Threepenny extended!

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 8:58pm

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117942505&categoryID=15&cs=1

Is it selling well, despite reviews?

[Anne_here]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 9:03pm

Great news! I loved this production!

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 9:04pm

How long (what date) did it extend to? I can't read the whole Variety article since I don't subscribe.

[dirty rotten guy]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 9:16pm

Finally some well deserved good news! I love this show and am so happy for all these great artists!

Did it mention when tickets will go on sale? I am going to get tickets for the final performance right when it goes on sale!

[little_sally]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 10:35pm

It says another week.

Hum, surprising. While I enjoyed this production a whole lot, it just didn't seem like something anyone would be pushing for to be extended. Maybe now we'll get a recording of it.

[marlomanners]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:31pm

I'm seeing it on June 17th! Can't wait!

[blueroses]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 12:04am

I haven't seen it. How was Cyndi?

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 12:07am

I hope something picks this show up for a recording. If they can record "trailer park: the musical" - they can record this.

[sondwisenheimer]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 12:07am

Regardless of the quality of the production itself, I hope they do a recording based solely on the cast and the translation.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 12:29am

Especially since the original (American) cast recording sucks. Marc Blitzstein's translation sounds like it was done by Oscar Hammerstein.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 1:59am

Wow, I found out 2 hours ago that someone got me tickets for closing night, and now I find out it's not closing night. Heh.

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 3:47am

"Especially since the original (American) cast recording sucks. Marc Blitzstein's translation sounds like it was done by Oscar Hammerstein."

Really? You're certainly in the minority there. And would it really be such a bad thing if Oscar Hammerstein had translated it? Is that really a negative comment? That's like saying "oh that pizza you ordered from Pizza Hut was terrible! It tasted like Wolfgang Puck cooked it!" I get that prolly you meant it's not a good match for the material... but still.

kmc

Updated On: 5/4/06 at 03:47 AM

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 3:48am

I know I already posted a response... but... I still can't quite get over the fact that you think the Off-Broadway cast sucks... Jo Sullivan, Bea Arthur, Lotte Lenya, Charlotte Rae... sucks? Really? Sheesh. You're hard to please.


kmc

Updated On: 5/4/06 at 03:48 AM

[FoscasBohemianDream]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 4:29am

I believe The Distinctive Baritone didn't mean to say that Oscar Hammerstein's lyrics are mediocre or pedestrian, he probably meant that Marc Blitzstein's lyrics are too sanitized and censored so they sound like they belong to a happy, romantic Rodgers/Hammerstein show, instead of being more dark and explicit like the new translation.

[FeelingElectric]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 5:27am

I am very happy to hear about the extention. Hopefully, we will get an official Cast Recording announcement for this incredible production soon.blueroses, Cyndi is great in this production. She is long overdue for Broadway. The actress that most impressed me in this production however is Ana Gasteyer. She is absolutely sensational!

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 5:59am

That's great news!
And I also agree for the cast recording!!
:)!

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 12:45pm

Blitzstein's translation was probably shocking in the 30's.
Then again, Wallace Shawn's translation isn't very "shocking" - like I've said - what DOES shock us nowadays?

FeelingElectric - Ana Gasteyer MOST impressed you? Wow. Did we see the same production? She's got a great voice - and by the end of the performance she finds her acting style...but until then it is somewhat painful (though I look past it because of that voice!).

This production belongs to Lauper and Rooney all the way.

[uncamark]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 12:50pm

As noted on another thread, another indication that the Times means diddle these days when it comes to Broadway box office.

[blueroses]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 12:52pm

I love Ana Gasteyer. Her skits on SNL were classic--especially the music teacher, Martha Stewart's topless Christmas and the NPR chick (Shwettie Balls!)

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 1:16pm

Blitzen's translation would have been shocking in the 30's... but of course it didn't exsist. The Blitzen translation was first performed in 1954... or 55... one or the other... so you're a couple of decades off.

kmc

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 1:27pm

I hope this means a cast recording as well- I can't stop watching the Broadway.com videos, I just love the was this cast sounds! I wish it were extended more than a week though- I want to be able to go see it .

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 1:32pm

I'm aware.

I was joking.
Consider the show was written in 1928...

[dirty rotten guy]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 2:57pm

All I can say is that I am too damn excited! I just got front row center orchestra seats for the final performance! I cant wait!