CAMELOT BROADWAY 1st PREVIEW Curtain Call, Phillipa Soo speech, Exit Music. MAGNIFICENT production!
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- Опубликовано: 8 мар 2023
- Video 4K High Resolution: CAMELOT Broadway 1st Preview March 9, 2023 at Lincoln Center Theater. An incredible and breathtaking evening! Starring Andrew Burnap, Phillipa Soo and Jordan Donica. The orchestra was divine, costumes stunningly beautiful (Jennifer Moeller), exquisite set design (Michael Yeargan) and gorgeous lighting (Lap Chi Chu). Closing Date is July 23, 2023. 🚨 *REFER TO PINNED COMMENT for EASY 3 step instruction how to view in 4K/HIGH Resolution (please note: any ads on this video are not placed by me).
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(1) EASY 3 steps to view video in 4k High Resolution: On the video itself, tap GEAR ICON (or 3 dots) > QUALITY > 2160p60 HDR (4K). If your device does not support 4K playback, tap GEAR ICON (or 3 dots) > QUALITY > 'HIGHER PICTURE QUALITY' (2) www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/theater/aaron-sorkin-camelot-broadway.html Great backstory published March 22nd 2023 with NY Times and Aaron Sorkin describing his rewritten book for this musical, Camelot. While the book is revised, the most beloved elements of the story are intact. On April 13, this new version of “Camelot” is scheduled to open on Broadway. The Production has a 27-person cast and a 30-piece orchestra. It’s understandable that the set design and costumes cannot be fully appreciated from the curtain call video. However having attended the 1st Preview, one of the main reasons I will be returning to Camelot Broadway, after its Opening, is for the breathtaking moments with the set design - stunning, often unexpected and gorgeous! (Michael Yeargan- sets). The Lighting Design- a true “WOW” (Lap Chi Chu Lighting). And the fight scenes the best I’ve seen (B.H. Barry Fight Direction).
Some of the racist comments on here are very disheartening. Don't tell these fragile egos that men played all the women's roles in theater at one time, e.g. But thanks for the look at the new revival of one of my all-time favorite musicals.
Why are there so many black performers in this play? This is a play that takes place in 6th century Europe. There would not be black people, and if there were, they definitely would not be part of the Royal Court in Europe. This is completely historically inaccurate and cultural appropriation. This looks like it's another example of the woke far left pushing their blackwashing agenda. It seems like blackwashing is becoming a serious problem these days in film, television, and theater. As a white European, I find this kind of rewriting of history very offensive.
I wish I had seen this show. Just seeing Jordan Donica would have been worth the price of admission.
PIPPA SOO IS A GODDESS AND NO ONE CAM PROVE ME OTHERWISE
Exciting to see Camelot brought back to Broadway. Love it!
Saw it and loved it.
Saw this production and it was beautiful! For people who are saying that it’s bland or it looks cheap, it’s only because it’s from far away! They’re very detailed and the vocalists are beautiful, their harmonies and belts were great! I mean, c’mon! ITS PHILLIPA SOO and JORDAN DONICA!! The way it was staged, the scene changes would completely change the stage. And Camelot of course wouldn’t come out like the original. It’s back on Broadway after so long, and you can stage and design show differently and it could still work!! The beauty of Broadway!
Soo has no power. I read that people in the front rows couldn't hear her.
It’s a garbage production and it’s not Camelot.
Thank you
The first West End show I ever saw. I was eleven, Richard Harris and Fiona Fullerton with Robert Meadmore as Lancelot, Robin Bailey as King Pellinore and Michael Howe as Mordred. December 1982 and I remember it like it was yesterday. What a great musical!
Oh, Meadmore! Yes -- great choice for Lancelot.
Looks like a bowling alley!
LOL!!
Pippa is so gorgeous!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
I remember the original pre-Broadway production in Boston back in the 1970s with Richard Harris. Glad to see it's back.
That's a trick since the original production opened in 1960 with Richard Burton
@@michaelbyrne455 ...and Julie Andrews in Toronto.
OMG I have goosebumps just from the curtain calls
Why?
can we talk about how stunning pippa looks in that shade of red tho??
The cast size of this revival is about a third that of the original production!
It's great to see Jordan ❤
I’m going to see their final performance! can’t wait! The energy is going be through the roof!
Fantastic! Have Fun!! (general fyi for readers of comments: the closing date is July 23, 2023)
Such an amazing and beautiful show!
nothing beats Julie, Richard and Robert.
