Re: BOUNCE off-Broadway

On Apr 18, 8:53 pm, New****tsRe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Steve New****t) wrote:
>
> By Adam Hetrick
>
> Tony Award-winning director John Doyle, currently represented on
> Broadway with the new musical A Catered Affair, will helm Stephen
> Sondheim and John Weidman's latest musical, Bounce, in a full production
> at the Public Theater.
>
> The Public's connection with Bounce dates back to 2006 when Eric
> Schaeffer helmed an industry reading.
>
> Bounce follows the personal and professional adventures of brothers
> Addison and Wilson Mizner. An exploration of the boldness and darker
> shadows of the American spirit, the musical is also a personal story of
> those who are willing to risk it all to grab a piece of the American
> dream.
>
> The musical comedy has undergone several workshops, titles and rewrites,
> with Sam Mendes at one time attached as the director of the then-titled
> Wise Guys in 1999.
>
> Sondheim's long-time collaborator and fellow theatrical innovator Hal
> Prince staged the world premiere of Bounce in 2003 at the Goodman
> Theatre. The production marked the first professional reunion of Prince
> and Sondheim since Merrily We Roll Along in 1981.
>
> Bounce was originally to have made its way to Broadway in 2004 following
> engagements at the Goodman and the Kennedy Center. Producer Roger
> Berlind scuttled Broadway plans for the musical, and the project has
> been available to theatre aficionados only through its cast recording
> from Nonesuch Records.
>
> No casting or dates have been announced for the Public Theater run.
>

I don't think much of the show (from recordings), but anything that
keeps John Doyle AWAY FROM THE OPERA HOUSE has got to be a good thing,
right?

Jean Coeur de Lapin