More Broadway Ramblings

So, despite the fact that I said my broken heart was healed, I'm still saddened by "A Tale of Two Cities" closing before I could go see it. One of the actors in the show, James Barbour, has a blog and I discovered it Saturday and have been reading it daily for news. He said that the producers are working on a touring company (yay!), but that a CD might not happen (boo). I love the concept CD I have, but I want to hear the Broadway cast because they changed quite a bit of the songs, or so I've heard.

So "Tale" is gone. Upon reading Mr. Barbour's blog today, he mentioned that he's in rehearsals for a new show already - "The Count of Monte Cristo."

My devoted readers know that "The Count of Monte Cristo" is my favorite book of all times. In fact, I spent at least one blog entry two years ago about it, and it sits on my coffee table because I'm reading it for a third time.

So how do I feel about a "Count of Monte Cristo" musical? I have mixed emotions. I'm excited because it's such a great book and also that a great deal of the "Tales" cast is in the workshop for this show as well - James Barbour as Dantes, the girl who played Lucie will be Mercedes, and Natalie Toro will be a pirate queen (but that is not a character original to the book...hmmm...). I'm also excited because the man behind "Jeckyll and Hyde", another great musical, is behind this one as well. But I love this book so much, that I'm worried I'll be disappointed. "Monte Cristo" is 1300+ pages. That's a lot of info for a 2-3 hour musical.

So I'm now going to see how I can purchase the "Monte Cristo" cd that was released in Europe for the European opening, since it won't open in America for a while.

Gotta run. I've got 68 more "Jane Eyre" essays to grade.

Cheers!