"Can-Can"

The Paper Mill Playhouse is promoting its upcoming performance of "Can-Can" and its hoped-for Broadway revival.  The show starts Oct. 1 and runs through Oct. 26 at their theater in New Jersey.  It stars Kate Baldwin as La Mome Pistache.  Here are some rehearsal photos and a rehearsal video.  The dancing looks promising, but the costumes will make or break it.  There is hope in that direction, as can be seen in the post here on September 11.

 

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2014/09/can-can.html

 

It may too much to hope for, but perhaps we'll be lucky enough to see a dress rehearsal video of them too.

An interesting sidelight is that they have persuaded 95 year old Lilo, the star of the 1953 original Broadway production, to lend her prestige to the current show. 

http://t2conline.com/can-can-from-paper-mill-to-broadway-the-original-star-lilo/

Here she is with Kate Baldwin.

Here are a couple of photos of Lilo from the 1953 show:

You can learn more about the show at:

http://www.papermill.org/shows-tickets/season-calendar/view/1866.html

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Paper-Mill-Playhouses-Broadway-Bound-CAN-CAN-Meets-The-Press-20140920#

These photos from the current show and a few more are from the  Broadway World link above. 

News Flash! - "Can-Can"

Judging from these photos the new production of "Can-Can" at the Paper Mill Playhouse in NJ is definitely worth seeing.  Hopefully there will be many more.  If anyone makes it to the show, please give us a review.

Read about it at Broadway World, where these photos originated:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-First-Look-at-Kate-Baldwin-Jason-Danieley-and-More-in-Paper-Mills-Broadway-Bound-CAN-CAN-20141002

The Paper Mill Playhouse:

http://www.papermill.org/

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/PaperMillPlayhouse

"Can-Can" - New York Times Review

The New York Times has a come out with a revew of the Papermill Playhouse's production of "Can-Can" - "Beyond Frilly Derrières - a Couple of Romances".  I may have to cancel my subscription.

The critic liked the cast, the singing and the dancing, but not Cole Porter's work, even as adapted.

Let's hope the production overcomes the review and makes it to Broadway.  Bonne chance indeed!

See the review at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/theater/can-can-revisits-montmartre-at-paper-mill-playhouse.html?_r=0

More sympathetic reviews:

http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/theater/paper-mill-s-can-can-is-fizzy-frothy-and-fun-1.1103829

http://www.njartsmaven.com/2014/10/review-magnificent-can-can-entertains.html

"Can-Can"

New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse is presenting "Can-Can" in what is hopefully a pre-Broadway run from Oct 1 through Oct 26.  Here is a poster and a promising promotional video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3fdiqZEo_E

More about the show:

http://www.papermill.org/

http://www.papermill.org/shows-tickets/347-can-can.html

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/PaperMillPlayhouse

Patti Colombo Choreographer - Can Can Supréme

Here's a set of three videos that show the great work of Patti Colombo, the choregrapher for the Papermill Playhouse's production of "Can-Can" a few years ago. From what I have seen this is one of the best productions of the venerable musical and rivals Chita Rivera's touring company production of the 1980s.  The dance sequences are great, and the back-of-the-hall perspective show off the full range off the on-stage action.  A fourth video will give some closer looks.

This third video is another version of the fully costumed cancan.

The video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBfEtF_ADzg

Other videos shopwing Ms. colombo's choreography:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5pgAGvMCNhatdu7LHrGzGA/videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNFji6Td7cE

Papermill Playhouse:

http://www.papermill.org/

https://www.facebook.com/PaperMillPlayhouse/photos/a.10153229734274418.1073741840.22812289417/10153229856129418/?type=3&theater

Prior posts:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=paper+mill

Cole Porter's CAN-CAN (Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ)

From our good friend and "official historian" David Price comes this GLORIOUS high-def recording of  the title dance from the 2017 revised, didn't-quite-make-it-to-Broadway version of  Cole Porter's CAN-CAN, posted by the show's choreographer Patti Colombo. (Sadly, I missed this iteration of the play for financial reasons, despite it being virtually in my back yard...)

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoB3cK2NwFw

Le Flatline

More Photos from "Can-Can"

Three photos selected from a collection of show photos at the Broadway World site.  See them all at:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Broadway-Bound-CAN-CAN-Celebrates-Opening-Night-at-Paper-Mill-Playhouse-20141006#

Can-Can at Paper Mill Playhouse

A fourth video with a closer look:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y3HiOSntEQ

More:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Md-soUy-E