Witches of Eastwick on Broadway

[JakeB]

Posted: 10/27/03 at 5:50pm

When??? When???????????????????

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 10/27/03 at 5:53pm

As of now, I don't think there is any plans.

[JakeB]

Posted: 10/27/03 at 5:56pm

No fair The Australian production bombed, the London production didn't break even and the Moscow production did well but had a limited run. I'm sure Broadway would warm to it.

[musicaltheatreman]

Posted: 10/27/03 at 5:59pm

i know i want to see this show!!! i love the music. it seems like it would be a fun show!!! maybe someday

Posted: 10/27/03 at 6:06pm

I saw it in London early in its run at the Drury Lane. Parts were fun, and the performances were enjoyable and polished, but overall, nothing to write home about in my opinion.

Yours for a better Broadway!

[alterego]

Posted: 10/27/03 at 11:10pm

I saw the failed Melbourne production last year. It was a reproduction of the London presentation. It played for about three months of aprojected 5 month season. I saw it twice, I was one of about 200 people in a 1600 seat theatre both times. It is an enjoyable show but is lacking the WOW factor. Everyone I know who saw it felt the same way. You'd ask them if they liked it and they'd reply "It was OK". I can't see it ever getting to Broadway. Cameron Mac Intosh had said in the press here that if it worked here then Broadway was the next step. Well, it didn't work here...

[King Stevos]

Posted: 10/27/03 at 11:24pm

There was a reading of it recently at the MTC so theres still a possibilty to have a show mounted here, but it wont be Mackintosh I hear they are no longer producing new big productions.

STEVOS

[alterego]

Posted: 10/27/03 at 11:27pm

Mac Intosh didn't produce it here but came in prior to the opening as a sort of consultant. It was billed as "the Cameron Mac Intosh Production".

Posted: 10/27/03 at 11:32pm

I think that the US may like it better as it is an american book and story. I find it would be cool. Maybe they could do some pizzaz to it. Give it to someone with a different vision. Maybe Sam Mendes?

[alterego]

Posted: 10/27/03 at 11:41pm

I think the book is the problem. It's just dull. The show slows down late in the second act. The first time I saw it (previews) the song 'Loose Ends' was in, but next time, after opening it had gone which helped a little. Another thing, when the women fly (much publicised first act finale) they lurch over the audience so slowly with an abundance of wires showing you kind of think 'big deal'. Maybe if they can fix the book...

[Auggie27]

Posted: 10/28/03 at 4:21pm

I saw it in London near its end, when only Joanna Riding remainded from the original. It was the show I was most looking forward to that trip, and yet ... it didn't really excite me. I wondered if it was my mood, the lackluster audience, or the presence of a very smarmy guy playing the Darryl (Devil) part.

I especially wanted to love the score -- had been starving for a contemporary sound again in the musical theater. I'm intrigued that so many posts here reference it. I resisted buying the CD, even at Heathrow, but now wonder ...maybe I should listen again, especially with Arnez and company. I thought it too ballad-heavy -- the criticism being directed at WICKED. And I very much like the score for WICKED, particularly the "power ballads..." Just goes to show ... it's all subjective.

[theatreguy]

Posted: 10/28/03 at 4:29pm

I saw ti about a month after it opened in London. It wasn't a great show but a lot of fun. Mostly due to the three women (Lucie Arnaz, Maria Friedman and Joanna Riding). Ian McShane was pretty good but not on the same level as the witches. To be successful in New York they'd definately need some leads with a ton of star power but I think it could work really well. Updated On: 10/29/03 at 04:29 PM

[alterego]

Posted: 10/28/03 at 11:19pm

I think it was Ian Mc Shane in the lead not Ian Mc Kellan (which might have been funnier).

My recipe to fix this show, lose a ballad or two, replace them with two bright uptempo numbers, tighten the book and replace some of the tiresome toilet humor with some good gags.

[theatreguy]

Posted: 10/29/03 at 1:03am

Yeah, Ian McShane, not McKellen. I knew that . . .