Yes indeed. I was very fortunate to have seen the show with the original cast members. It was the first Broadway show I went to (taken by my parents). It was an unforgettable experience.
you may well be right, but unfortunately you're 60 years too late to catch that version!
Think I played that LP every day I was in high school in the 60s-70s.
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do you know where and how long this is going on for? Because I would like to go and see this when I visit new york.
That was only the first preview, so I guess it’s gonna go on for a while 🥰
@@BelsClassroom a while like 3 months? or shorter
@@somethingsuable probably more than that! Some people have bought tickets for May, so I guess it’s gonna work out for you 🥰
Telecharge.com has tickets on sale now through June 25. Venue is Lincoln Center Theater-Vivian Beaumont 150 W65th Street
@@brigidnyc thank you so much!!!🥰
This looks awesome. Cannot wait to see it!
sounds like they might be using the original robert russell bennet/philip lang orchestrations.
The original was stunning.
You saw the original in 1964? Really?
They seem to have saved money on sets and costumes
Costumes were quite depressing.
Nothing beats Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, and Robert Goulet in the 1960s Broadway version at the Majestic Theatre. It was lush in terms of scenery, costumes, and of course their voices.The film version released in 1967, starred Richard Harris as Arthur, Vanessa Redgrave as Guenevere, Franco Nero as Lancelot and David Hemmings as Mordred and this too was just as lush.While I understand this is 2023 and the budget constraints are a main factor to offer seats at the Vivian Beaumont for up to $400 each which includes up to a $100 "fee" is just vulgar. The costumes are blah,the sets are worst than blah. I will quote King Arthur "Don’t let it be forgot,That once there was a spot,For one brief shining moment that was known, As Camelot.
A $100 booking fee? That is positively ABSURD! Professional theater, everywhere, will eventually price itself out of existence!
@@grantcurry4839 Sad but true.
My seats were $49 and booked a month in advance so I’m not sure what this $100 fee is?
@@grantcurry4839 this is sad but true. the only shows consistently bringing in money are Disney junk which is wickedly overpriced. Phantom closing is also a dagger in the neck for Broadway.
Looks very pared down
Good production, costumes and actors. However the emotion and conflict among the three lead characters especially in the last scenes didn’t come across. Perhaps later, after a few more preview performances?
the stage is baffling....
The used a lot of gorgeous lighting and and projection effects. The snow in the forest was beautiful and there were many mind blowing scences.
They are using projection technology which is the way Broadway is moving . Stunning in person.
So you liked it? =)
Hello, lovely Emma.
Where were your seats?
RIGHT SIDE LOGE Row A Seat 501, 502. As general information for anyone selecting a Loge Seat: The perspective is fantastic as there is appreciation for full view of back wall projections. The Loge has 5 sections, spread out like a fan. LEFT SIDE LOGE (seats 101-116), CENTER LEFT LOGE (seats 201-215), CENTER LOGE (seats 301-317), CENTER RIGHT LOGE (seats 401-415) and RIGHT SIDE LOGE (seats 501-516). If possible, avoid LEFT SIDE LOGE 103-116 as you will be too far offset from midline of theater to see FULL back wall projections. Similarly, if possible avoid RIGHT SIDE LOGE seats 503-516 as you will be too far offset from midline of theater to see FULL back wall projections. Row A for Loge in any of the 5 sections is thrilling, and you simultaneously have view of the orchestra (the exposed areas of orchestra as most of it is under the stage), however leg room in Row A is a little tight. If you don’t mind, go for Row A! For all attending, wherever you sit, stay for the Exit Music and gorgeous sunset projection on back wall (missed by most people as they leave theater immediately after bows, either they are unaware of additional experience to enjoy or they need to run out to catch a train). Here is link to Vivian Beaumont Theater seating chart: www.lct.org/about/beaumont-theater/
Based on this video, the dreary production and costume design are deal breakers for me on this revival. Having said that creators have every right to re-imagine the visuals, but these visuals just don't do it for me. Wonderful actors in the leads however and i have no issue with the inclusive cast, though wish the ensemble were larger.
This is the 1st preview. Sets aren't always completely finished by 1st preview as staging, script and other things could change through the preview process.
The sets are complete. This is final scene on a battlefield so it’s only tents and skyline. Will hold my full thoughts until I actually see the show. It does seem to be a small ensemble based on original cast size and the number in the orchestra (which is great to have).
