#1
Posted: 5/6/05 at 5:57pm
Anyone care to clarify what this show is and who the cast/crew etc consist of?
#2
Posted: 5/6/05 at 6:07pm
"PRINCESSES
World Premiere Direct-to-Broadway
New Dates: August 9 - 28, 2005
Book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner
Music by Matthew Wilder
Lyrics by David Zippel
Conceived and Directed by David Zippel
In this sensational new musical, a clique of jaded private school girls reluctantly stage a production of the beloved Victorian novel A Little Princess. The show is a disaster until America's hottest action hero arrives on the scene to direct it. The boy-crazy teens are wild for him, except for one — his daughter. Will she finally have her father back, or will he rush off to Hollywood when he gets a better offer? The fresh, hip score blends contemporary pop and traditional theater tunes in this innovative musical-within-a-musical, developed by a multi-award-winning and nominated (Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy) creative team — acclaimed for such popular hits as Disney's Mulan and Hercules, Broadway's City of Angels and TV's Cheers."
Only Brent Barrett has been announced in the cast. It previews in Seattle in August.
World Premiere Direct-to-Broadway
New Dates: August 9 - 28, 2005
Book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner
Music by Matthew Wilder
Lyrics by David Zippel
Conceived and Directed by David Zippel
In this sensational new musical, a clique of jaded private school girls reluctantly stage a production of the beloved Victorian novel A Little Princess. The show is a disaster until America's hottest action hero arrives on the scene to direct it. The boy-crazy teens are wild for him, except for one — his daughter. Will she finally have her father back, or will he rush off to Hollywood when he gets a better offer? The fresh, hip score blends contemporary pop and traditional theater tunes in this innovative musical-within-a-musical, developed by a multi-award-winning and nominated (Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy) creative team — acclaimed for such popular hits as Disney's Mulan and Hercules, Broadway's City of Angels and TV's Cheers."
Only Brent Barrett has been announced in the cast. It previews in Seattle in August.
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#3
Posted: 5/6/05 at 6:44pm
Can't wait for this one - - already have our seats; 3rd row dead center, so we won't be missing much action. Princesses will be following in the path of Hairspray..... Seattle to Broadway.
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#4
Posted: 5/6/05 at 7:00pm
You're in Seattle, Glindafan?
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#5
Posted: 5/6/05 at 8:51pm
what theatre is it slated for?
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#6
Posted: 5/6/05 at 8:55pm
Not slated for a theatre yet. My good friend's sister is playing one of the school girls in it. Should be a great show from what she's said about it.
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#7
Posted: 5/6/05 at 9:52pm
Saw it as a presentation with Tom Wopat and Julie Halston at NAMT a year or so ago, and then a workshop up at Norma Terris with Rex Smith and Donna English last fall - all wonderful, very funny and very moving. Jenny Fellner played a great angsty teen who reunites with her daddy (the Sexiest Man Alive) in a parallel modern plot to The Little Princess. The dad role is perfect for my personal pick for Bway's SMA, Brent Barrett - he'll sing the hell out of it, and I'm totally excited to see him in something new!
And Catstagestud - if I saw your friend's sister, tell her she was great - every last girl on that stage was special and endearing and funny and wonderful!
And Catstagestud - if I saw your friend's sister, tell her she was great - every last girl on that stage was special and endearing and funny and wonderful!
#8
Posted: 5/7/05 at 8:39am
David Zippel must be the same lyricist who wrote the lyrics for THE WOMAN IN WHITE. The lyrics for this London musical are well-written and very evocative of the drama that plays out in the musicalized version of a Victorian dark tale.
Based on his work in WOMAN IN WHITE, then this new work, PRINCESSES, must be very promising.
Based on his work in WOMAN IN WHITE, then this new work, PRINCESSES, must be very promising.
#9
Posted: 5/7/05 at 10:51am
Zippel also wrote lyrics for CITY OF ANGELS, and one of the Disney movies - Aladdin, maybe?(with Alan Menken)
#10
Posted: 5/7/05 at 1:10pm
Zippel is one of the best writers on Broadway. His Goodbye Girl stuff is great.
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