Musicals

[Nrthwnd]

Just saw the touring production of FROZEN on Wednesday night. And we were blown away by how much 'production' they put into this! Since it was a touring show, things like trap doors, revolving stuff, etc. can't happen, unless you pay A LOT to have it done. Anyway...

All the leads were awesome, the chorus was amazing, and once again, I was exhausted watching allllll the choreography. Really excellent dancing.

And after Elsa did her "9 o'clock number" <grin> of "Let It Go", ending Act 1, complete with the onstage dress change .... including myself, several people around us were commenting... "Now THAT's the way to end Act 1!" It was stunning to watch, even though I knew it was coming.

And .... apparently this was one of Caroline (Elsa) Bowman's  last performances with this tour, with a new Elsa taking over in a few weeks. So glad we got to see and hear her. I've known about her being Elsa for several months now, due to postings by Broadway.com . She is/was a powerhouse singer!

This was also one of the very few touring shows (and there have been quite a few these past couple of seasons) who sold an actual Souvenir Program, along with the usual t-shirts, and related souvenirs. Cost $30 (cdn) but it was so nice to finally have one.

Front of the program w/o the tag line.

[Nrthwnd]

For those of us, myself included, who can't make it to New York and BROADWAY any time soon.... we collect Cast Recordings of the musicals, that open every season. The GRAMMY nominations just came out, and although they usually don't include that category on the televised show itself, but announce the winner anyway. They GRAMMYS take place on February 2, 2025. And here's the list of nominated shows...

Best Musical Theater Album

Hell's Kitchen

Merrily We Roll Along

The Notebook

The Outsiders

Suffs

The Wiz

[bert425]

on the plus side, Nichole Sherzinger (whom I cannot STAND. . .I dislike her more than Jenny McCarthy, and that says a lot). . . just screwed herself out of a Tony nomination, and likely doomed her run on Sunset Blvd to a lot of open seats.

who does she think is behind the scenes of the Tonys?  and most of Broadway?  and cast of many shows, and the majority of the folks that bought tickets just to see her in this show.

oh well

https://deadline.com/2024/11/nicole-scherzinger-donald-trump-russell-brand-sunset-blvd-1236171053/

[prozach626]

Yeah. Cancel her for her beliefs. She needs to be silenced.

[bert425]

know what?   editing to remove what I posted, because I really don't care what you think.

 

[prozach626]

It showed up on the feed. It sounds like we're on the same page, Bert. She needs to be done. There's absolutely no reason she should be able to express even a hint of her beliefs without being judged, because she shouldn't be judging people for who they are.

[CaptainUnknown]

I've said that Oz is lucky that the sentient being made of metal that lacks a heart didn't decide to go all Terminator on the Emerald City. So, in honor of Wicked part 1 coming out next week:

Spoilers for part/act 2.

[Nrthwnd]

Four musicals have/had announced their intent to produce a Cast Album/CD. One of them, Swept Away, has unfortunately already closed, but I'm still hoping that they do release a cast album for posterity's sake. The second one, Once Upon A Mattress, has just recently closed their limited run, but they just announced a Cast Album will be produced and available at the end of March! #3..... Death Becomes Her ..... (since opening in late Nov.) finally announced a  cast album to be produced. And the fourth, is one of the most-talked-about musicals this season, Maybe Happy Ending, with Darren Criss starring as a helper-bot.... Most excellent!

[Nrthwnd]

We just saw the touring production of Beetlejuice last night. Pretty good show, although I really didn't hear any standout song, etc. in it's score. Everybody was great in their parts, but sometimes, the dialogue was going so fast, that key jokes and plot stuff were missed by us. Probably an age thing, heh.

Anyway, the actual Best Part of the evening for me, was this patron who passed by me, looked back, and saw my t-shirt from a touring production of Come From Away, which has been here a couple of times. His eyes lit up, and his first remark to me was "have you seen the show?" I told him I had actually seen all the tours (2-3?) that had come thru town. And the t-shirt was from the second tour, here.

He then gushed and went on to tell me he was a real Super Fan of the show, had seen it in New York several times during it's fun, actually went to Gander Nfld. where the story actually took place, for the company`s special showing to the residents of Gander, with thanks for their kindness, back on 9/11. That must have been awesome to see and feel.

The topper to all this, was he has seen the show 36 times! Total shock for me. My big numbers were: 16 times to the first touring production of A Chorus Line. It ran for a full month here, which is very unusual for any touring show during the late `70s, (TRIVIA: In the cast was future "Frasier"'s x-wife Lillith, Bebe Neuwirth! She sang the "I could never really sing" number. And local performing Canadian legend Jeff Hyslop, singing "I can do that,") and 19 times seeing the film of CHICAGO.  And...... that's it for myself.

It was a really nice way to remember the evening and the show.

And the next touring show for us is TINA: The Tina Turner Musical. Near the end of March. Very much looking forward to it!

[Nrthwnd]

FINALLY, and after one+ months since the 'usual reveal dates & shows', BAC (Broadway Across Canada) is "revealing all" on April 30th.

Then, I have till May 13th to decide whether to buy this coming season .... or not. And either Pay In Full, or do the monthly subscription...

(I am hoping & Juliet will be in the coming season.. Our current BAC season, we're seeing SIX next month.)

And speaking of musicals, Broadway's TONY Award NOMINATIONS happen on May 1st. So a literal avalanche of musicals are opening, in the next couple of weeks, before the cutoff date (April 27th). Whew! Stay tuned, till the noms are out.

^ Last Year's PR for the 2024 TONY Awards ^