@sampatterson3909 no. All of those things would be fully realised at that point, there may be small changes but this is the look they've chosen
@@fritzmasten7675 Incorrect. This is from the FIRST preview. Things keep changing during previews -- blocking, dialogue, etc., including sets and costumes. I saw a preview (not the first) of Spamalot and several of the drops weren't finished being painted. If this was already finished and the show was fixed in stone, it would be called Opening Night. And again, the last scene is a battlefield and the lighting is going to be much darker and moody. There's probably fog. So, in that lighting, this set would probably look pretty good. But you're not going to do the curtain call in that lighting.
@sampatterson3909 I am a costume designer. It would be unprecedented for a production to be noticeably realigned once it's hit the stage. There may be sections thrown out and begun again but the look of the dhow remains firm. Particulatly in a non profit setting like Lincoln ctr
PLEASE tell me there are more sets than that!!
See my reply to Jochen Strossberg right above your comment
On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. 'Tis a silly place.
I was disappointed with mixing the rewrite and the fantastic music in the original musical.The "book" didn't need to be altered to accommodate the times.The element of "magic " was sorely missed.
Saw the original on Broadway with Julie Andrew's and Robert Goulet, what I have seen so fat, I'll pass on this one
The sets look like the high school play put together by the wood work department. I saw the original production which was a stunning to look at. No need to see this. And that apron stage is the worst.
You've clearly never seen a show at the Vivian Beaumont directed by Bartlett Sher before. It's by far the largest stage house on Broadway, and they hide tons of set pieces in crazy spaces. I will never forget seeing the 15 foot tall tanks overcome barbed wire in War Horse, the gigantic sand dunes in South Pacific, the Piazza morphing before our eyes in Light in the Piazza, or the ship porting in a harbor in the opening of The King and I. I am certain this show is just as imaginative and impressive. Don't judge a show by its curtain call, especially at its first preview performance.
It's a preview. Sets continue to change and evolve during previews.
@@ehuff99 Wrong. I have seen all the big musicals in that theater and I am well aware of how big the stage is and what it can do. And the apron stage in my opinion, and many others I might add, gets in the way of feeling connected to the main action and the orchestra, when it's supposed to do the opposite. It feels like a lecture hall.
@@jochenstossberg5427 Okay, I’m wrong that you’ve never seen a show in that space before. Sorry about that. Have you ever been an actor working in a space like that? I won’t guess this time.
9/10, as an actor you are in a typical proscenium theater. You look like a picture frame on stage, and being in that set up feels like you are so separated from the audience. They are watching you, and finding a true connection is so hard.
The Beaumont is one of my favorite spaces in the states. The massive thrust puts you right in the middle of where a normal theater’s Orchestra seating would be. The rest of the seating is then tiered around you with very little distance between you and the furthest away seats (compared to other comparable sized theaters).
This also opens the gates for really innovative set design that takes advantage of different viewing angles that most Broadway theaters can’t even begin to offer.
I don’t have a strong opinion about this particular Camelot revival yet, I have not seen it. But given the opportunities of the space and the credentials of the team, I am not going to write the whole thing off because of one short video of curtain call on their first preview. I think that is short sided and pretentious.
Jochen, I forgot to mention that, in the show, the last scene takes place on a battlefield. This is the lighting for the curtain call. I'm sure the lighting for the battlefield scene is much more moody and dark (and probably has haze or fog). No one ever leaves the lights the same for curtain calls as they do their last scene (especially if it's as emotive as Camelot's). And, again, the sets probably aren't finished since this is from the first preview. They never are.
Wtf is she saying???
Phillipa Soo: "Hello Everybody. Thank you so much for joining us on this special night of our first preview! I just wanted to take time to acknowledge the fact that we have some Broadway Debuts tonight, plus in the Orchestra and also in the Cast. Please join me in giving them a round of applause. Thank you Everybody, Goodnight!"
These are the dreariest bland costumes I have ever seen. And I've seen better sets in high school productions.
Thank you! There is more color in a gulag! That is what was so vivid about the original production was this very fairy-tale use of color and stylized sets..
these aren't the only sets...if you haven't seen it don't assume anything about the show lmao
@@alexcousins8730 Saw it in one of the first previews.
Looks visually BLAH !
It looks very thin and dreary. Not at all what I would envision for a formal revival of Camelot. I think I shall not bother to go.
