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Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
#25Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
Posted: 9/19/18 at 3:05pm
mailhandler777 said: "Who??? "
Well obviously YOU wouldn’t know who Jesse is. You only care about former Elphabas...
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#26Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
Posted: 9/19/18 at 6:47pmCan Brett Kavanaugh sing?
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#27Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
Posted: 9/19/18 at 7:49pmAgreed about the Ford’s Theatre production - Euan Morton was great! I’ve often thought about a revival with Carmen Cusack and Bryce Pinkham.
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#28Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
Posted: 9/19/18 at 9:42pm
Call_me_jorge said: "mailhandler777 said: "Who??? "
Well obviously YOU wouldn’t know who Jesse is. You only care about former Elphabas..."
Aren't YOU the one usually posting about former Elphaba's??? Also you don't even know me.
Sorry if I don't know who this guy is. I don't sit around all day and night watching yt videos and looking up whom people are.
Hi, I'm Val. Formerly DefyGravity777(I believe)
Updated On: 9/19/18 at 09:42 PM
#29Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
Posted: 9/19/18 at 11:26pm
^^^ "...who people are."
Don't use whom (most people don't) unless you know how to use it correctly.
Please.
(Just so I don't seem a total bitch, here's the problem in your construction: "who people are" is a clause and while "who" may be the object of "looking up", it is also the subject of the phrase "who people are". The latter takes precedence. Easy and common mistake.)
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#30Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
Posted: 9/25/18 at 3:34am
Short answer: No
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#31Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
Posted: 9/25/18 at 3:40pm
SomethingPeculiar said: "Jarethan said: "I have not seen Parade, nor have I actually ever listened to the score."
What makes you think Eisenberg (or anyof these people)would be good for the role, then?
Thinking more, I actually wonder if Eisenberg is likeable enough to pull it off (box office aside). It's such tricky, dark material, andthe show really only works if the audience believesthatLeo is innocent. In 2018, it's especially tough.
If anything, it feels like a show for 2nd Stage. I imagine LCT is still a little scarred from the experience of the original, and it doesn't seem commercial enough for the other Broadway non-profits."
I did caveat 'if he could sing it'. Based on seeing pictures of the original cast, and with awareness of Eisenberg's very strong acting ability and the fact that he will not have to stretch to play a Jewish man, I don't think there is much of a leap in concluding that he would be good if he could sing the role.
#32Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
Posted: 9/25/18 at 3:40pm
Perhaps we can never get a parade revival, but I sure think this kind of piece would work cinematically and it sure would be great Oscar bait.
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And the white and the spades
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#33Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
Posted: 9/25/18 at 4:38pm
I've felt forever the only way to get a Parade Broadway revival is to have an Oscar winning Parade film adaptation get greenlit.
It could always come back smaller at Roundabout for limited run or something.
I just think no Broadway Producer is gonna take a risk with that premise again.
#34Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
Posted: 9/25/18 at 4:45pm
SomethingPeculiar said: "Jarethan said: "I have not seen Parade, nor have I actually ever listened to the score."
What makes you think Eisenberg (or anyof these people)would be good for the role, then?
Thinking more, I actually wonder if Eisenberg is likeable enough to pull it off (box office aside). It's such tricky, dark material, andthe show really only works if the audience believesthatLeo is innocent. In 2018, it's especially tough.
If anything, it feels like a show for 2nd Stage. I imagine LCT is still a little scarred from the experience of the original, and it doesn't seem commercial enough for the other Broadway non-profits."
Interestingly enough, a lot of the books written about the case throw quite a bit more doubt on his innocence than the musical does. And I’m not talking about the hatchet job that Mary Phagan Kean wrote, either.
#35Would Jesse Eisenberg be a big enough name for a Parade Revival?
Posted: 9/25/18 at 4:46pm
rattleNwoolypenguin said: "It could always come back smaller at Roundabout for limited run or something."
I could see this happening. Enough of a show so that Broadway fans can get their fix (bonus if someone like Jake Gyllenhaal is in it to sell tickets to the unsuspecting general public), but no expectations of trying to stay open for a long run.
I mean, if they'll bring back Robber Bridegroom, I could see them bringing back Parade.
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