Playbill.com: "Aaron Tveit is a young con man with the golden touch who sets out to charm Broadway audiences in Catch Me If You Can, the new musical by Hairspray songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and playwright Terrence McNally that officially opens April 10 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Wheels Up: Catch Me If You Can, Starring Aaron Tveit and Norbert Leo Butz, Opens On Broadway
Playbill.com: "Aaron Tveit is a young con man with the golden touch who sets out to charm Broadway audiences in Catch Me If You Can, the new musical by Hairspray songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and playwright Terrence McNally that officially opens April 10 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
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Well, I was intrigued by that they're turning this into a musical. I enjoyed the movie, but was not enamored by the preview videos on the playbill website. It's noteworthy that the two leads who, as the movie showed, are supposed to be very different each played the same role in Wicked at one point. Technically, I like the idea that the set appears to remain largely the same over the course of the show; I think that a lot of commercial shows overuse set changes when they're not justified. It was also interesting to see how this progressed from press preview to the performance footage they had.
I must admit that when I first heard that they were making the movie Catch Me If You Can I was a little disappointed. Not another Broadway show that was taking advantage of the popular movies. Although after seeing the preview of this show I am actually looking forward to seeing this show. The lead actors are very talented as well as the production team who worked on Hairspray. Can't wait to see how far this musical goes.
I am still disappointed Broadway producers. Can we please have some original content? It seems like any movie that was mildly successful gets turned into a musical. We'll know we have reached a tipping point when they produce, Eat, Love, Pray, the musical. Contrary wise, producers produce shows that sell tickets, so clearly, people are going to see these shows and that is why they are being produced. If you are really unhappy with the direction of Broadway show choice, the solution is to quit going to these shows until they produce some decent material.
I will preface this with I have not seen the show. However, I am still going to judge. I wish Broadway would stop turning movies into plays in hopes of making money just because the movie did. Theatre is not film, and that's great. It shouldn't try to be. I suppose Catch Me if You Can could be fantastic and in which case I'm just saying a bunch of crap, but I feel like something original is better than another movie on stage.
There's no question that Frank Abagnale Jr's story is entertaining, sexy, and fun, especially when you know find out it's all true. As much as I love this story, and the movie, it still makes me upset that it's another movie turned theater production. The movie definitely sets it up to work well for the stage, especially at the hands of the Hairspray creative team, to keep the fun and sass of the story but I wish more original musicals would surface. I understand when a good play/musical makes it to movies because then you can reach more people but when a movie goes to the stage it just feels like another way to make more money by repackaging the product, even if the show is rather good.
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