Having seen a preview one week later, I found the costumes and the sets to be paltry and there are not nearly enough people or sets to fill that vast stage. Although the performances are good, the whole thing feels underwhelming and too small. The book is still a problem and the production needs to be grander. It feels like LCT was, suddenly and inexplicably, trying to save money.
But LCT threw out the Lerner book and had Aaron Sorkin provide a completely new one. And it's much worse than the original. No magic. No miracles. Guenevere is now French and reads Voltaire.
@@njatty Voltaire? Are you serious?
No they rewrote the book to push woke politics. It’s no longer Camelot at all. They don’t want sets and things like that interfering with their woke message
Costumes look cheap AF. Although I loved Guinevere’s red dress
They are cheap AF. Lol
"Waaaaahhh!!! I'm upset that the cast has three black people!! There were no black people in existence a hundred years ago or whenever Camelot happened."
- Trump supporter
I think you are a little bit confused about the existence of humanity ad race divisions. And there is no need to involve other people in your racist remarks. "There were no black people in existence 100 years ago sounds a little wacko. Go back to kindergarten!
😢oh yeah lots of Asian princesses and black knights.. If I cast a white man as MJ or MLK would be lots of Complaints. Why is different race hiring only good to replace white people with black not the other way
This looks just about as inspiring as the revival of “1776” - all sung by women singing songs set for the male voice - that I also made sure to miss! (Though I was curious how they handled “Abigail” and “Martha” 🤔 Butch and Lipstick Lesbians???
Hmmm, who goes to a show to be commenting about lesbians and lack people? Have you ever heard the word contralto?
Race is irrelevant on stage. Can you sing or can't you?
Saw it. Very mediocre. They don't cast by talent anymore.
i HEARD IT WAS BRILLIANT
Well, now they have to cast by color.
@Joseph Collins It's almost hilarious.
@@oop4841 yes, it would be hilarious if it weren't for the fact of WHY it is happening. And this: I literally grew up in the professional theatre, years ago. If a cast member had broken the line and stepped down to talk to the audience about anything but a fire he would have been recast. This is a new (past maybe 20 years or so) thing. Looks like a high school production; let's thank mommy and daddy and the nice ladies who made the costumes. It is pretty much all dreadful now.
I heard it's awful. A lot of negative criticism.
Would they use white actors in a future musical production of WAKANDA? Just asking.
Well bless your heart
This is a piece about a fantasy kingdom. There is nothing in the script (or the legend, for that matter) which references the race of any of these characters.
@@sampatterson3909 No; but Guenevere comes a French kingdom, and Lancelot comes from Joyous Gard. Yeah, let's take a legend, say MULAN, and turn her into a Latina or a black girl. So is Wakanda, another fantasy kingdom. So, what was wrong with my original question?
@@twistknit1 LOL! How corny can you get.
@@mylesgarcia4625 Your assumption is that everyone in France and England is white. That is incorrect. Further, your apples and oranges comparison between Camelot and Wakanda, etc., fails miserably. Wakanda and Mulan were told specifically for peoples whose experiences are underrepresented in media and entertainment. There have been lots of musicals and films with all white casts. Camelot also premiered on Broadway in 1960 -- before inrerracial marriage (I'm guessing you're also not a fan of that, either) I also have to tell you that Actor's Equity Association and the Broadway producers have been doing "non-traditional casting" since the 1990s. This is not the first time that people of color have been cast in roles originally played by a white person. And, guess what: the world didn't end. Many of the performances were better than the original. Finally, I would say to you that, since the race thing upsets you so much: don't go see the show. But that would be your loss. Not mine. Not the show's.
UMMMM...were there Black people in England in thet time period ?
Wow. It’s 2023. It’s theatre. What planet have you been living on?
@@mnmlist7256 But the musical is not set in 2023. The musical was set in the 5th Century...there were no Black people in England at that time.
Why does that matter?!
@@perdelacruz7123 Historical correctness. Would you have Arthur using a cell phone ?
@@fairamir1 It. Doesn’t. Matter. This is really something you want to debate? 😬
This is what happened with this beautiful classic? It's so freaking dreary and no color at all. This is a waste of time and money. Of course it appeals to people who don't know music Richard Burton and Julie Andrews will forever be Queen and King of Camelot No one else has ever.
This was only the preview. It looks very different now.
you’re seeing one of the costumes?? How can you be so small minded
Burton is dead, and Andrews can't sing this now. So, those people were wonderful last night. Are you judging the show because of bows? How about going to the theater to see the shoe, and then, come here and make your comments.
What were you watching?