Wonderful Town is Wonderful!
Wonderful Town is Wonderful!
#0Wonderful Town is Wonderful!
Posted: 11/5/03 at 10:06pm
I saw the first preview this afternoon--it was lovely. Donna Murphy is really good in it--very different than one might expect from her. She's very funny--I have much respect for her work even more now. (She will definitely be nominated, and will likely win her 3rd Tony). I thought that Kathleen Marshall did a great job directing and choreographing.
I get the feeling that this and Never Gonna Dance are going to be the surprise hits of the year. =)
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
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Posted: 11/5/03 at 10:27pmWhile I agree that Donna is great in the role, it will be Idina or Kristen that take home the Tony for Best Actress.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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Posted: 11/5/03 at 10:33pmooh--yeah--probably. And, it is still early in the season. =)
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
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Posted: 11/5/03 at 11:36pmGlad to hear this news. It still has a chance for Best Revival.
CCM '10!
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
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Posted: 11/6/03 at 12:29amwasn't Donna Murphy the one who was so hilarious in SONG OF SINGAPORE? or do i have the wrong eventual B'way Leading Lady? my memory is faulty as i age...
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
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Posted: 11/6/03 at 12:51amI was just at Donna Murphy's IBDB.com page and saw that she was in "The Human Comedy!" HAHAHA!! The show that played a miraculous 13 shows on Broadway in '84. I did a production of this show in 2000 in the role that Donna Murphy understudied on Broadway, which is kind of exciting...although I doubt she ever got to go on in it. :P The production I was in was supposed to go off-Broadway in Oct 2000 - Betty Buckley was behind it and was all excited about it - but nothing ever came out of it. I think they did a concert version in NYC in 2001 but that was it.
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
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Posted: 11/6/03 at 12:54amnot sure but i think SINGAPORE was off-B'way. Who remembers? as well as who was the star? she played her own accordion as well. Amazing show.
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
KB
Featured Actor Joined: 5/11/03
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Posted: 11/6/03 at 8:10amHow was Ray McLeod's Link?
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
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Posted: 11/6/03 at 8:19amCould this be the surprise sleeper hit of the season?
IssaMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
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Posted: 11/6/03 at 1:09pm
After a tryout at the Cleveland Playhouse, a new space at Irving Plaza (off 14th Street) was created just for "Song of Singapore". Even though it did well for a while, it was the first money-loser for the then-fairly-new-and-very-hot Richard Frankel organization.
There were some rights problems after the show closed and it didn't get to play in as many places as it might have. It is still occasionally revived including recently in England.
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