Gertrude Lawrence, who was a British star of Julie Andrews magnitude, although without Julie's voice. She became ill not long after the show started its run, was ill through most of the first year and a half, and died suddenly of undiagnosed liver cancer.
Yul Brynner, a smoker for most of his life, died of lung cancer in 1985 after 4,625 performances as the King of Siam. (He still found time for a major film career.) He recorded a public service announcement that was broadcast after his death, warning the public from beyond the grave of the consequences of smoking.
I heard an interview of him not long before his death when he described a conversation with Gertrude Lawrence after a show in New Haven where it was trying out. They went out together for coffee or something. The reaction of the audiences in New Haven had been disappointing. The two of them decided that, to save the show, they had to add the erotic element to their relationship, which had not been part of Hammerstein's intention.
Nice story, although its truth can probably never be verified.
The king and I previews thread #219
Posted: 3/15/15 at 2:12am
(Having said that, did KC really think that GCB was a good project for her to be a part of? How many actresses could have played her role on GCB? How many actresses could play Lily Garland on Broadway?)
Who knows? Maybe it read better on paper like a satire/comedic romp. I know there probably tons of projects that seem promising only to have it not turn out good. It seems like sometimes actors (who have choices and aren't starving) can't tell. Also, I'm sure Kristin Chenoweth is probably typecast and I'm unsure if there are tons of projects being offered to her on Broadway. It seems Kelli O'Hara's more standard-sounding soprano and white-bread looks means she can fit a lot more roles on stage. She's not a "personality" the way Chenoweth now is. It helps that O'Hara can actually act and do accents as well. She's done American Southern, Italian, and now British. Am I missing anything?
Btw, interesting about Brynner and Lawrence.
Updated On: 3/15/15 at 02:12 AM
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The king and I previews thread #220
Posted: 3/15/15 at 2:57am
I had put this up before. This is a live recording of the Overture of "King And I". This was recorded sometime during the revivals return engagement to the Broadway Theater when Yul Brynner was very ill . The conductor is Milton Rosenstock. Enjoy.
King And I Overture LIVE
The king and I previews thread #221
Posted: 3/15/15 at 3:00amThat Times article actually made me want to see this revival.
The king and I previews thread #222
Posted: 3/15/15 at 3:05amIs the Overture really truncated in this production? Is that confirmed? I saw one report so far that it may have been.
The king and I previews thread #223
Posted: 3/15/15 at 3:10am
Fart poems are beautiful.
A fart is a chemical substance.
It comes from a place called Bum.
It penetrates through the trousers
and lands with a musical hum.
To fart to fart 'tis no disgrace
for it gives the body ease.
It warms the blankets on cold winter nights and suffocates all the fleas.
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The king and I previews thread #224
Posted: 3/15/15 at 3:16am
And I used to love Yul B's curtain call. Obviously at the end of this.
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