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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2016 16:30:40 GMT
 So if it wasn't official before, it now is. Opening at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway, previews from March 16, opening night April 17, 2017 and starring Andy Karl reprising his role of Phil Connors from The Old Vic production. As great as the London production was, I wonder if there will be any changes made. I was watching this episode of TheatreTalk and they say that some American producers who saw the Old Vic run and did not agree with the great reviews (skip to about 15 mins 40 seconds in). What do people think? Will this work as well on Broadway, or should it be fine as it is and need very little changes? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2016 19:09:20 GMT
I've said it before, but no I don't think this will be received as well on Broadway. In London we suffer from a dearth of new (and especially original) musicals that haven't been done before in New York. That made Groundhog Day exciting. It isn't the case in New York, where it's very rare that a new musical transfers from London TO New York. Broadway sees a number of new musicals each year that haven't been done anywhere else. They're also used to musicals like Hamilton and Fun Home that are far more daring and risk-taking than something like Groundhog Day and manage to pull it off.
That said, it's not a bad show and it is enjoyable. I don't for one minute think this will be badly received on Broadway. I'm just not convinced we'll be seeing the 5* raves and I think the people predicting it to sweep the Tonys are being ridiculous, especially considering that this year seems to be a great one for new musicals that have already been received well by American critics.
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Post by talkstageytome on Oct 19, 2016 20:51:52 GMT
I kind of agree. It does seem a bit safe, and may very well be up against some tough competition. But the excitement of a new Tim Minchin musical will attract audiences in I should imagine, given the popularity of Matilda. And Andy Karl has a much bigger fanbase in the US too. Plus I'm sure whoever they get for Rita at least will be an exciting Broadway name, I'm personally excited to see who they cast as they'll be featuring on the cast album (which I CANNOT wait for!!). It's a great musical and I'm sure it'll be received very well, but I don't know if it'll necessarily make such a big impact over there. Love the new artwork though. Simple but effective. Like the font a lot.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2016 21:57:45 GMT
The font is cool. But I'm wondering why Warchus doesn't warrant the curly R on his surname? ;-)
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Post by talkstageytome on Oct 19, 2016 22:08:43 GMT
Oooh, I'll never unsee that now!  How odd! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2016 23:41:28 GMT
For what it's worth, my guess is that the curly R's are where the capital R would be, so at the start of Rubin's name and within GROUNDHOG as it's the title of the main thing where it probably would be capital anyway. It just happens to be the only letter that has a noticeable difference between upper case and lower case (even though the lower case is capitals making it difficult to tell the two apart)
Having said that, I've no idea why the second O is filled in Groundhog but not the first.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 18:28:04 GMT
It's an OCD nightmare.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2016 22:36:15 GMT
Good news people! Tickets are now on sale, and the marketing is using a nicer, lesser evil-looking groundhog. Hopefully this will look pretty cool as you scroll down this page! ;-)  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2016 22:40:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2016 23:28:57 GMT
See, now it's starting to look evil...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2016 8:36:32 GMT
That groundhog's face does nothing to dispel my belief that - in the musical at least - everything that happens to Phil happens because the groundhog wants it to.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2016 9:11:39 GMT
It's still got a look in it's eye.
I'm not saying all groundhog's are evil. But the one in the show is far from innocent.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2016 10:02:53 GMT
They feast on human souls, you know. There's a truly marvellous quote here, in the third paragraph ("A report in 1833..."). Someone clearly enjoyed writing that part of the report. |
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Post by thebearofwestend on Nov 12, 2016 2:05:36 GMT
any casting news ? besides Andy
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 22:09:35 GMT
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Post by 49thand8th on Dec 14, 2016 3:53:17 GMT
I am SO happy about Vishal Vaidya. I saw him in Spelling Bee at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC.
The ensemble seems like a lot of really solid, funny people. Looking forward to it!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2016 8:25:02 GMT
Excellently, it looks like you have a much more diverse cast than London too! (I mean, okay, Punxsutawney in reality is 98.8% white, but there's no reason that *has* to be reflected in the casting!)  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2017 3:20:31 GMT
Here's a video of Andy Karl singing 'Seeing You' at his and his wife, Orfeh's recent "Legally Bound" gig in New York (was tempted to put this in the Old Vic thread also but didn't want to get people's hopes up thinking there would be a West End transfer!)
While it's great to see someone other than Minchin singing it on YouTube, I'm looking more forward to the cast album with the full orchestrations and backing vocals from the company....and the whole album in general! I just hope the music orchestrations etc. won't be changed much on Broadway as I notice such a huge difference between the Matilda London (technically Stratford) and Broadway albums. The Old Vic production was perfect the way it was, just a shame a London recording wasn't made during the run.
P.S. Happy Groundhog Day!! ;-)
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Post by ali973 on Feb 2, 2017 7:04:27 GMT
hmm..no. He's a great vocalist but I feel cheated that them high soaring notes at the end are lowered. I need some ear-popping, eye-bleeding, high-octave, no-nonsense belting, please.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2017 9:03:58 GMT
Oh that's a lovely present for Groundhog Day!
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Post by stuartmcd on Feb 2, 2017 21:16:18 GMT
Video of the Broadway cast in rehearsal. Loved hearing that music again
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Post by charliec on Feb 2, 2017 22:18:15 GMT
Theatremania tweeted a similar video with slightly different bits of songs...
I saw GHD 7 times so know the songs fairly well! Looks like the "If I had my time again" song has changed quite a bit from this clip. And judging by all the clips lots of changes to the chorus backing on quite a few songs.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2017 17:11:58 GMT
OMG I love these! Now waiting for a cast recording!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 2:41:54 GMT
New trailer with Andy Karl has been released... What's good about this trailer is not only is it funny and clever, but already rips the band aid off for those obsessed by the film in that they don't use "I Got You Babe" for the alarm!  |
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Post by ali973 on Mar 1, 2017 6:33:43 GMT
Can't wait for the cast recording.
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How odd!
