Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
#1Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 2:52amSuperman opens in Dallas tomorrow with Matt Cavenaugh - I read where Orfeh and Leslie Kritzer are supposed to be in it as well. - Is that true?
#2Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 2:58am
Not according to the cast list in the program. You can download it on the website.
http://www.dallastheatercenter.org/index.php/superman
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#2Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 3:01amNo, Orfeh and Kritzer are not in it...they may be there for opening or something odd, but otherwise no.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#3Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 3:09am
Check this article out - It says they are in it
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Matt_Cavenaugh_to_Star_in_ITS_A_BIRDITS_A_PLANEITS_SUPERMAN_In_Dallas_618725_20100617
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#4Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 3:30amI am 99.9% sure that's a typo.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#5Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 4:42amAnd the program has no list of scenes or musical numbers. Strange.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699
#6Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 10:47amI know! I was hopping it would have a song list, but I figured it may be an insert as the song list might still be changing -- or there's just no song list.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#7Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 11:20am
Where did you get a program?
The guy who does it at DTC is a joke, when "Give it Up" played in the winter, they cut two songs, and wrote another few, but they didn't update the song list or give an insert, which means no song list.
Guess I'll take a note pad.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#8Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 11:24am
You can download the program on the website. The link is on the bottom left side.
http://www.dallastheatercenter.org/index.php/superman
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#9Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 11:30am
Hmm, that is interesting.
It's also possible that they just aren't including it on the website. Either way, I'm going with a note pad.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#11Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 12:29pmInteresting- they stil have not written in (or acquired the rights to) Jimmy Olsen or Lex Luthor, and are using the obvious stand-ins of Torchy and Max Mencken in their places.
#12Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 3:13pmI don't think they were ever going to write out Max, where they? I figured Lex would replace Dr. Sedgwick. And I kind of like Torchy better than Jimmy.
Mr Roxy
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#13Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 5:53pmIt appears as it is not being revised but the original is being totally rewritten. Interesting to see which numbers get chopped.
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bwayguy22089
Broadway Star Joined: 12/16/06
#14Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 5:59pmDo you think any additional numbers will be added by Strouse?
#15Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 6:00pmThe downloaded program has sequentially-numbered pages and no list.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699
#16Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 6:02pmThey must have had legal troubles with DC comics...they were going to write in a whole bunch of villains and supporting characters, but all sorts of unrecognizable character names are in their places, instead. (Torchy is Jimmy obviously, as pointed out eaerlier.) Very unfortunate.
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#17Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 7:52pm
Someone posted this link on ATC. Interesting article about the process.....
Superman Musical
#18Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 8:25pmThere's a lesbian character now? What? Why?
#19Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 8:31pmRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa is one of the most talentless hacks currently being foisted on New York theatregoers (Chris Shinn also instantly comes to mind), largely by non-for-profit theatres who think producing young, alternative playwrights instantly makes them hip and contemporary. I wouldn't want to get anywhere near anything he's involved in. I shudder to think what he's doing with this delightful, if dated, musical.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#20Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 8:37pmI'm still curious. The book does desperately need some work.
#21Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 9:24pm
I think the book is more preposterous than it is dated. The made up villains doesn't do the show any favors. And it seems they weren't able to get permission this time around, either.
That score is a gem, though.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
bwayguy22089
Broadway Star Joined: 12/16/06
#22Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 10:01pmI'm excited to hear the 4 new songs. I'm sure the "lesbian characters" are minor.I like that he's looking at this as the old fashioned musical comedy it was meant to be.
#23Superman in Dallas - Orfeh?
Posted: 6/18/10 at 10:11pmHaven't read the article, but there has been a lesbian policewoman character in the Superman comics (and, much more subtly, Saturday morning cartoons) for a few decades.
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