some old show
some old show
#1some old show
Posted: 9/11/08 at 11:22pmeveryday as I pass Minskoff Theater, I remember the short lived show Scarlet Pimpernel. anyone here like it?
#2re: some old show
Posted: 9/12/08 at 6:26am
I absolutely love "Scarlet Pimpernel." I never was fortunate enough to see it live, but I have the soundtrack and libretto, and I've seen high school productions and clips in youtube. My best friend, my sister, and my brother all dressed up as characters for Halloween.
But yeah, I can't hear the word 'Minskoff' without thinking 'Pimpernel' either. I even have a ridiculously touristy picture of me and one of my friends dueling with tiny plastic cocktail swords in front of the theatre.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#2re: some old show
Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:41amTHE SCARLET PIMPERNEL was hardly a "short-lived" show running over two years (with brief interruptions for revisions during the run) and over 800 performances, including previews.
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#3re: some old show
Posted: 9/12/08 at 8:56amScarlet Pimpernel (the first version) is my favorite musical. I saw the second version, which was also at the Minskoff, but didn't really like it, so I never saw the third version. I wish the show had just closed after the first version rather than being rewritten so many times that it became a complete joke. I think of SP everytime I pass the Minskoff too.
#4re: some old show
Posted: 9/12/08 at 9:27am
I love this show- although not as much as JEYKELL & HYDE.
INTO THE FIRE is amazing 
THE CREATION OF MAN is one the most hilarious songs/scenes ever seen on Broadway IMO.
And I just adore Douglas Sills anyway.
The costumes are breathtaking.
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Updated On: 9/12/08 at 09:27 AM
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#5re: some old show
Posted: 9/12/08 at 12:52pmWell, you COULD say it ran two years, or you could say it had three incarnations over a period of two years - and all three versions lost money.
#6re: some old show
Posted: 9/12/08 at 1:47pmI adore the show. The first version was my favorite. I'll never forget those beautiful Fragonard-inspired drops. It was a delight from start to finish.
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#7re: some old show
Posted: 9/12/08 at 5:45pm
One thing that's so great about the SP1 cast is that Terrence Mann and Douglas Sills have such incredible voices, but such different voices. And, in equally different ways, they're both attractive men (well, I've always maintained that Terrence Mann is immeasurably creepy-looking, as much as I adore him as a performer, but he has a lot of charisma). They're both wonderful, and it's hard to compare them.
"Into The Fire" and "Falcon In The Dive" are two of my favourite songs in the world-- again, two incredibly different songs-- and it's fantastic to have them one after the other. And the show has such a mixture of comedy and tragedy, songs running the gamut in terms of style from "Creation of Man" to "Madame Guillotine" to "She Was There" to "Prayer" to "You Are My Home" to "When I Look At You" to "They Seek Him Here." The variation is the best thing about Pimpy.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
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