Wonder if we'll see some productions of THE VISIT and OVER AND OVER (is that the name of their musical version of Wilder's play?)
Recently Kander and Ebb contributed to a new musical, Curtains, and have worked on regional tryouts of Over & Over (an adaptation of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth) and The Visit (Terrence McNally's adaptation of the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt).
Kander and Ebb's Skin of Our Teeth Musical Looking for Regional Production
By Robert Simonson
February 6, 2003
Skin of Our Teeth, the John Kander, Fred Ebb and Joseph Stein musical based on Thornton Wilder's play about the indomitability of mankind, is casting about for a staging somewhere outside New York."We just finished a revision and demo on it," Kander told Playbill On-Line Feb. 5. "We need to have a regional production."
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The musical, once titled Over & Over, got off to a rocky start with a 1999 Signature Theatre staging in Arlington, VA. (Among other things, star Bebe Neuwirth abruptly quit the show and was replaced by Sherie René Scott.) The writers went back to the drawing board and in spring 2002 presented a Barre-directed reading at Manhattan Theatre Club. "We were all very happy with the reading," Stein previously told Playbill On-Line.
"We changed the name to something very original," Stein quipped. "We call it Skin of Our Teeth, the Musical, without the original 'the.' People say that's what [the show] is anyway, so I said, 'The hell with it!'
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"The Virginia version was — I hate to use the word 'fiasco' — but I think it was badly mishandled," Stein said. "Characters were added which I felt were unnecessary. It just didn't work properly, but we saw what was wrong, and I think we fixed it."
A character, Lulu Shriner, was added to the story in Virginia, where Dorothy Loudon played her. She does not figure into the rewrite.
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Over & Over had a reading in spring 1998 in New York City under Schaeffer's direction, with Michele Pawk as Sabina. Bernadette Peters played Sabina in an earlier reading, not associated with Signature.
All these are individual performances, but the real success comes from how these skilled performers, and their two (uncredited) pianists perform together.
I'm thinking about going to the gym this morning, so I can be all buff and toned with abs and buns of steel for our matinee today.
Mr. Ebb, while not always brilliant in later years, was a class act - his lyrics for Cabaret are perfection.We scored it.
Now, might I ask where in tarnation IS everyone? I still haven't been able to score the Alias box set - and now it will probably have to wait until after the move.
And what exactly constitutes a "ranch" house, anyway? Anything that's one-story or what? I've never known.One floor, with buttermilk paint dipped on the walls.
Hummm, Panni. That's a good topic but I think I would have to say I haven't done anything. At least, nothing comes to mind.
How about giving a home to animals who love and depend on you? How about being a loving daughter who takes care of her elderly mother? How about doing your job well and making a difference in the lives of your co-workers? ...And that's just the tip of the iceberg, Danise.
Ahhh.... Blush.I haven't had much to drink at all over the past week, other than orange juice, water, and diet Pepsi. (But not in the same glass...yuch!)
S. Woody White, I don't like the sound of that chest cold. Have you ever tried the old tried and true honey, whiskey (yuck) and lemon cure? Equal parts of each mixed. Pretty bad, I know, but it does work.
What channel are the Emmy awards on and what time do they start at?
I haven't had much to drink at all over the past week, other than orange juice, water, and diet Pepsi. (But not in the same glass...yuch!)
And I'm not going to even think of asking for anything hard to drink right now.
I need to shlumpf in front of the TV, and watch E! Network.
Good new house vibes to Bruce. Are you going to have a house warming party? And what about "Singing Bird"? Are you going to leave a trail for him/her to follow you to the new abode?
Certain categories are not presented on the telecast night - including GG's. The Emmies are held and broadcast next Sunday. Tonight is a prelim awards night. The winners will be listed - probably with little clips - on the televised awards.
I only listen to Donna Murphy as Tosca - oh, Fosca, my mistake.Donna is sounding like my dog?
George I found a definition of a ranch house-typically having one story, a spread-out floor plan, and a roof that is not steeply pitched.
I'm thinking "Chocolat" when I think of some of the villages we may be visiting.
I'm pleased to know that "kindness to strangers" is still a working philosophy in today's hurried world.