The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:40pm
Per Seth Rudetsky's column, Jerry Mitchell will be the deciding factor on the Legally Blonde TV series (which Seth is vocal coaching). The audience will not get to vote, it'll come down to Mitchell's decision.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115347.html
#2re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:42pm
well then why would anyone care?
(not that they do anyway)
#2re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:43pmLike America's Next Top Model or Project Runway? ok.
#3re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:44pm
"The audience will not get to vote, it'll come down to Mitchell's decision."
As it should be. It's his show.
Since the Grease show, I've been wondering something.What if Jim Jacobs didn't like the winners? Unless he signed a waiver (and I assume he did), could he have said "Eh. I don't want y'all in my show."
As the writer, he has that power.
#4re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:45pmAnd per the article, the show will start on April 14th.
#5re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:46pmThat's a very wise decision.
#6re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:48pmWhen I read the thread title I thought it meant that the show was canceled. As we all know, that is unfortunately not the case.
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Rotel1026
Broadway Star Joined: 8/12/06
#7re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:06pm
Quote: "What if Jim Jacobs didn't like the winners?"
But we are only being told that these were the results, they could very easily pick why they want to go through each week and just pass it off as the home audience having given that contestant the most votes. I'm sure a lot of people would be angry if they were to find out later on that had been done. I've often wondered if American Idol hasn't done that in the past.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#8re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:11pmThere were plenty of outs in the Grease contracts, no doubt.
#9re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:15pmWell this makes this idea a TEENSIE bit better.
-Jeff Bowen's worst onstage line flub.
#10re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:15pmdouble post
-Jeff Bowen's worst onstage line flub.
chinto1984
Leading Actor Joined: 8/6/07
#11re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 5:49pmI would rather see the auditions and callbacks for Elle in the way they actually do auditions and callbacks. It should be more like a documentary (eg. Making of Miss Saigon). That is more interesting and real. You actually see the process rather than the fake pageantry of the show. The whole Grease thing was stupid and a copy of American Idol. Anyone who is involved in theatre knows that is not how you cast.
#12re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 6:02pmI was hoping the show was canceled too... oh, well.
#13re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 6:17pmIf a show is going to cast this way, this is one of the important "How It Should Be Done"s.
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#14re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 6:25pm
Oh God, I'm getting so excited for this.
This might be fantastic.
#15re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 6:29pmThey should just give it to Becky Gulsvig.
#16re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 6:43pm
Since the Grease show, I've been wondering something.What if Jim Jacobs didn't like the winners? Unless he signed a waiver (and I assume he did), could he have said "Eh. I don't want y'all in my show."
As the writer, he has that power.
Jim Jacobs only uses it because it's his only show and he has nothing better to do with his life than micromanage Grease productions. Not all writers have that power or want to exercise it.
Wanting life but never knowing how
#17re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 7:59pm
AMEN!
I do not trust America with Broadway's fate!!!!
adamryanfan
Chorus Member Joined: 10/8/07
#18re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 10:54pmI can't wait to see it, and I think it deffinitely night be fantastic. My friend Rachel is actually a finalist.
#19re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 10:56pm
"I do not trust America with Broadway's fate!!!!"
I doubt that the fate of Broadway rests on the casting of Elle Woods.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
outdamnwench
Featured Actor Joined: 6/3/07
#20re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 11:15pmStill sucks to be Becky!
#21re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 11:20pm
MTV Viewers:
*sitting on couch, watching reality TV show*
"This is fun. I'll look forward to watching the new Elle Woods when they broadcast the show on MTV like they did last time."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
adamryanfan
Chorus Member Joined: 10/8/07
#22re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/25/08 at 11:56pm
I just thought that I'd post a picture of Rachel for you guys. In this picture, she has blonde hair, because right before she went to NYC for the finals, she was playing Sharpay in High School Musical, and she had dyed her hair blonde for that. If you guys want to see a picture of her with her normal hair, just let me know, and I can do that for you.
She seems to be doing pretty well at the finals. I guess I'll find out when I watch the show though, because she probably signed a confidentiality contract or something like that.
#23re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/26/08 at 12:05amThat's really cool! Good for her!
#24re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods
Posted: 2/26/08 at 3:48am
"Not all writers have that power."
Wrong.
According to the Dramatist Guild of America:
1. ARTISTIC INTEGRITY. No one (e.g., directors, actors, dramaturgs) can make changes, alterations, and/or omissions to your script - including the text, title, and stage directions - without your consent. This is called “script approval.”
2. APPROVAL OF PRODUCTION ELEMENTS. You have the right to approve the cast, director, and designers (and, for a musical, the choreographer, orchestrator, arranger, and musical director, as well), including their replacements. This is called “artistic approval.”
3. RIGHT TO BE PRESENT. You always have the right to attend casting, rehearsals, previews and performances.
So, yes, every writer, whether they be playwright, lyricist or composer, has those rights and can demand them whenever they see fit.
Theatre is not Hollywood. And thank God for that!
Dramatist's Bill of Rights
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