On A Clear Day You Can See Forever 2011
Run Time:
2 hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission
2 hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission
Ages: 8+
Opened: December 11, 2011Closing: January 29, 2012
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever - 2011 Broadway History , Info & More
St. James Theatre (Broadway)
246 West 44th St. New York, NY
Love blooms in unexpected places in the delightful, newly imagined world of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Still in love with his deceased wife, Dr. Mark Bruckner (Harry Connick, Jr.), a dashing psychiatrist and professor, unknowingly takes on the case of his life with David Gamble, a quirky young florists' assistant. While putting David under hypnosis to help him quit smoking so he can move in with his perfect boyfriend Warren, Dr. Bruckner stumbles upon what he believes to be David's former self – a dazzling and self-possessed 1940's jazz singer Melinda Wells. Instantly intrigued by Melinda, Dr. Bruckner finds himself swept up in the pursuit of an irresistible (and impossible) love affair with this woman from another time and place, who may or may not have ever existed. Michael Mayer and Peter Parnell's enchanting new version celebrates much of the beloved score from the 1965 musical including the classic hits "Come Back To Me," "What Did I Have That I Don't Have Now?," "She Isn't You," and the titular "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," while adding songs from the film score such as "Love With All The Trimmings," and "Go To Sleep." Songs from the Lerner and Lane score for the film Royal Wedding such as "Ev'ry Night At Seven," "You're All The World To Me," "Open Your Eyes" and "Too Late Now" complete the landscape for this romantic musical comedy. This production of On a Clear Day makes the case for living life with your eyes, and heart, wide open.
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Review: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
4 / 10
It was broke, but they sure ain’t fixed it. In fact, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever’s bumbling show doctors should be sued for malpractice and felonious misuse of star talent. Manslaughter, too: The patient died on the slab. The famously flawed 1965 Burton Lane–Alan Jay Lerner romantic comedy about extrasensory perception, past lives and a kooky gal with a magical green thumb has been reincarnated into a clunky bore that switches time periods and gender, inserts a gay subplot and turns its putative hero—psychologist Dr. Mark Bruckner (Connick)—into a creepy, manipulative stalker. Is this a tuneful retro quirkfest or Dressed to Kill?
Forecast cloudy for retooled 'Clear Day'
4 / 10
The reincarnation of the 1965 musical 'On a Clear Day You Can See Forever' now begins with its leading man, a shrink named Dr. Mark Bruckner, addressing a 1974 meeting of the American Psychological Association and discussing a patient who apparently was someone else in a past life, a someone with whom this doctor fell in love. When the star of the new Broadway version, Harry Connick Jr., starts to lecture, you're immediately put in mind of Al Gore. The craggy crooner, who plays opposite the gorgeously voiced Chicago star Jessie Mueller in a troubled and perplexing show that is hardly the best vehicle for her Broadway debut, has a physical resemblance to the handsome former vice president, and he also embodies some of Gore's signature stiffness. But among many inconvenient truths in this revival, with a radically retooled new book by Peter Parnell and direction and reconception by Michael Mayer, Connick — the big star on the marquee — is just not given a character or persona within which he can rest easy.
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On A Clear Day You Can See Forever History
Other Productions of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
| 1965 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 1979 | Off-Off-Broadway |
Equity Library Theatre Revival Off-Off-Broadway |
| 2000 | Off-Broadway |
Encores! Concert Off-Broadway |
| 2011 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2018 | Off-Broadway |
Irish Rep Off-Broadway Revival Off-Broadway |
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever - 2011 Broadway Awards and Nominations
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| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jessie Mueller |
| 2012 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Jessie Mueller |
| 2012 | Theatre World Awards | Outstanding Debut Performance | Jessie Mueller |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jessie Mueller |
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