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Rob
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 08:42am




Click Here to Read Breaking News: CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014 with Revised Book; Workshop to be Held in Oct. 2013
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Jordan Catalano
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joined:10/9/05
CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 10:07am
Now THIS is something to get excited about!!!!
"I think Glee is way too sharp, smart, witty, clever and emotionally confronting for the masses." - Dave19 - "What's next? Snow Black and the 7 Swaggers? Shasquirta and the Beast? 101 Weavematians? Willis in Ghettoland?" - Dave19, in reference to the new ANNIE remake.
After Eight
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joined:6/5/09
CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 10:09am
No more revised books!

No more revised books!
sally1112
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joined:4/13/04
CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 10:17am
I don't have a recording of this, but I love the songs they play on Sirus Broadway station!
CarlosAlberto
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joined:6/29/10
CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 10:17am
@ JordanCatalano: Totally agree!
Ed_Mottershead
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joined:10/20/05
CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 10:30am
The book was the worst part of the show -- songs, performances, design, Choreography, etc., etc. were terrific. But the book was a drag. Having said that, and partcularly after the Clear Day disaster, I don't have too much faith in any rewrites. What I would like to see is have some venturesome label put out a complete recording of the entire show -- maybe with Lupone and Stokes-Mitchell as the leads.
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Gothampc
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 10:53am
"maybe with Lupone and Stokes-Mitchell as the leads."

LuPone did the show for Encores. While she was good, I felt her "I Love Paris" was too forceful. She lost the subtle beauty of the song. It's not a song to be belted.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
newintown
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 12:56pm
It does seem that this is the kind of revival that needs at least one star name to succeed, doesn't it?
JoeKv99
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 01:13pm
I love Paris and Cole Porter but this is an impossible sell.
No good can possibly come from using this vast wasteland of error and deliberate deceit. You should get off of it and warn others away. You should make sure your children and grandchildren know what a corrupt and morally bankrupt institution it truly is.
CarlosAlberto
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 01:24pm
This will definitely need a star name to draw the sector that has no idea what CAN CAN is.
HoldThatThought
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Posted: 1/17/13 at 07:05pm
^ CAN CAN you you name name one one that that would would be be good good??
ljay889
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joined:8/4/04
CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 07:08pm
The 1981 revival bombed, lasting only 5 performances.
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South Fl Marc
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 08:34pm
"While she was good, I felt her "I Love Paris" was too forceful"

You were the only one. She stopped the show dead in it's tracks with the song and rightfully so. She was amazing and I don't think I've ever heard that song sung with so much heart. I can't see this show being done without her and quite frankly, I wouldn't want to see it if it is.


Now living in DC. I really have to change my name on the board.
Updated On: 1/17/13 at 08:34 PM
Kad
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 08:47pm
The fact they have two writers working on the book and neither have substantial theatre experience doesn't inspire confidence.
Dollypop
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 10:17pm
I saw the magnificent Patti in the Encores CAN CAN. She MUST be cast in the new show. MUST!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
GavestonPS
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 10:18pm
But will she do it once they've given all the hit songs to Harry Connick, Jr.?
lovesclassics
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 10:36pm
^ Harry Connick, Jr

I don't know if you were kidding or not about casting him, but what a great idea for the judge!

Isn't Patti LuPone a little old for Pistache now?
lovesclassics
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 10:36pm
Sorry. Double post.
Updated On: 1/17/13 at 10:36 PM
Gothampc
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Posted: 1/17/13 at 11:01pm
Only Catherine Zeta-Jones can sell this show.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
lovesclassics
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joined:10/7/05
CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/17/13 at 11:22pm
^ Catherine Zeta Jones

I actually thought of her when I first read the news.
AnythingGoes23
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/18/13 at 03:18am
They will need a star, a big name for this to sell. Not even LuPones name I don't think could make this a hit again for a big commercial run.

Good luck to it though but I can see down the line Can Can will end Can't Can't
South Fl Marc
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/18/13 at 09:14am
"They will need a star, a big name for this to sell. Not even LuPones name I don't think could make this a hit again for a big commercial run."

If that's true it really shows how bad Broadway audiences have become. It means a show like "Nice Work" can sell on the name of Matthew Broderick, an actor mainly remembered for a movie he did years ago, but has become a bad triple threat (can't act, can't sing, can't dance) and has played the same character for the last twenty years.

Meanwhile a truly talented actress like Patti Lupone (can sing, can dance, can act) can't sell a show? That would be very sad if it's true.

Now living in DC. I really have to change my name on the board.
PalJoey
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/18/13 at 09:24am
Patti must play this part. No one but Patti.

http://youtu.be/DzzljogxZAE
yr pal,
joey



South Fl Marc
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/18/13 at 09:33am
I agree. I remember watching her sing that song. The audience was absolutely spellbound.
Now living in DC. I really have to change my name on the board.
newintown
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CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/18/13 at 10:21am
I'd love to see Patti do the part, too, but I wonder if she's enough of a draw to sell this rather arcane property to a quantity of tourists sufficient to make it pay off.
Borstalboy
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joined:2/9/04
CAN-CAN Headed Back to Broadway in Spring 2014
Posted: 1/18/13 at 11:56am
Oh, why not?

Shape up the book--may the word 'reboot' never leave your lips--, cast Patti, and you could have a success like ANYTHING GOES.

EDIT: That Patti clip is amazing. Simple Broadway tune given a kind of stunning gravitas. Lovely.

"It's now rather very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'. As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more than a whine. It has no meaning, no purpose. It has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that'. Well, so f**king what?"--Stephen Fry
Updated On: 1/18/13 at 11:56 AM

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