Posted: 12/8/19 at 2:27pm
Posted: 12/8/19 at 3:02pm
Posted: 12/8/19 at 3:04pm
It's one of the great post-Sondheim musicals. Perhaps Roundabout will produce it.
Posted: 12/8/19 at 4:37pm
Posted: 12/8/19 at 5:14pm
The original Off-way production had a lot going for it. Beautiful score, star-making debut by Benjamin Walker, gorgeous musicianship by the pit band. But it felt like a story that painted itself literally into a corner it could never find its way out of. The progress of Act II went from bleak to bleaker to bleakest, despite the fact that it ends with "How Glory Goes" which is indeed musical theater heaven. I imagine it would be a very tough sell to today's audiences.
Posted: 12/8/19 at 5:23pm
Someone in a Tree2 said: "The original Off-way production had a lot going for it. Beautiful score, star-making debut by Benjamin Walker, gorgeous musicianship by the pit band..."
The original off-Broadway production was in 1996, right? Wasn't Benjamin Walker a teenager then or am I thinking of someone else?
Posted: 12/8/19 at 6:36pm
Posted: 12/8/19 at 7:19pm
"The original off-Broadway production was in 1996, right? Wasn't Benjamin Walker a teenager then or am I thinking of someone else?"
Boy, do I apologize for that slip. Just checked my cd and it was Christopher Innvar who played Floyd stunningly. (Also surprised to discover Floyd's brother was played by Jason Danieley and Brian D'Arcy James was in the ensemble.) Funny the tricks your mind plays once you cross 60.
Posted: 12/8/19 at 7:51pm
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