Nov 11, 2023
Do you know Bandstand (2015) ?
Yes, I’ve been in it
Yes, I’ve seen it
Yes, I’ve listened to it
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Do you know Bandstand (2015) ?
Yes, I’ve been in it
Yes, I’ve seen it
Yes, I’ve listened to it
No, but I’ve heard of it
No, never heard of it
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Tony Award-winning Musical "Bandstand" Makes Proctors Debut
Tony Award-winning Musical “Bandstand” Makes Proctors Debut
SCHENECTADY – Proctors is proud to announce that the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical, Bandstand, will make its Schenectady debut on March 13-14. Originally directed and choreographed by three-time Tony winner and Hamilton choreographer, Andy Blankenbuehler, featuring music by Richard Oberacker with book and lyrics by Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker, this poignant and inspiring new…
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GRYFFINDOR:
"This is no naive Hollywood dream - It's a gutsy risk we'll be taking. Times like this you hold on to what's real, That's the honest statement we're making. I'll march back into battle once more if I'm fighting for what's true."
–Richard Oberacker + Robert Taylor (Donny Novitski: Bandstand: This Is Life (Reprise))
WHERE IS COREY COTT’S TONY AWARD, YOU COWARDS?
I haven’t posted on Tumblr in almost four years. That is how I feel about what I just saw tonight when I went to see Bandstand in theatres. Fathom Events will run it in AMC theatres at 7:00 PM on Thursday, the 29th, and I sincerely beg everyone to go see this. Hopefully, it will land on Netflix so more people get to see this show that closed way too early. But since you can’t see it in person, you should really see it on the big screen. The production is stunning. The music is divine. The choreography is a dream. The look from costumes to sets to lighting is magnificent. And the story is incredibly moving, entertaining, inspiring, and devastating. It tackles PTSD, survivor’s guilt, the healing power of music, love, pain, mental health, and heroism. The cast is “criminally talented,” and Laura Osnes is sensational. Everything about this production deserved recognition, deserved better, and everything about it makes it unique and special.
But Corey MF Cott was robbed. He ruined me. There was not a single moment he wasn’t Donny, his character. The joy, the pain, the torment, the focus, the drive, the fanaticism... I’ve never seen anything like that performance. I don’t think I can put into words how he affected me specifically during “Right This Way,” and then again in “This Is Life.” He moved me so thoroughly, I can’t stop thinking about his performance. He was raw and real, and he didn’t hold back. There was spit, snot, tears; he wasn’t afraid to look into someone’s eyes, get right into their personal space. He must know that he did some veterans justice by what he’s done in this piece. He ruined me. And it’s literal insanity to think he didn’t even get a recognized with a Tony nomination. This show deserved better. Cory deserved better. But hopefully, this release will allow people all over the country and the world to see what an incredible force he is. And hopefully, it will continue to grow awareness for our veterans, many of whom come home to fight a whole other war.
It might be another four years before I write something on Tumblr. But I had to word vomit. Go see Banstand while you can. You shouldn’t miss it.
TO EVERYONE WITH THE BANDTAND BOOT; PLEASE STOP SHARING IT EVERYWHERE AND POSTING IT PUBLICLY
I’m not saying don’t trade it or watch it but...
I was lucky enough to have seen the show, and I agree with Richard that it is in poor taste to share such a rough cut of the show and still call it bandstand. because it’s simply not. the show has changed a tremendous amount, and a preview boot is no way for this show to be judged and remembered.
so if you can’t take it from me, take it from Richard Oberacker who wrote the show and speaks on behalf of the entire cast and creative.
you all know that I love this show with all of my heart, but this bootleg is no way for it to be remembered.
I spoke with Richard at the show, and let me tell you; they are doing everything in their power to release the footage. be patient. please.
Um if Welcome Home (Finale) doesn’t make you emotional then what are you even doing
The new musical Bandstand might at first seem retro. But as the show’s co-creators and stars explain on this week’s Billboard on Broadway podcast, there’s plenty that’s not only contemporary, but timely, about Bandstand.
The new musical Bandstand might at first seem retro: It’s the story of a young vet who comes home to America in 1945 in the months following the end of World War II to enter a national swing band radio contest (the prize: a feature in an MGM movie musical), with the glam costumes and swinging sounds to match. But as the show’s co-creators and stars explain on this week’s Billboard on Broadway podcast, there’s plenty that’s not only contemporary, but timely, about Bandstand.
Laura Osnes, Corey Cott, Richard Oberacker, and Rob Taylor talk to Rebecca Milzoff about the show.