Hilltopper39 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Has anyone here ever seen Flashdance the Musical? It's in Town this weekend and I was just curious if it was worth checking out or not? (I originally posted Ghost the musical, but it's really Flashdance that's in town this weekend) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 ^ Nope. It was/is going to be in Orlando. Just really had zero interest in seeing it. If you go, report back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 ^Yeah I really don't have a lot of interest in it either, just noticed it was playing this weekend and was curious if it was any good or not. If it is I might check it out! The rest of our season in Jax is pretty decent and probably a lot of the same stuff your are/will be getting in Orlando, Blue Man Group, War Horse, Memphis. and Million Dollar Quartet. I saw Memphis in New York a few years ago and thought it was just fantastic. Kind of a generic story that I feel like I've seen a few times before but the music was good, it had an awesome production, and overall was just a really fun show. There are also some rumors of a Memphis film adaption in the works, which I think could work really well. I've never seen Million Dollar Quartet but I've heard some great things about it. It sounds like it's definitely worth checking out if your into country/rock and roll music at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Found this article at Broadway.com about the men in the company of the Australian Production of KING KONG: The Musical. Seems the guys decided to put together a 2014 calendar for sale. And they included The Star in at least one of the photos. Here' s the link to where you can get one of these calendars for yourself, as a gift, or....? http://kingkongliveonstage.com/giveaways/ Man, those arms! ...... And the gorilla's, too! (o; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 There is a King Kong musical?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 ^ Hahaha that's what a lot of us are thinking - How could it be a musical? Well, some day you may see it near you on the east coast: Plans have been announced to bring the show to the United States, England, South Korea, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands, among other markets. Now that I look into this a bit more, holy crap new technology massive puppet that requires 35 folks to move around the stage! ...he title role is the largest puppet ever created for the stage, and requires many on-stage and off-stage operators to control him for every show.[5] According to press notes, "A group of 35 on-stage and off-stage puppeteers work to manipulate the large-scale puppet. Several puppeteers are positioned on swinging trapezes and others launch themselves as counterweights off the puppet's shoulders to raise Kong's massive arms as he runs and swipes at planes during the performance" Full Review - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_%282013_musical%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 ^ Yeah I saw the sizzle reel and thought "I've petty much seen the show now" so ever really thought about it again. Just got tickets for Matilda in January, very excited for it as I'm a huge Tim Minchin fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 There is a King Kong musical?!? Forget the singing gorilla! It's all about (what they call themself) The King Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I would use the word Musical very lightly in terms of King Kong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 ^^^ Matilda... huh, didn't see that one coming to the theaters. I still want to see Spamalot or Avenue Q again - huge fan of those since they were so freaking hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I would use the word Musical very lightly in terms of King Kong. So....Sing lightly and carry a big Kong? (It made sense to me, at the time.) Oh, and for myself: The Book of Mormon > Avenue Q > Spamalot. But that's how awesome they all are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azza29 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I would use the word Musical very lightly in terms of King Kong. Yes, more of a play with songs. I'd even argue that taking half the songs out might actually make it a better show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Oh, and for myself: The Book of Mormon > Avenue Q > Spamalot. But that's how awesome they all are! I'm sure that I will agree with you 100% once I finally see The Book of Mormon... had to sell my tickets last minute due to a conflict and was pretty bummed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I know this is a different kind of musical, but if you haven't seen Disney's "Frozen" yet, I highly recommend you get out to a theater to see it. Not only is it one of the best mainstream animated movies ever, but the music and some songs in particular are incredible. The main character is voiced by Idina Menzel, which should be enough to convince you that I'm telling the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 ^ This thread is more for traditional theater musicals. We talk about movies in the movie thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Here's something I didn't get about Wicked... When you live in a world where talking goats can be college professors, why is a green girl that big of a deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Here's something I didn't get about Wicked... When you live in a world where talking goats can be college professors, why is a green girl that big of a deal? I think the the real question is, why is Wicked such a big deal? ( That really doesn't need an answer! ) Saw Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in Sydney earlier this month, a very funny show, great cast, had a lot of fun, also saw Agatha Christie's A Murder Is Announced in Melbourne, another fun night night that kept you guessing to the very end. Was hoping to catch Evita in LA, but sadly the work roster did not work out as planned, so catching it in Feb in Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Here's the whole 2012-2013 Broadway Musicals Season as seen through my cast cd collection, lol! Including the TONY Winner for it, KINKY BOOTS! Happy Holidays Everybody! Starting with "Bring It On" and ending with "Pippin" for this past season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 From musical's i've seen i'd say Legally Blonde: The Musical was my favourite, followed by Wicked and Grease. There was recently a production in Australia of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that was pretty damn awesome. From the previews i've seen of Newsies it looks good too, i'd love to see that and Matilda come to Australia though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Our annual Theatre In The Park here in Vancouver, just announced the two show lineup (which will play in repertory next summer): SHREK: The Musical and Legally Blonde:The Musical Its sort of local trivia, that this is the first time that TiTP has repeated a musical from the following year. Apparently LB was a GI-normous success this past summer, and worth the repeat try. I am curious as to how they are going to handle the two completely different sets and lighting set-ups for these two productions. Might have a go, and find out next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Coleman Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Picked up a couple of tickets for the book of Mormon last week. Pretty excited about it based on all of the great buzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 ^ If a tour doesn't come through, I know one of the local professional companies would do a great job with it. They did Avenue Q this past summer and it was hilarious! And I saw an excellent tour come through here, AND in the first week of previews in LONDON for it, back in 2006. But "Mormon" will have to wait a bit, I suppose... (^ Hope you enjoy it, when you see it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Finally getting around to listening to my cd of the original Broadway cast of First Date. Am enjoying it so far, and somewhat sadly, as this coming weekend is it's closing shows. It sounds like a really good original musical that will be closing too soon, before it's time. In the mean time, there's this cd.... Buh bye "Chuck." And Krysta, a SMASHing good voice, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenDen Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 The newspaper I work for did a Mormon cover for the Fall theatre season here on the Gold Coast of Florida. I just got this in, so stoked!!! Just in time for our Winter theatre guide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperShawn Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 After years of loving the sound track I finally saw Wicked last night on Broadway! It was everything I hoped for and more. The current leads were both fantastic and I liked their takes on the characters instead of trying to live up to and completely copy Idina and Kristen. The two scenes i most anticipated were Popular and Defying gravity, both of which well exceeded my expectations and delighted me. All in all a solid show and I can see why people love it and the run continues on. Ps - alcoholic drinks in souvenir cups that you can drink during the shows was a happy surprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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