Director Mike Nichols was interviewed by Charlie Rose last night on this new Broadway production destined for success.
Charlie said, ‘what’s it about?’ –well,it’s about silliness, and sketch comedy, and —- (finally) about class distinctions since it is English! Tim Curry is shown as King Arthur singing about being alone – his visible valet is invisible to a king even when he looks into the valet’s eyes.
I don’t think the music will be memorable, but we need this silly humor again.
Nichols said a musical is 1,000 times more dangerous/difficult than a straight play, because there’s so many pieces moving all the time. Curtains going up, dancers entering, exiting. He also said that it takes a million dollars to stage a play on Broadway even if the only props are three chairs and a table.
