#1
Posted: 11/21/07 at 7:26pm
It looks like Zhivago is coming to Broadway. The official website is up!
http://www.zhivagothemusical.com/
http://www.zhivagothemusical.com/
Zhivago Coming to Broadway - Official Website
#2
Posted: 11/21/07 at 7:29pm
Lucy Simon's "The Secret Garden" is my all time favorite score. I wish she could do something magical in this show as well.
#3
Posted: 11/21/07 at 7:32pm
It says Fall 2007...They better hurry! :O)
#4
Posted: 11/21/07 at 7:34pm
Well, at least we know there are plans to take it to Broadway.
Last I heard it is going to be opening in the West End next year.
Last I heard it is going to be opening in the West End next year.
#5
Posted: 11/21/07 at 7:35pm
If it arrives on Broadway, it'll close quicker than LESTAT and THE PIRATE QUEEN did.
Broadway doesn't like snoozers anymore. They want PRETTY WOMAN: The Musical.
Broadway doesn't like snoozers anymore. They want PRETTY WOMAN: The Musical.
#6
Posted: 11/21/07 at 7:36pm
I think this one might last a little longer.
#7
Posted: 11/21/07 at 7:37pm
I wonder if Jason Danieley will still be attached to the project.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#8
Posted: 11/21/07 at 7:39pm
In the most recent production that role was played by Matt Bogart, but that is because Danieley was in Curtains. I wonder who they will chose!
#9
Posted: 11/21/07 at 7:42pm
Their website says the show is opening on Broadway OR London's West End. Kind of an odd statement.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#10
Posted: 11/21/07 at 7:47pm
I know they were considering bringing it straight to Broadway, but then they were playing with the idea of bringing it to London then Broadway.
#11
Posted: 11/21/07 at 8:24pm
So long as they don't open it in Billings, Montana.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#12
Posted: 11/21/07 at 8:51pm
That website has been up for a long time. I wouldn't use it to judge the question of a Broadway opening.
#13
Posted: 11/21/07 at 8:57pm
According to this column by Baz Bamigboye in the Nov. 2 edition of the London Daily Mail, the musical Zhivago will open in London in October:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=491269&in_page_id=1794
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=491269&in_page_id=1794
#14
Now I've seen everything: Samizdat on Broadway.
Natasha Rostova
St. Petersburg, Russia
Posted: 11/21/07 at 10:24pm
Now I've seen everything: Samizdat on Broadway.
Natasha Rostova
St. Petersburg, Russia
Updated On: 4/29/08 at 10:24 PM
#15
Posted: 11/21/07 at 11:10pm
I often wonder what musicals TheEnchantedHunter likes. Tenderloin?
-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/
#16
Posted: 11/22/07 at 6:54am
The website is very ugly IMO & does not leap out & grab you.
Poster Emeritus
#17
Posted: 11/22/07 at 7:03am
My partners and I spent a great deal of time trying to nail down the rights to Doctor Zhivago - the rights to the movie are an incredible mess - and then we heard someone else had them. I was expecting... well, I wasn't expecting anything like what I heard. The music just had no flavor. This is one of the greatest love stories ever told. It won the Nobel Prize in Literature for a reason. I hate myself for saying this, but I'd prefer to hear the show done by the Les Miz composers than Lucy Simon.
Oh well.....
Oh well.....
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699
#18
Posted: 11/22/07 at 11:30am
I know a lot of people love the score to Secret Garden -- I for one think it is one of the most boring excuses for a Musical Score.
Boublil & Schornberg would have been better probably, I agree.
But why not whoever wrote Grey Gardens? Or even Guettel?
Boublil & Schornberg would have been better probably, I agree.
But why not whoever wrote Grey Gardens? Or even Guettel?
#19
Posted: 11/22/07 at 11:42am
Dear Lord, not Adam "My music makes Schoenberg sound positively melodic" Guettel.
The idea to do Doctor Zhivago cam about when we were sitting around talking about mounting a real potboiler. I suggested "Reds" because of all the flag-waving numbers a la Les Miz and my partner suggested "Why not Doctor Zhivago?" and instantl we knew we had a great idea. The story would work as an opera. Judging from what I've heard, it's now a chamber piece.
I was not impressed.
The idea to do Doctor Zhivago cam about when we were sitting around talking about mounting a real potboiler. I suggested "Reds" because of all the flag-waving numbers a la Les Miz and my partner suggested "Why not Doctor Zhivago?" and instantl we knew we had a great idea. The story would work as an opera. Judging from what I've heard, it's now a chamber piece.
I was not impressed.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699
#20
Posted: 11/22/07 at 12:45pm
allofmylife, Did you see the production at The La Jolla Playhouse or the reworked version done for charity in NYC?
#21
Posted: 11/22/07 at 1:16pm
There were two productions at La Jolla. The difference between the two was like night and day.
I hope they at least get a new logo.
Allofmylife- They do not have the rights for the movie, only the book.
I hope they at least get a new logo.
Allofmylife- They do not have the rights for the movie, only the book.
#22
Posted: 11/22/07 at 1:30pm
needy, I did not know that. I saw a very early production-still in previews. What did they change?
#23
Posted: 11/22/07 at 2:10pm
They changed every single thing about it.
Did you see the main stage production in the Mandell Weiss or the page to stage in the Potiker?
I will try and post some pictures of the newest production but they are HUGE!
Did you see the main stage production in the Mandell Weiss or the page to stage in the Potiker?
I will try and post some pictures of the newest production but they are HUGE!
#24
Posted: 11/22/07 at 2:38pm
I saw the production in the main theatre a couple of days before opening night and one short rehearsal segment early on.
I had the opportunity to speak to Lucy Simon at that rehearsal. Clearly, she was the driving force behind the musical. I learned later that it was she who secured the rights for the show.
This is a labor of love for her and I got the impression that she poured her soul into the music.
On the other hand, I could understand the rather negative reviews. I felt the storyline was uneven and as some put it- a bit of a mess. But, I loved much of the score especially the quiet ballads.
I've heard that the openings for both the first and second acts have been changed for the London production but I have no idea what was done. I wish I could see the West End result.
Thanks neddy. I'd love to see some pictures
I had the opportunity to speak to Lucy Simon at that rehearsal. Clearly, she was the driving force behind the musical. I learned later that it was she who secured the rights for the show.
This is a labor of love for her and I got the impression that she poured her soul into the music.
On the other hand, I could understand the rather negative reviews. I felt the storyline was uneven and as some put it- a bit of a mess. But, I loved much of the score especially the quiet ballads.
I've heard that the openings for both the first and second acts have been changed for the London production but I have no idea what was done. I wish I could see the West End result.
Thanks neddy. I'd love to see some pictures
#25
Posted: 11/22/07 at 2:40pm
The book is a mess but the score was gorgeous.
I also thought the production was visually beautiful to look at.
I also thought the production was visually beautiful to look at.
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