As such, I’d just like to take this opportunity to remind you that your love for Groundhog Day doesn’t have to be limited to February 2nd. Soon, if you live in New York City or its surrounding areas or choose to spend your surplus income on bus fare, you will be able to see a stage musical based on the 1993 film.
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I was super excited to see this show. The hype surrounding this show was so great. The cast seems so great. They are advertising this show so well. From a producers stand point they have a good chance to become a hit. I than watched this video. I am no longer as excited as I once was. I think the video is slightly boring. I have heard other songs sung by Tim and they sound fantastic. IN this video he seems tired and does not sing it well. I know he did not write the song for his vocal styling but I thought he would be able to sing his material better. I understand that I have not listened to any other of the music and I do not know how it will change throughout the next few months with previews and such. Andy Karl seems very fitting for this part and I hope the material serves the movie well.
To be honest, I'm not even sure how to write a comment about this. It is always surprising to see what someone is writing a musical about next. Then again, I will say that I just wrote a comment supporting the writing of a play about capitalism. So at this point in the evening, I'm just encouraging anything and everything. So let's roll with this idea of Groundhog Day: The Musical. As a side note, I am excited to hear that Tim Minchin is writing the music because he did a fantastic job with "Matilda, The Musical." I can't say that it will be terrible considering it did so well on the West End. But then again, there were many musicals that flopped in the West End that were smash hits in the United States. So you never know... Nonetheless, this musical is bound to be interesting and I hope to see how it will turn out. I hope it wasn't as depressing as the movie was. I know it is a comedy but I just found it totally depressing.
I have to agree with John, I have no idea where to even start with this. I have seen a lot of postings about this musical on Broadway.com and Playbill but if I'm being honest, everything I have seen this far has not "wowed" me. Which is such a shame because I do really like the movie, but sometimes things are better left as is. For example, SPONGEBOB THE MUSICAL. C'MON? I am worried that commercial theatre has really transformed into the necessity for ticket sales rather than producing good ORIGINAL work. I am worried that this art form is evolving to appeal to a demographic of people that are just not interested. Groundhog Day: The Musical is starring broadway vet Andy Karl, whom I saw perform in Legally Blonde. He is eccentric and captivating onstage. I do really hope this musical is successful, but I fear that it is unoriginal (and that this is becoming the standard for "new" theatre)
Last week I wrote a comment about making a musical out of Devil Wears Prada and I thought that that was going to be the most exciting new musical of the month. But here we are, Groundhog Day the musical and I have never been more excited. I think we can't go any farther without recognizing that it is a huge risk for whoever is writing this musical to be doing so, so we have to acknowledge and encourage artistic risk, always. It is the only way that innovation happens. Do you think Hamilton would have been created if we hadn't encouraged risk taking in theater? I think not. I for one am excited to see what the future of Groundhog Day the Musical is, because I think children (and adults) could use a story about an underdog that everyone can relate to, and who better than a groundhog. This musical is going to breakdown barriers for more holiday animal based musicals, and that is a market theater is really missing. I am so excited to see what the future has in store for this bound to be successful show, and hope to see more updates on it's success on this page in the future, because I am the #1 Groundhog fan.
I understand that there's a time and a place for commercial there such as this, but it's a shame that in today's age where productions like Hamilton and Fun Home are presenting the notion that all commercial theatre doesn't have to simply be there to serve the purpose of fulfilling mindless, empty entertainment. Coming from the perspective as a student at Carnegie Mellon, where it's always exciting to see new works put on and to be able to see and learn the process for that act of creating and producing wholly original work, it's just kind of a shame to see broadway theatre spaces going to waste on shows like this. I'm sure Groundhog Day is a grand movie and all, but perhaps it doesn't need to be brought to the theatre, where I fear that commercial theatre will begin to recess into nothing but high budget nothings.
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