The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

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The 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

re: 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)

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:43pm

Like America's Next Top Model or Project Runway? ok.

re: 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.

"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:45pm

And per the article, the show will start on April 14th.

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:46pm

That's a very wise decision.

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re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:48pm

When 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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re: 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.

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:11pm

There were plenty of outs in the Grease contracts, no doubt.

#10

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:15pm

Well this makes this idea a TEENSIE bit better.

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#11

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:15pm

double post

Hunter: Your teeth need whitening./ Heidi: You sound weird./ Jeff: You taste funny.
-Jeff Bowen's worst onstage line flub.

Updated On: 2/25/08 at 04:15 PM

#12

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 5:49pm

I 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.

#13

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 6:02pm

I was hoping the show was canceled too... oh, well.

So, that was the Drowsy Chaperone. Oh, I love it so much. I know it's not a perfect show...but it does what a musical is supposed to do. It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you're feeling blue. Ya know?

#14

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 6:17pm

If a show is going to cast this way, this is one of the important "How It Should Be Done"s.

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#15

re: 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.

Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done. -John Patrick Shanley

#16

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 6:29pm

They should just give it to Becky Gulsvig.

::bust a move::

#17

re: 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.

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

#18

re: 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!!!!

"I told you, NO Rodgers and Hammerstein!"- Bart Simpson

#19

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Posted: 2/25/08 at 10:54pm

I can't wait to see it, and I think it deffinitely night be fantastic. My friend Rachel is actually a finalist.

#20

re: 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.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#21

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/25/08 at 11:15pm

Still sucks to be Becky!

#22

re: 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."

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

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#23

re: 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.

#24

re: The audience won't decide the next Elle Woods

Posted: 2/26/08 at 12:05am

That's really cool! Good for her!

#25

re: 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

"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere

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