If you wanted to do a show set at Christmas that is good for families, I'd say do "Annie".
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I'd love to see "Guys and Dolls" too, but there's a concert version at >> Carnegie Hall this April, with Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally and Patrick >> Wilson, and I assume PBS may be taping that. Nothing official yet, though. >> >> CBS actually signed Reba to reprise "Annie Get Your Gun" for TV right >> after she did it on Broadway in 2001 - but she later complained that they >> dropped the project while she was doing her first sitcom. I hate to say it, >> but if NBC did it now, they'd probably get someone closer to Carrie's age >> than Reba's. >> >> And yes, "She Loves Me" would be my first choice, too, but you're right >> that it would never be chosen. So sad that Jim Aubrey cancelled the >> proposed Julie Andrews/Dick Van Dyke movie version when he took over MGM. >> (Say, if we're doing it for TV, can we get Dick Van Dyke as the boss? Ah, >> one can dream.) >> >> I expect they'll go for something super-familiar like "My Fair Lady." >> ("Grease," especially in its stage incarnation, strikes me as too raunchy >> to follow up "Sound of Music.") >> > > Some of our criticisms may have to do with the fact that this was a first > attempt and some aspects of the show became lower priorities. I liked one > thing about the set: on stage they would change locations by changing the > scenery and in a movie they would just change locations. In this production > they used adjoining sets, which works and differentiates it for TV, but the > logistics of moving cameras and making seamless transitions must have been > overwhelming. It's possible that set design took a back seat and in a > future show it will get higher priority. Similarly the acting was a little > stiff which might be natural for an opening night when the cast hasn't had > time to get comfortable with each other and the play. > > I liked the minimal amount of dancing. It's difficult enough for a film > director to make a big energetic stage number work and the problems only > mount when planning it out for live TV, especially with children. > > Since NBC said that they want to do this as a holiday event my thought for > next show would be Meet Me in St Louis for Have Yourself a Merry Little > Christmas. But the book isn't particularly relevant and only two songs are > well known. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
