The Scarlet Pimpernel — Page 2

Technically, Zi don't know. My wife is a classical singer, I can ask her.

All I know is that Robert hit a high note, and then the ugliest noise I ever heard came out of his mouth. He stopped singing, looked pale, and turned and walked offstage. We all knew at that instant that we wouldn't be seeing him again on that tour.

It sounded horrible, painful and disastrous.

I know he has done work since, and I hope his singing voice was not permanently shot. He is a very nice man and a true pleasure to work with.

But, there is a danger at pushing your voice too hard, especially 8 times a week. That's why opera singers never go on twice in a row, the vocal demands are just too great.

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From what I vaguely remember, there were other issues besides vocal ones, and that he took a year or so off. The last I heard he was teaching(?) and slowly getting back into acting.

Great show, so very much miss it!

Everyone's covered the whole "versions 1.0 - 4.0" thing, but I have to add regarding "Only Love." Didn't Rachel York say in an interview or two that she fought to keep it in for 2.0, even though they ulimately decided to cut it?

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I agree that the book is its biggest problem. I think that the show needs to have Marguerite discover the truth on her own like in the book. In the musical, she just comes across as incredibly dumb--certainly not the cleverest woman in Europe.

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That's a great question as to what Douglas Sills is doing right now. In all honesty, I don't really know...but I'm sure he's still performing somewhere or he's being a lawyer (haha). Remember he joined the Spamalot pre-Broadway cast and was planning to take it to Broadway before abruptly pulling out of the project. So my guess is his doing acting, singing or directing in some way.

poptart101, is that the same performance when Aaron Paul took over?

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LizzieCurry - I honestly don't recall. That was a long time and many many shows ago. Those details fade...

I rechecked my old itinerary and saw that on that particular tour, Seattle came before LA so Douglas would have still been Percy.

Must have been some other city, can't remember which one anymore, nor do I remember which Aaron (Paul or Lazar) would have gone on, or perhaps one of the other understudies. We had a heap o' Percivals.

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Last I heard about Douglas Sills, he was going to be in a benefit concert of Comden & Green music in June. He seems to be doing the occasional TV guest spot as well. But I do hope he gets another good Broadway role one of these days. I would love to see him onstage, instead of just hearing him on a cast album.

It amazes me how badly his shows do as the songs and score are usually incrdible. I really loved Dracula, Civil War and SP and of course Jekyll & Hyde. Didn't he also do the new Frankenstein also?

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I think the one I love is the one with Hunter Foster. That's the one with Once Upon a Time, Amen and The Modern Prometheus. I am gonna have to do a search for it on here in fact:)

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"And from what I've heard that show was CAMILLE CAMILLE RODIN CAMILLE CAMILLE'sDAD(?) CAMILLE."

I'm afraid I don't understand.

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Mattbrain, I never got a chance to see the show, but from what I've heard of people who saw it, the show is primarily about Camille, with Camille's dad (I think?) and Rodin (Camille was his mistress/love interest sort of) being the other two "suporting." Who knows though, because it wouldn't suprise me if there's three "leads"/"featured" people, because SP had the center point being Marguerite (in my opinion) with her "interests" with Chauvelin & Percy/Pimpernel. Jekyll & Hyde was Jekyll's relations with Lucy and Emma. I really wish it would have came to Broadway because I love that song "Gold"!

And the chances of Frankenstein debuting on Broadway are so slim. My guess he does it in Austria or Hungry, where he's been debuting some other stuff like "Rudolph". You'd probably see them at a regional theatre before Broadway, which most likely means it won't happen. That's what their planning to do with Camille: regional & international productions, and unfortunately looks like there will never be an english-speaking album.

And I'm pretty sure Havana (like Svengali) is trashed. I don't know anything about the story, but it's been around for too long to have nothing out from it besides one song. And obviously Camille's gone for the most part. Waiting for the Moon I think recently had a debut (and by recent a few years ago), I just saw the WindowCard on ebay?

Great to hear! Do you know when it will be? I just haven't heard any news at all from that project in any recent times...but great to hear so!