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Post by wendyness on Dec 29, 2017 22:21:20 GMT -5
I've been watching all kinds of productions. Of course the two movies are fairly big productions and there are many theater type productions with sets and lots of interaction between all the actors/singers. The rock opera "concert" format is interesting. I was watching one from Australia from the 90s and all the emphasis was on the vocals/singing and some body language. There was practically no set. Judas had on biker leather, etc.....had the live orchestra and Jesus and Judas were on platforms on opposite ends of a round circular stage with arena stadium seating all around. I know the Brooklyn venue will be different, but the production could go in several different directions from theater staging to a more stripped down version with the songs being emphasized. This is facinating. I too am enjoying all the JCS discussions especially with all the knowledge here on this board. Thank you all.
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Post by pi on Dec 29, 2017 22:21:55 GMT -5
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Post by mszue on Dec 29, 2017 22:23:19 GMT -5
I am really enjoying all the discussions about JCS and theatre in general. I have spent years working in production of musicals...and plays...and all this talk has led me down the path of reminiscing on the successes and failures of plays morphing into film...I would like to think that with ALW at the helm, this could/should be a really successful production. They just have to cast a really strong Judas for that to happen...otherwise it could end up like the film Les Miz which did not hold a candle to the stage production. I was sooooo disappointed in that film...with the exception of Anne Hathaway and Eddie Redmayne, the casting ranged from weak/predictably average to abysmal. Colm Wilkinson maintained in the role that was written for him [Jean Valjean], aged as he is/was, would have made the production so much better! And the awesome role/character of Inspector Javert was chewed up and thrown away! yikes. Steel Magnolias was a good movie on its own but pretty much ruined the central focus of unlikely friendships that can blossom in specific circumstances. When the film producer decided to put his own stamp on the production and bring characters and sites that were originally only existing in dialogue, he ruined the whole premise of the play. If you ever get a chance to see the play on the stage .... go....it is an amazing play and very different from the film in its focus. Shirley Valentine, on the other hand, transformed onto the screen quite well...on stage it is a one-woman monologue...but I loved what they accomplished in the film. All this can be brought to the topic of JCS by my just saying that I really hope the productions stays closer to its original form rather than the film....I suspect that will make for a better television event. Just MHO.....YMMV Happy New Years all..... The Steel Magnolias movie was filmed in the small college town of Natchitoches, LA. Natchitoches, founded in 1714, is the oldest town, not only in the state of Louisiana, but in the entire Louisiana Purchase. I grew up in Natchitoches, from the 1st grade till I graduated from college. The movie was filmed after I moved away, but I heard so much about it from family still living there. Natchitoches is also the town where the real life story that the movie and play are based on occurred. In the movie, the name of the main character, who is diabetic, is Shelby. In real life it was Susan. Susan was a senior in high school when I was a freshman and we had one class together. Susan was first chair flute in band while I was last chair flute. I did not know her outside of this one class, or know her story until the movie came out. Susan was a nursing major at Northwestern State University of Louisiana where she spent the first 3 years in academic classes in Natchitoches. There is a 50% chance she took Human Anatomy and Human Physiology classes from my Dad who was a professor at NSU. Her last year would have been spent in clinical nursing classes/practicum in Shreveport, 70 miles to the North. I think she lived and worked in Shreveport after graduation. I do not know when in this time line she got married. If I remember correctly, the actual location of the beauty salon was used in the movie. The salon was 1 block from the house I lived in during 1st-3rd grades. And was a few blocks, less than 1/2 mile, from where Susan's family lived. However, a famous historical house in Natchitoches was used for Shelby's house in the movie rather than the actual house Susan lived in. There are lots of historical houses in and around Natchitoches, so I don't see this as being unfaithful to the real life story. The Christmas festival portrayed in the movie was an accurate July recreation of the real yearly Christmas festival that occured the first Saturday in December every year. It was a really big deal! People came from all over Louisiana and surrounding states for the famous Natchitoches Christmas Festival. I don't remember there being an Easter egg hunt, but this could have been added after I moved away and if so it would have been on the river bank location used in the movie. The cemetary in the movie is the main cemetery in town. In my opinion, the location and events used in the movie are very accurate to the real life story and enhance an understanding of the life of the characters in the story. I never saw the play, so I have no idea how it differs from the movie. But I can understand that someone who does not know the real story behind the play and movie would have no idea how the production choices made for the movie relates to the story. Dancey....I don't want to take up too much of the forum's space in something they are not interested in but wanted to explain myself. First of all...I thought it was clear I was speaking of the differences between a play and a film...not whether the 'events' in the play are fact or not. Most of Shakespeare's story lines are based in fact but it is not their factuality that makes them great...it is the way the story is told and the points it focusses your interest and attention that make them great. Here is the link to the author's comments re the play upon which the film is based: gardenandgun.com/feature/thirty-years-of-steel-magnolias/He explicitly explains that he chose to have the play take place in a beauty salon...and only the salon...where the men were not present, in order to showcase the strength, resilience, and supportive relationships of the disparate women who helped his sister, etc. That is what was so precious and special about the play....and what was totally not the same in the film. There is a difference between fact and truth...the film told the facts and the play showed the truth more closely as the author wanted it told. Does not demean the town or the truth...but for my money, the play was the more touching work of art. It was also a good film that I liked a lot...the play I loved. But hey...I am a hairstylist...there was an actual "hair script" for the play...I loaned my shop equipment for the play...
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Post by needacoke on Dec 29, 2017 22:51:58 GMT -5
Cassie and I saw Steel Magnolias at the Alliance Theater here in Atlanta. It was excellent. I also really loved the movie.
To bring it back to Adam - The Alliance Theater is in the same building as the Symphony Hall where Adam performed for GNT. They share the same lobby.
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Post by cassie on Dec 29, 2017 23:18:08 GMT -5
I am normally not big on these comparison videos, but this one is done in larger chunks, uses the best material available (Isle of Wright for Adam) and is therefore interesting, and deserves a view. Mainly for the contrast between these two excellent artists, who sound so amazingly different. Also, the comments are mostly respectful below, which is nice to see for a change. www.youtube.com/watch?v=85N0IbOmWpI Correct me, if I'm wrong. But Freddie's example is not a live performance, is it? Looks like something recorded for a music video or TV? Freddie's version in the video is the studio recording lip synced on a music video. Adam's is live and, as Brian would say, dangerous. But the recording of Freddie singing this live is sung in a lower key than the studio recording or Adam's live rendition. So, it does not mash up easily. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwPyas2YKg0
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Post by bamafan on Dec 29, 2017 23:24:16 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Dec 29, 2017 23:40:50 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Dec 29, 2017 23:47:33 GMT -5
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Post by stardust on Dec 30, 2017 0:00:09 GMT -5
This was probably already discussed, but I thought all the UK shows were sold out within hours?? New tickets were released a day or 2 before the show.
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Post by pi on Dec 30, 2017 0:59:50 GMT -5
This was probably already discussed, but I thought all the UK shows were sold out within hours?? New tickets were released a day or 2 before the show. Ohh I would have thought the new ones would be scooped up right away since there seemed to be so much demand..
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