Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Children of Eden- worth seeing????
NYBroadwayNY
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#0Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 9:16pmSo the regional theatre in my city is playing CoE. I know NOTHING about it, but thinking of going to see it. IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS, please give me your opinion(as if that WOULDN'T happen here at BWW) on the show and if you think it's worth seeing. Are there any good songs, scenes, dialogue? Thanks!
#1re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 9:23pm
Hey NYBroadwayNY,
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock, Arkansas is about to open this show. Are you talking about this production? I live close to this theatre and have tickets to it. I don't really know much about the show, though.
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#3re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 10:01pmChildren of Eden has wonderful music. Its a sometimes-hidden gem among musicals.
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
#4re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 10:06pmi havent seen the show itself, but the music is wonderful, the music is be stephen scwartz
#5re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 10:07pmI'm still waiting to find the OLC of this show, at a reasonible price. I had a professor in college my freshmen year who had a demo tape of the show before it opened in London. I featured Frances on three songs. They were so amazingly beautiful. I think it was the title track and "Stranger to the Rain". Does that sound right? Anyway, I've read a lot of good things about this show, so why not see it?
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Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#6re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 10:26pmSEE IT SEE IT SEE IT!!! I've seen and been a part of many many musicals, and it is a subject about which I have very particular tastes. But I have to say that Children Of Eden is the best show I have ever been a part of and is easily in my top 10 best overall scores. I'm not even religious but the themes in the show are just expressed beautifully.
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#7re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 10:36pmI love Children of Eden. Definitely see it!
NYBroadwayNY
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#8re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 10:38pmWell, I confess, I did buy my tickets today, but as I told someone else, I just wanted to ask others if I may have wasted my money. ALL your responses have been positive, so now, I can't wait! thanks everyone!
Broadway Matt
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#9re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 10:56pmhopefully it's a good production. it's not the easiest music in the world to sing. I saw a regional production in San Jose several years back that was outstanding. Adrian Zmed from the Paper Mill premiere reprised his roles brilliantly. Does your regional theatre use any Equity actors?
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
#10re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:01pmgorgeous show! go see it! that's all I'm gonna say!
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#11re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:02pmI saw a production in DC a few months ago at The Ford's Theatre. I liked some of the music, but found this production missing something.
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#12re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:02pmSpeaking as someone who has been in the show- see it! :)
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Broadway Matt
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#13re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:03pmwho was in the DC production?
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
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#14re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:08pm
A wonderful show. Moving, interesting, and gr8 music.
http://www.musicalschwartz.com/children-of-eden.htm
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#15re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:14pmi saw it at papermill which i believe was the first production but i may be wrong. i saw it w/ the cast on the cd and then i saw an amazing high school production of it. it's a great show. i definately recomend it.
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#16re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:30pmChildren of Eden rocks. Awesome music, althought it is a bit difficult to sing at times.
#17re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:37pmHow is the Papermill CD? Is it worth getting?
"What the hell happened to you? You look like a Make-A-Wish Kid. You know, I just knew you were gonna bring shame on this new family of ours, and it just figures you had to go make yourself over into some heroin-shootin skate board chic on the only day E! could interview you!" - Cherry Cherry, on her daughter Mary Cherry
Broadway Matt
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#18re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:39pmthe cast is awesome. a lot of folks don't like Stephanie Mills but I love her as Eve/Mama Noah. Zmed is wonderful, Darius De Haas is equally wonderful, and Kelli Rabke is a great Yonah. William Solo makes a great God too.
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
#19re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:39pm
It's worth getting if you don't listen to the tracks that Stephanie Mills is on...
I especially like Darius de Haas.
Updated On: 11/30/04 at 11:39 PM
Broadway Matt
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#20re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:41pmbearing in mind of course that this is someone who thinks Eden can sing. not to attack her opinions, but people obviously have different ideas of good singing.
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
#21re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:46pm
This is true. Most people don't think Eden knows how to sing either. I think she's amazing. It's all a matter of taste. Whatever, I like her and that's all that really matters for me.
#22re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 11/30/04 at 11:48pmlove Kelli Rabke!
"Did you know that if you take the first two vowels in Olive and rearrange them it spells I-Love?"-Spelling Bee
"It's night like this that hotel bars were specifically made." Light In The Piazza
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#23re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 12/1/04 at 7:21amLoge: The OLC of Children Of Eden is OOP and rather hard to find. Right now there is one on ebay.co.uk currently at £50.00 and the seller dispatches internationally. Just thought I'd let you know...
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#24re: Children of Eden- worth seeing????
Posted: 12/1/04 at 10:57amYes, go see it. I saw the World AIDS concert version in NYC last year and it was outstanding. It is one of Schwartz's most mature scores and it has some incredible material in it. The Papermill cast album is quite "extraordinary" as well. They sing the crap out of it. I heard/had the OLC album years ago (with Ken Page as God, Kevin Colson as Noah, Frances Ruffelle) and the new album is better (though they cut a fun "Shipshape" song for the US version). I'd see it again if it played in my area.
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