Top Hat Development Lab
Top Hat Development Lab
Top Hat Development Lab#1
Posted: 3/7/14 at 6:01pm
Just saw this and got excited :)
Christopher Gattelli is listed as Director and Choreographer and I have heard that Chad Beguelin is attached. Anyone know anything else??
http://www.ovrtur.com/production/2902178
Updated On: 3/7/14 at 06:01 PM
Top Hat Development Lab#2
Posted: 3/7/14 at 6:08pmWasn't this just done successfully in London? Why does it need a development lab?
Joined: 12/31/69
Top Hat Development Lab#2
Posted: 3/7/14 at 6:13pmWon three Olivier awards in London including Best Musical. It was a good show, so not sure how much work should be done to it.
Top Hat Development Lab#3
Posted: 3/7/14 at 6:45pmI know Michael Urie was involved in a reading a couple of months ago.
Top Hat Development Lab#4
Posted: 3/7/14 at 7:38pmRats! Deceptive thread title. I thought the scientific community had made some major advancement in the development of top hats. Crestfallen.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/20/06
Top Hat Development Lab#5
Posted: 3/10/14 at 1:01pmLooks like they started rehearsals today. I'm curious who might be playing the Fred & Ginger roles…Any word?
Top Hat Development Lab#6
Posted: 3/10/14 at 1:22pmTop Hat, Gigi, Cac Can, On the Town-will be a great season for the classics.
Top Hat Development Lab#7
Posted: 3/10/14 at 1:31pm
I'd love to see Top Hat on Broadway!
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Top Hat Development Lab#8
Posted: 3/10/14 at 1:43pm
I thought Tommy Tune was going to do this. What happened?
Top Hat Development Lab#9
Posted: 3/10/14 at 1:48pm
Is this not the London Production?
If not I don't understand, it was a big success here why not take the UK one? They did this before, instead of taking the hugely Succesful production of Guys and Dolls from London a new production was done on Broadway and was a disaster. It don't need a lab, it already works great.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/20/06
Top Hat Development Lab#10
Posted: 3/10/14 at 1:59pm
Don't know what happened to Tommy Tune, but he sure seems like the right choice for this type of old-fashioned extravaganza. Susan Stroman or Randy Skinner would be other likely choices, so it should be interesting what Gattelli does with it if it indeed has a life beyond this workshop. He's also been given the director chores as well, which seems a bit odd given the pure size and scope of this piece ( in comparing the recent London production ).
It's also interesting that although winning Olivier awards for best musical , best choreography and best costumes, that it only had a short run: May 9th 2012 to October 26th 2013. It actually closed prematurely as it was supposedly extended to April of 2014. There are now plans for a 2104-15 tour.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/26/07
Top Hat Development Lab#11
Posted: 3/10/14 at 3:30pmTrish, why do you think a 17 month run is short? Seems pretty good to me.
Stand-by Joined: 7/27/09
Top Hat Development Lab#12
Posted: 3/10/14 at 10:10pmFrom what I've heard, the show as it was in London was basically the movie onstage. Apparently it did well but partially due to a weak season. It appears the powers that be want to work on the show including developing the book more. The lab is just a choreography lab to start developing a couple numbers. I've heard there may be a reading of the new script in the next couple of months also. Excited and looking forward to this though!
Top Hat Development Lab#13
Posted: 3/21/14 at 6:03pm
Samantha Sturm and Evan Kasprzak were both involved.
Updated On: 3/21/14 at 06:03 PM
Top Hat Development Lab#14
Posted: 3/21/14 at 10:04pmThe London version would never have survived on Broadway. It was simply dreary, and its semi-success in London, like the semi-success of the London Singin' in the Rain had nothing to do with what would have happened to it here.
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