Posted: 6/11/15 at 8:06pm
Sheridan Smith in Talks to Lead FUNNY GIRL at Menier Chocolate Factory
Directed by Michael Mayer? WTF? This seems so random to me. No word yet on the final decision, but it seems if Smith is out, the musical will go back in storage for the time being.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 8:25pm
That answers your question: the UK has an obvious star who is both obvious and a star.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 8:39pm
You're the reason we can't have nice things, Pinto.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 8:53pm
^Bwahaha!
Posted: 6/11/15 at 8:58pm
I'm sure it was completely random. They probably just pulled letters from a hat until it spelled out a director's name.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 9:03pm
Maybe in London, it stands a better chance.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 9:39pm
And Menier seats less than 200 (depending on how it's set up, it could be much less than 200). The Menier has done very well with reduced musicals - without big orchestras or large casts. So, its Funny Girl (if it even happens) will be nothing like it would be in a Broadway Revival.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 9:44pm
Posted: 6/11/15 at 9:53pm
Too bad Sophia-Louise Dann is unavailable due to Bend it Like Beckham.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 9:54pm
and perhaps too old....
Posted: 6/11/15 at 10:03pm
I am so sick of reduced musicals.
Tinker-toy orchestras that sound like high-school marching bands.
Sets-that-are-no-sets-because-Brecht-or-something.
Actors who can't sing, and forget-about-choreography.
I hope this one opens over there, stays over there, and closes over there, where people still think reducing musicals is a good idea.
Note to Broadway producers who like to bring reduced British musicals over here: Thanks a lot but noooooooooooooo thanks.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 10:09pm
Note to Broadway producers who like to bring reduced British musicals over here: Thanks a lot but noooooooooooooo thanks.
I hope you're reading this, Andrew Lloyd Webber. You better not bring that half assed version of CATS over here. We don't want a museum piece, we want something inspired.
Updated On: 6/11/15 at 10:09 PM
Posted: 6/11/15 at 10:32pm
Because FUNNY GIRL is a bore.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 10:58pm
I saw her in Legally Blonde, and she was very good. Charisma for days. Vulnerable, funny- maybe not as technically accomplished as LBB, but the show worked better with her.
I can see this working well.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 11:05pm
PalJoey and Bilbo, kindly blow it out your respective asses.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 11:27pm
we don't really get reduced british musicals anyway. Barely any broadway musicals are reduced for that matter
Updated On: 6/11/15 at 11:27 PM
Posted: 6/11/15 at 11:52pm
"Attend the tale of teeny Todd…"
Posted: 6/11/15 at 11:55pm
Les Minuscule! coming to broadway spring 2018!
Posted: 6/12/15 at 12:09am
I mean i guess you can say that production of Sweeney Todd was reduced, but I think that was all part of John Doyle's vision. What's the problem with that?
The revival of Les Mis was reduced from the original, but honestly, the original was just so huge. This revival is still a huge show with big sets and lots of costumes and lighting and what not.
Posted: 6/12/15 at 12:09am
I mean i guess you can say that production of Sweeney Todd was reduced, but I think that was all part of John Doyle's vision. What's the problem with that?
The revival of Les Mis was reduced from the original, but honestly, the original was just so huge. This revival is still a huge show with big sets and lots of costumes and lighting and what not.
Posted: 6/12/15 at 12:11am
Jesus
Posted: 6/12/15 at 12:35am
If a revival comes to Bway it has to be the whole grand shebang with a star. The script is severely lacking so its really up to whoever plays Fanny to sell the show. It has to be an amazing singer and comedic actress. My votes go to Jessie Muller or Lady Gaga.
Posted: 6/12/15 at 12:41am
Teeny Todd was not the John Doyle version, but the 1989 version.
And what about the scaled down British productions of A Little Night Music and La Cage?
Posted: 6/12/15 at 12:45am
There isn't any person (besides maybe Jessie Mueller) who could star in a Broadway revival and not be terrible.
Posted: 6/12/15 at 12:45am
THANK you for using your knowledge of history for the good, i.e. telling pinto bean he's wrong.
