Whilst scanning the news headlines during a break from typing in comments on a document, I ran across this review of 110 in the Shade, the next play we’ll be seeing at the Pasadena Playhouse. A favorable review. I’m looking forward to seeing this musical; the playhouse hasn’t done a musical in a while (I think the last one was Showtune (the Music of Jerry Herman) back in July 2003 (I don’t count Plaid Tidings, as it had been done the year before). We’ll be seeing it on July 17th, after having a day of gaming at Games Day 17 in Burbank.
I’ll also note that Yahoo!News is reporting that the Pittsburgh CLO is planning to remount Doctor Doolittle as a stage musical (this is the one with music by Leslie Bricusse, that was on the screen with Rex Harrison in the title role, and also starring Anthony Newley). They are planning on taking this on tour. I’m not sure this is a good move. Although the music was tolerable, there wasn’t enough of it—and the plot was piss-poor. I’m not sure audiences of today would accept a plot that was weak in the 1960s when the movie came out. Pass.
