SuckWatch: A Tale of Two Cities
Via playbill:
Derek Keeling, a handsome competitor from TV's "Grease: You're the One That I Want," will play French aristocrat Charles Darnay in the Broadway-aimed musical A Tale of Two Cities when it world premieres in Florida this fall.
Key phrases: Competitor from TV, French aristocrat, Broadway-aimed. A nefarious combination.
...the twentysomething actor who was known as "wholesome Danny" in the 2007 reality competition...
Guess "French Aristocrat Danny" was taken.
The serious-minded pop epic in the tradition of Les Misérables was previously announced for an early 2006 commercial launch that never transpired...
Hmm... serious-minded epic in the tradition of Les Miz. Class, what did we learn from The Pirate Queen?
"The musical's sweeping score embodies the emotional pyrotechnics that ceaselessly explode throughout the show's breathtaking two hours. This is an emotionally drenched evening that encompasses unconscionable conspiracies, life-threatening schemes, countless betrayals, secret designs, complete political upheaval, pre-meditated mass murder, mob violence, survival against inhuman odds, unconditional love, unrequited love, indescribable love, heroic courage, breathless bravery and human sacrifice."
And somewhere, a producer just blew their load.
Tale of Two Cities, you're on SuckWatch.
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7 comments:
Do you realize Michael Edwards is directing it? I respect him alot but your right this needs to be on SUCKWATCH
I saw a reading of this a few years ago and it was terrible. And more than three hours long.
Edwards is okay - I have mixed feelings about him, and I have no idea how he got connected to this project, or why. Even if he's the best director in the world (which he's not), the material looks doomed. SUCKWATCHED!
I saw James Barbour do a reading of this for a group of potential producers several months ago. The songs are completely unmemorable and the synthesizer on the CD they gave out makes Les Mis sound like it's played on a piano...
Years ago, I saw an early version of this done by a high school group in NJ. It was beyond redemption then---so Suckwatch would be giving it a lot of credit.
I was going to remind you that it was Edwards's show. :) Maybe this is his ticket to bigger fame?
More likely, this will be his downfall.
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