Sunset Boulevard staring Petula Clark 2NT (Full Show)
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Sunset Boulevard | 2nd National Tour | Nashville | February 8, 2000
Petula Clark, Lewis Cleale, Allen Fitzpatrick, & Sarah Uriarte-Berry. An awefull production in which half of the lyrics are being sproken instead of sung. There's nothing I hate more than that.
Some who are critical of Petula here must not realize she performed this role in London before doing the 2nd National Tour. She was loved in London and the U.S.
I also see people criticizing the set. If you were actually seeing it in the theater,i felt it was very grand and worked beautifully.
I saw this production at Hershey Theater,it was wonderful as was Petula. I also saw Betty Buckley on Broadway who was also wonderful. I loved both of their interpretations of Norma.
Thankyou for uploading this production featuring Petula Clark. I had always wondered what she had been like in the role as I never managed to see her. Thank you again.
The 1st national tour had to close because it was too costly to run. The original set was never meant to tour and there was no practical way to strike, transport, and install something that massive in just two days from a Sunday evening in one city to a Tuesday night opening in another. The tour had to have a full week hiatus between cities to get that done -- it was not financially sustainable. The redesign for the tour was an attempt to make the set tour friendly for a schedule that was mostly one-week engagements and an occasional split week (2 or 3 days in two different cities in a single week). The towers were soaring shelves of movie props and scenic pieces and they were used to help define playing areas and suggest movement to new locations. The overall design concept was to always be conscious of the fake nature of film-making and, as an extension, the business of Hollywood -- facades and ephemeral illusions. (And yes, on this particular night, the local flyman brought the scrim in too fast and let it hit the stage hard -- This was not a common occurrence.)
We gave the WHIRL new ways to dream...
Thanks, Sarahsanders! Ya nailed it; the lack of pronunciation scrapes my spine, each occurrence. (Thought the scrim crash was brutal?) Sure, "world" is typically a vocalist's sore spot. But YIKES !!!
Thank you so much for posting this. Do you have a full recording of the show with Alan Campbell and Glenn Close by any chance?
i think thats already on you tide
1:13:18 love the costume for this scene
Almost every aspect of this redesigned tour was terrible - direction, talk-singing, poor staging (what are these random columns moving on and off with no purpose?), extremely lackluster set design...I would even argue the casting. Just yesterday I was reading an interview with Clark from during this tour, and she practically makes Norma out to be a joke. The other actresses found the human beneath the character, but Petula...just thought she was crazy. It’s really astonishing that they put THIS out in the world, it’s almost an entirely different show. I was lucky enough to see the first national tour with the original sets and direction.
Opinions are like ass holes. Everyone has one. There are thousands of people who saw this production, and feel that Petula Clark was their favorite Norma Desmond, yes, more than Betty Buckley or Glenn Close. Take a survey if you don't believe me. This show sold out in every city it played. Clark's Norma was not a joke. Norma is of course mentally unbalanced, there's no other way to play it. Swanson played her an unbalanced as well. Clark was absolutely dedicated to this role, appearing at every single performance and always singing 100%. She was powerful, and deeply moving, and as a result this production received glowing reviews in every single one of 32 cities. (Except, for some bizarre reason, Detroit-- not a city really known for its theatrical sophistication.) What is more, this production was embraced and loved by Andrew Lloyd-Webber who often joined it on the road to treat the cast to evenings out. It IS interesting that "they" put this into the world: Its investors were delighted, since it's the only production of this show that ever returned its investment. Seriously. The first national was also terrific but unable to tour for long, since moving that set was too complicated. And note that this is not an opera but a musical where the manner in which songs are presented are an artistic choice, and in this case, are completely valid.
@@allenfitzpatrickactordude you are like the only bright spot in the entire show. Both Susan Emmerson and Alice Lynn were far superior Normas. It's also hard to take your opinion as being objective given that you were in the cast of the show. That being said, I would like to reiterate how absolutely phenomenal you were in the role of Max. I wish I could say the same about the rest of the production, but it simply was not a very good staging, the staircase looked like it came from the Titanic, the curtains look like they were borrowed from a previous production of phantom of the Opera, the car chase was laughable, and Petula Clark's attempted an American accent was absolutely atrocious. She was cast because they needed a name to sell tickets. The first tour didn't just fail because of the cost of transporting the sets, it struggled to fill the seats without a name. That is truly a shame because Linda Balgord was an absolute force to be reckoned with. Then came the second tour and it was just bad. I was truly excited to see the tour, and so much so that I bought tickets to see it three times when they went on sale. Fortunately for me Petula Clark was out two of the three nights and I was able to catch both of the understudies. Susan Emerson was a revelation, Alice Lynn was definitely better than Petula but that's not saying a whole lot.
@@allenfitzpatrickactor BTW you're absolutely full of it that she was there for every performance. In Detroit I saw both of her under studies. Susan Emerson gave her premiere performance as Norma in Detroit and the following night Alice Lynn was on. I know that to be true because I saw both of them. Clearly your location is hazy.
AND @twistingboulaard are clearly talking out of theirs.
@@user-hg2yz2vu9d I saw it three times. I bought my tickets before I knew how tragic the production was. I stand by my assessment. I also stand by my belief that both understudies were better than Petula was
the tour is fine but the set should never bang like that lol
Uh-- that is the ONLY type and size of set that CAN tour weekly to different cities.
Any vids of Glenn in the 90s?
Do you have a recording of the 1NT of Sunset Boulevard, that you can post? It had the original set and was far better than this.
The hell it was.
@@allenfitzpatrickactoryour opinion is biased because you were in it. You were the highlight of the show. Beyond that it was a complete and utter abortion. Unfortunately for fans of the show, it was the only option
@@chrisjacobs7417 He's in every comment chain defending this production til he's blue in the face. I get being a tad defensive but it's just sad.
@@OperaGhost97 and another one of the comments on this video he claims that Petula went on every performance as well. I know that to be untrue because I saw both of her understudies. I was fortunate enough to catch Susan Emerson the very first time she went on for Petula and she was incredible. The following night I saw the other understudy, Alice Lynn. She flubbed quite a few lines, knocked over the phone on the staircase during the phone call scene and kind of reminded me of Carol Channing's singing during her farewell as Dolly. She didn't have any of the charm of Carol.
All of the quasi spoken?! What a strange production!
And yet: the only production of this show that ever returned its investment.
Sunset Boulevard is not an opera, but a musical where the manner in which songs are presented are an artistic choice. And in this case, completely valid. Nothing strange about it at all.
@@allenfitzpatrickactorand what was the cost of running the second tour in comparison with one of the original productions or the first tour? That's a large Factor. You were great as Max but the production was not
@@allenfitzpatrickactorLloyd Webber’s shows are constructed like operas, through composed with little or no dialogue. It’s the performers job to incorporate all the notated recitatives. To attempt to deliver them as dialogue just throws the balance of the score and thus the show.
@@allenfitzpatrickactorthat's because it was cheap as hell to stage and it wasn't a stationary production. It also didn't have the insane costs that were involved with the first national tour. Also it was the only production of the show running in the United States at the time, unlike the first tour. Your opinion is biased as hell because you are a member of the cast. This show is a damn tragedy