[Dec 5] The Sound of Music Live! (Official Discussion Thread)

[ethelu]

You guys may have seen this before, but I had not. I was watching the video of Carrie singing Someone To Watch Over Me from the Sinatra show. It's on Vimeo, and I noticed the next video coming up was from SOML, but the video is not from the live show. It's Carrie and Stephen dancing in full costume and then it switches to the part of the show after the kids take the baroness to look at the garden. The lighting is low and the ending is different because Stephen goes upstairs instead of outside, and Carrie finishes with "And I'll sing, once more" instead of stopping before it. The camera angles are different and there are more close-ups, which I really like.

https://vimeo.com/84543474

Here's another one, Carrie and the children singing Do Re Mi. It is much louder.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/84542310

I guess these were done for the commercials before SOML aired.

 

[maddkat]

^ yeah those were for TV promos.Great to see them again.

 

[Smokyiiis]

Laura Benanti had her baby girl yesterday on Valentine's Day. Her first child (she's tried before but suffered a miscarriage).

 

[ethelu]

Laura Benanti had her baby girl yesterday on Valentine's Day. Her first child (she's tried before but suffered a miscarriage).

Such wonderful news! I'm so happy for her.

 

[Kizmet311]

I can't remember if this was posted here or if it came across my Facebook one day. They are developing a new musical called "Fancy" that will feature several country songs, including Before He Cheats.

New Musical Inspired by Reba McEntire?s ?Fancy? in the Works | Playbill

 

[lizcarlo]

Congrats to Laura for her baby girl.

 

[ethelu]

NBC is presenting Jesus Christ Superstar for Easter 2018. I saw the stage version 2 years ago. It was fantastic!


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[maddkat]

NBC is presenting Jesus Christ Superstar for Easter 2018. I saw the stage version 2 years ago. It was fantastic!


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if he wasn't older now I'd say they need to cast Ted Neeley.I saw him twice in the role and he was amazing!
Got to meet him too,wonderful man. This is a great choice.I love the show.

 

[thaifood]

I still have the original album with the great Ian Gillian as Jesus.

 

[ethelu]

if he wasn't older now I'd say they need to cast Ted Neeley.I saw him twice in the role and he was amazing!
Got to meet him too,wonderful man. This is a great choice.I love the show.

It was Ted Neeley in the version I saw. He sounded like he hadn't aged a bit. Remarkable.

 

[ethelu]

I still have the original album with the great Ian Gillian as Jesus.

I remember that cast album so well. We used to play it all the time.

 

[stuffy]

Is this in addition to Bye Bye Birdie or is Superstar the only musical happening? Did I miss a JLo BBB announcement?

 

[ethelu]

Is this in addition to Bye Bye Birdie or is Superstar the only musical happening? Did I miss a JLo BBB announcement?

BBB will be on this December.

 

[maddkat]

Fox is going to do Rent.Never saw it on stage but saw the movie.Didn't care for it,even when I saw it back then it was dated.

 

[Kizmet311]

My daughter's dance recital was this weekend and there was a Sound of Music number. It was quite a long number, using multiple songs. My husband just shook his head at me, because as soon as the title song started playing I whispered to him that they were using Carrie's version, lol! The number also included her version (only her verse, not Audra's) of My Favorite Things, Maria, Sixteen going on Seventeen, So Long Farewell, and another song I can't remember off the top of my head, but I think it was an instrumental.

 

[ethelu]

Fox is going to do Rent.Never saw it on stage but saw the movie.Didn't care for it,even when I saw it back then it was dated.

I saw the stage version of Rent. I didn't think it was great, either. Strange choice, if you ask me.

 

[ethelu]

Craig Zadan just tweeted that A Few Good Men is coming in 2018. From a previous tweet of his, a few months ago, it seems they were waiting to get the right cast. Perhaps one of the actors they wanted was tied up with another project.

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COMING TO NBC 2018 .

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[ethelu]

Posted by Craig, due to JLo's extremely busy schedule Bye Bye Birdie is pushed to 2018. Since there will be no NBC holiday live musical this year, maybe they could rerun SOML this December?

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[Kizmet311]

Did anyone watch Dirty Dancing last night? I recorded it. I realize it's a tv movie remake and not the live musical version, but just wondered if it was worth watching. I'm guessing it might not be. I love Dirty Dancing, but I'd probably be better off watching the original, lol. I was too young to see DD when it was originally in theaters, but a bunch of my friends and I went to see it in theaters in January for the 30th anniversary. There's just something about watching a movie like that, which you have seen a hundred times, lol. It's one that never gets old for me, though.

 

[maddkat]

^ the reviews/reaction I've seen haven't been good.But I didn't see it, was watching Survivor finale.

Posted by Craig, due to JLo's extremely busy schedule Bye Bye Birdie is pushed to 2018. Since there will be no NBC holiday live musical this year, maybe they could rerun SOML this December?

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they announced her signing on months ago and all the sudden she's busy? Fishy