CARRIE: The Musical premiered exactly 25 years ago today! Happy Mother’s Day!
Johnny Depp is in talks with Disney to join its big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical “Into the Woods.”
Not sure what to make of this, but it’s newsworthy I suppose.
“Prologue (Little Shop of Horrors)” from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Sung by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman on the original composers demo.
Ellen Greene sings “Somewhere That’s Green” at the 50th NYFF
After a screening of the director’s cut of Frank Oz’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at the 50th New York Film Festival, actress Ellen Greene surprised the audience with a performance of “Somewhere That’s Green” on the stage of the Walter Reade Theater, accompanied by composer Alan Menken!
“A New Life” from JEKYLL & HYDE
Sung by Kim Sun-young on the 2006 Korean Cast Recording. My favorite non-English version of this song.
Here’s a glimpse of the new Stephen King musical. Uh-huh. MUSICAL — with contributions from Texas stars T Bone Burnett and Matthew McConaughey.
“Bring on the Men” from JEKYLL & HYDE
Sung by Emmy Raver-Lampman (u/s Lucy) in the 2012/13 Pre-Broadway National Tour.
“A New Life” from JEKYLL & HYDE
Sung by Emmy Raver-Lampman (u/s Lucy) in the 2012/13 Pre-Broadway National Tour.
JEKYLL & HYDE Pre-Broadway Tour Quick Review
It kinda felt like I was watching a show at Universal Studios. Lots of visual and sound effects, but the show itself was a mess. They made a ton of unnecessary changes to many of the songs, and the ‘rock’ arrangements are kind of hit-or-miss. Also, the book is just BAD. But there were some nice moments, and I didn’t dislike Constantine Maroulis as much as I was expecting to (though his British accent was awful). Saw the understudy for Lucy- she was awesome, and so was the actress who played Emma. It’s just a very emotion-less, commercialized version of the show. Plays out more like a rock concert with special effects than an actual broadway show.
If they had marketed it as a concert version, nixed the half-assed book and small/limited chorus parts, I would have enjoyed it more I think. There was a concert tour version a few years ago that just used three leads, and I think that would have been more beneficial in this case as well. Unfortunately, as a full-out show, it was very messy.
