Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
#0Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 10:49amI really hope this happens. Tune is a brilliant director, and if Yeston writes new songs it will turn Mambo Kings into a definite must see.
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#1re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:02amYeah, though he has a history of providing sublime stagings for not very good material. I think everyone would love for him to return to Broadway directing the next great musical, whatever it may be.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:20am
But can producers trust him? I think the whole Goodtime Charley/Stage Door Charley, whatever it was called, seriously decreased his credibility.
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#3re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:22amGothampc, what are you talking about? I am unaware of these going ons. Please do tell.
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#4re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:22amI don't care! Tommy Tune is one of my favorite directors (the other being Hal Prince). If he is then I most definately will see it.
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#5re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:22amOh good god PLEASE let this HAPPEN!
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:33am
"Gothampc, what are you talking about? I am unaware of these going ons. Please do tell."
Tune was touring Goodtime Charley (or whatever it was called). The musical had gone through at least three name changes and the show changed more times than anyone wanted to admit. But it was headed to Broadway (the theater was booked, the marquee was up). However, Tune was too sure of himself. He was starring in the show and one night he broke his foot. Call in the understudy!! Oops the understudy doesn't know how to dance! For the rest of the out of town tryout, one actor had to act/sing the part, while another had to do the dances.
In dark corners of Joe Allen's, it was whispered that the understudy was only in the show to fulfil a "menage a trois"
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#7re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:36amOh, you are speaking of the 'Busker Alley' incident. I don't understand why that would make him not trust worthy to direct 'Mambo Kings'.
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:38am
I don't understand why that would make him not trust worthy to direct 'Mambo Kings'.
You're only as good as your last show. After weeks and weeks of watching rehearsal/performance, the understudy could do none of the choreography. Producers don't like their money wasted like that and may not trust Tune to pull it together.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#9re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:43amBusker Alley aside, it would be great to see any new staging by Tune - and remember, the My One And Only staging was a doctoring job that turned out beautifully.
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#10re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:45amAs was Grand Hotel. That show was in shambles and managed to pickup the pieces and have success.
#11re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 12:37pm
Tune is a genius. He has a way of providing that little extra spark to everything he directs. And he also has the uncanny ability to combine extremely stylized staging concepts with very true and honest character direction.
I can think of a few recent musicals that could have benefited mightily from his directorial style.
This has to happen. AND we'd get some new Yeston!
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#12re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 12:49pmI havent heard anything about this either.... do you have any documentation to back this up or is it just something you heard through the grapevine?
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#13re: Tommy Tune may take over Mambo Kings
Posted: 6/17/05 at 1:35pmAnd he is really f*****g tall!
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