Violet

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Violet

Posted: 1/31/05 at 10:47pm

So, we started rehearsal for this today, and I'm absolutely in love with it. So I thought, ya know, since everyone else has been starting an appreciation thread, I'd start Violet's.

#2

re: Violet

Posted: 1/31/05 at 11:26pm

I LOVE Violet. The song "You're Different" gives me chills! So does "Bring me to Light". The entire score is just gorgeous.

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#3

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 12:10am

VIOLET is underappreciated and unrecognized.
Seeing it was one of the biggest thrills of my life.
Though it hurts to see so many dismiss VIOLET or show indifference, nice to think of it as "mine".

#4

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:09am

"on my way" makes me cry everytime. actually, it's the only song i listen to on the cd because i get to it and then just keep it on repeat.

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#5

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 5:13am

i've never seen this staged. i wish someone in Houston would snap it up HINT HINT HINT Houston readers...petition Masquerade and Stages and Theater Lab!

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#6

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 9:02am

I didn't realize there was a recording available of Violet - I must get it soon - I love what I've heard about it so far.

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"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

#7

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 9:21am

What's it about?

#8

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 11:29am

I LOVE VIOLET!!!

Or is it Vi-uh-lette, as Michael McElroy would say? lol

Captain_Obvious, I love your icon (huzzah homestarrunner.com!) and your name, lol.

Um, oh boy. If you go to Musical Heaven they have the same synopsis that is up at MTI, which is the only one I've seen anywhere.

It really doesn't do it justice. It leaves some questions as to what happens at moments and why - you really just need to see it because so much of following it is in the emotion and the performances given by the fabulous Lauren Ward, Michael McElroy and Michael Park.

PM me and I can try my best though :)

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If I show you the darkness I hold inside, will you bring me to light?

#9

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 12:04pm

Amen. Violet is (to date) my favorite musical of all time. The score is incredible (and a SHUDDER when I think that we will see so much more work coming from Jeanine Tesori), but if you ever get a chance to read the script, you'll be utterly blown away. I only with my theatre company had the resources to produce it. Some day... some day...

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#10

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 12:35pm

To ask again, what's it about?

#11

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 1:54pm

For a good synopsis go to MTI
http://www.mtishows.com/show_home.asp?id=000194

Saw the original and the staged reading both at Playwrights. This is hands down my favorite show. I was fortunate enough to do the old lady/streetwalker track a couple of years ago in a regional production. I'm still haunted by the beauty of it. For another source, read "The Ugliest Pilgrim" the short story by Doris Betts that Violet is based on. Fantastic reading to really get insight into the characters.

Updated On: 2/1/05 at 01:54 PM

#12

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 1:59pm

I wonder why you love "On My Way" LightmyCandle...could it be becuase of this summer?

I LOVE THIS MUSIC!! It is so beautiful. I orginaly got it just to listen to On My Way but once I branched out and started to listen to some other songs, I can't stop listening to it. The music is different and so original. Comparared to the somewhat cookie cutter musicals we are getting these days this one just stands out!

kate

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say the word...and i just might listen...

#13

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:30pm

Violet watch out!

#14

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:26pm

I bought the Violet cast recording after hearing it on broadway world radio and humming it all day following it. It took me a month of having songs in my head before I finally just ordered it so i could get on with my day. Matter of fact i wish i had the CD at work...
Momma why's a man have eyes
if I tell you don't you tell

#15

re: Violet

Posted: 2/1/05 at 8:15pm

oh kate i love you so much!!!!!!!!!! you know me too well. i just got my second dvds (the first ones sucked) so i'm about to go cry again.

back on topic...yes...i must listen to the rest of the effin cd sometime.

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#16

re: Violet

Posted: 2/2/05 at 1:11pm

Two questions:
1. edenespinozalover - Where are you doing the show?
2. Is it true that the Cast Recording is out of print for good and you can only get CD-Rs when ordered?
That's a damn shame - I got my entire book of musical theatre cds (over 200) stolen this summer from my friends car while visiting Charlotte. bastards. My cast recording went along with the thiefs. I bet they were so disappointed when they opened the book and discovered a bunch of musicals. It's so sh***y to start an entire collection over again.

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#17

re: Violet

Posted: 2/2/05 at 1:36pm

We're doing the show at my high school in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

#18

re: Violet

Posted: 2/2/05 at 1:51pm

TxTwoStep - I was offered a role in Violet around 2000. I think it was in Montgomery County, so it wasn't in town, but nearly the entire cast were Houston regulars. I'm surprised Masquerade or Stages hasn't picked it up. That is DEFINITELY a Joanne Bonasso role.

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#19

re: Violet

Posted: 2/2/05 at 2:29pm

I don't know much about violet but my director told me "On My Way" was from it and I think it is an awesome song

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#20

re: Violet

Posted: 2/2/05 at 6:35pm

EElover, when is your show? Maybe I can force a friend to drive out to Kenosha with me to see it :) I'd love to see a production of this!

#21

re: Violet

Posted: 2/2/05 at 8:59pm

The show is April 13-17. I don't have a calender in front of me, but we usually have shows at 7:30, except Sundays which are at 2:00. It'll be in our blackbox theater with only 70-80 seats, so PM me if you want me to reserve you some tickets or directions to the school!