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#26

re: What is going on with Night Music's artwork??

Yeah, hopefully he got it right here. I cannot help but be worried most about Erin Davie. I hope she comes through, she certainly has the talent.

Updated On: 11/2/09 at 08:29 PM

#28

re: What is going on with Night Music's artwork??

Oh God, let's not even bring that up Michael Bennett. Jessica Boevers in Oklahoma! is possibly one of the absolute worst performances I've seen anywhere. How is it possibly to play Ado Annie and get NO LAUGHS? Even a sure-fire crowd pleaser like I Can't Say No was met with barely polite applause . . . it was just awful.

Erin Davie MUST be better than that - I'm not sure it's pssible to be worse.
#33

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"The supporting casts in all his musicals lately seem to be really weak. Its very odd."

Not quite. Gone With the Wind had an extremely strong supporting cast of West End stalwarts (it was just everything else that was weak). He does seem to make commercial concessions, which is why both ALNM and GWtW had reality TV talent show winners in them (playing Ann Egerman and Rhett Butler respectively)


"I liked what they used in conjunction with the LA Opera."

That artwork would be ideal if ALNM were set in France.


"ALL of these are better than that horrendous KC poster from 02."

There was something not quite right about about most of the artwork for the Sondfest at the Kennedy Centre.

And that production of ALNM was one of the least enjoyable I've seen. It was as though Aaron Spelling had produced it when Dynasty was going through its British obsession in the mid-80s.
#35

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The current artwork has gone the complete opposite direction in trying to improve previous versions. This is my least favorite of all drafts so far, and this is going to be it, so C'est la vie. Does anyone really think that this show actually will have a problem with markenting? You all seem like this show is going to have to struggle to attract an audience. The opposite is true. This show is going to be a sell-out, so the show art is really insignificant. That being said, I liked the moon, and the Logo in previous drafts. But I do not like the sunset or the treeline in the final version. It looks like a poster for "On Golden Pond" There IS going to be a lake in other versions of this arwork with the sunrise and logo reflecting. My question is, "Who decided to put the title text in white, on top of a yellow sunset?" It's just hard to read from far away. This is "A Little Night Music", not "A Little Dusk Music." I saw this production in London, and I do think it would be important to feature trees in some graphic capacity. It is a big compositional element to the scenic design of the production. There won't be other versions of this.
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#36

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Re: The film version of ALNM. Screenplay was by Hugh Wheeler. It was directed by Hal Prince and it *still* bombed. Maybe Roger Corman's involvement had something to do with it?

WTF was Rex Reed smoking when he wrote that review. He compared it to Gigi?!! Maybe Gingold's involvement made him confused because the film version of ALNM *cannot* hold a candle to Gigi.
#37

re: What is going on with Night Music's artwork??

The current poster (last one shown) doesn't work at all with the warm glow around it. It makes the lettering look like a neon sign floating above a woodsy background.

It might as well be saying "Eat At Joe's" or "Ruby's Bar."
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#38

re: What is going on with Night Music's artwork??

It's just hard to read from far away. This is "A Little Night Music", not "A Little Dusk Music."

But the light is pink, and the air is still, and the sun is slinking behind the hill.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad
#40

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This isn't related to the artwork, but have they cast Fredrika yet?
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad
#41

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Keaton Whittaker is playing Fredrika.
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#42

re: What is going on with Night Music's artwork??

She'll be alternating with another girl.
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#46

re: What is going on with Night Music's artwork??

"What is going on with Night Music's artwork??"

What's going on is that the latest version has mutated into the perfect artwork for a Paint Your Wagon revival.




#48

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I think what bothers me about that latest design are the fir trees. This show's production design like most productions of NIGHT MUSIC features Birch trees which feel a lot more nordic...so I'm not sure why they went with fir trees to depict Sweden.

Updated On: 11/5/09 at 08:38 PM

#49

re: What is going on with Night Music's artwork??

Well, in defense of that choice (barely), there are a lot of pine trees in Sweden. Having driven through Sweden myself. They're everywhere.

Still, it's not what one associates with this show ...
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#50

re: What is going on with Night Music's artwork??

I lost interest in this production when I earned that Loretta Swit was passed over for Petra.
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