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nowhere_fast 09:34 am UTC 04/20/13 |
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re: DOTV Broadway Actually Had A Lot Going For It - steven_stuart 12:54 am UTC 04/19/13 |
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> > Maybe it was just difficult after they'd cancelled the
> > production the first time? It would have gone there. It
> > was set to open at... the Martin Beck Theatre? I remember
> > reading on one site that someone had a poster from that
> > production which never went ahead (and I wish I could at
> > least see an image of it posted online.)
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> Interesting. Was the version of Whistle Down The Wind that
> was to open at the Martin Beck Theatre the West End
> version directed by Gale Edwards or the Washington version
> directed by Hal Prince?
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> I wonder if anyone on the board saw both productions and
> maybe the Bill Kenwright touring version as well. I would
> love to read some comparisons. Can you compare the
> different versions from online reviews?
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> But don't you think that Broadway must be more difficult
> than the West End? Look at how many ALW shows have not
> been to Broadway but have at least been tried out in the
> West End.
The plan for Whistle was to run at the National starting december 1996 then transfer to Martin Beck with previews starting there in april 1997.
So yeah its the Hal prince version that would have played there or at least a version of it.
Allowing for any changes along the way of course
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