TR_Wolf
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London/Broadway Differences?What differences are there?
I've seen the London show, but not the Broadway one, however I saw a..uh...vid of the Broadway version of 'Jolly Holiday', and noticed that it looks almost identical, except their policeman wears blue and white stripes in the colourful part and the UK version simply had a pink helmet, cuffs and shoes, and also that there were less statues on Broadway, just one section of statues who did all the dancing, wheras in London the big slidy things moved left and right a lot, exposing new sculptures and statues who would promptly come to life, I liked that a lot.
However I loved that Broadway's Queen Victoria gets a proper big enclosure when she appears, isntead of just statues around her.
Also...uh... whoever's playing Mary on Broadway... her accent is quite awful, she just doesnt sound right at all, very scripted too, and doesnt really LOOK like Mary, wheras the London versions looked and sounded like her, I think the Broadway one just LOOKS American, as odd as that is to say.
So any other differences?
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nickhutson
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As of recent, there really are no differences between the two shows.
Certainly both shows are now more "Broadway" as Disney have really put their mark on it (anyone notice the "ever so subtle" change of logo?) and made the show more colourful (Jolly Holiday, noteably) and small changes like Temper Temper having a more defined (and better) ending and the show has been shortened by 20 minutes. The finale has changed in both shows (with that silly umbrella) and some music changes (Why replace Pomp and Circumstance with Rule Britania when Queen Victoria "comes to life"?)
I am sure there are others - as regards language and costume changes - but both shows are pretty similar. (The accents are probably better in the UK version, though)
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wicked_boy
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What is it about all the cast getting on a huge umberella or something?
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nickhutson
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Eactly as you say - the whole cast get in a huge umbrella...and stand there. Don't ask me why - but it happens in Heaven, so - anything can happen if you let it...
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wicked_boy
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Does anyone have any clips /pictures of it?
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sherwills
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why do they have to have differences when it's exactly the same produciton team? I just wonder.
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TR_Wolf
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| sherwills wrote: | | why do they have to have differences when it's exactly the same produciton team? I just wonder. |
I've 1 word for you...
'Americans'.
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nickhutson
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It's more Disney having more power over the production now.
Also, the Americans, apparently, have very fond memories of the movie - and they didn't want to offend any Amercians by having it being dark or not as colourful. The movie and its technological marvels wall all down to Disney (many people say it was his greatest movie ever) and, hence, Disney probably felt the American transfer had to portray the film as best as it could.
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sherwills
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Oh that makes sense. I actually use the term "Disneyfied" when a certain story is altered to have a sugarcoated ending or twist.
Little Mermaid is definitely Disneyfied... c'mon Hans Christian Anderson originally wrote a different ending...
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frenchhorngirl
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i saw teh london version and they didnt get on a big umbrella. mary just flew part way into the audience but she was holding her umbrella, not in it. im confused on what you guys are talking about.
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TR_Wolf
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I saw it in London too. They DO get on a big umbrella during Anything Can Happen, but they dont float off or anything, they just stand on it, its on the floor, ie the open part, no handle.
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nickhutson
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Yes - and apparently on B'way, the umbrella flies.
Seems pretty random to me...
Let's hope they introduce the flying to London.
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bean_C4U
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It seems the Mary Poppins preview I saw in the UK is practically a different show!
They didn;t use gigantic, flying umbrellas back in the previews, I can assure you!
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RainbowJude
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Disney / Adaptation | nickhutson wrote: | | It's more Disney having more power over the production now. |
Do you really think Disney has less control in London than in the States? A company like Disney controls exactly what it wants its audiences to see wherever in the world the production might take place. It's more likely that the changes from London to Broadway have to do with what Disney and Mackintosh believed could work better in the show. Mackintosh, in particular, is infamous for revising shows from his production house - Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, for example, both have been tweaked over the years.
| sherwills wrote: | | The Little Mermaid is definitely Disneyfied... c'mon Hans Christian Anderson originally wrote a different ending... |
Everyone has their own version of a story. I write a lot of children's musicals and I make each story my own by the time I am done with it. It's because everyone, including companies and corporates, has their own ideological worldview. Disney included. And either, one buys into that ideology or one rejects it.
I have no problems with the Disney adaptation of The Little Mermaid - it's a lovely film, truly whimsical but with a dark edge that is realised in Ursula and everything that surrounds her. Yes, it's different to the Anderson version, but so what? It's an adaptation - it's meant to be different - and the choices made to tell the story don't hurt the film. I have more problems with something like The Hunchback of Notre Dame, where the adaptations to the narrative truly aren't fully thought through and detract from the film's overall impact.
Later days
David
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Mazz
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I don't get why the Broadway statues are bronze. The togas on the guys is nice, as the fig leaves don't really look like fig leaves - just wobbly blobs, and when they're moving they look more like what they're supposed to be covering. But yeah, the fact that the statues are marble is in the lyrics and dialogue, so why change them into metal?
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luvinmusicalsfuturestar
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| nickhutson wrote: | | Eactly as you say - the whole cast get in a huge umbrella...and stand there. Don't ask me why - but it happens in Heaven, so - anything can happen if you let it... |
That part is amazing in MP 
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