Bronson in Putting It Together - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

LoveForBalki · 08-30-2001, 03:54 PM

I didn't realize that Bronson did Putting It Together on Broadway, but I just found this...

The show is no longer on Broadway, but there's this company that went in and taped it and they are showing it on pay-per-view. Bronson's mention is in the "About the Show" section. Here's the article I found:

NEW YORK -- Fans of Stephen Sondheim, Carol Burnett and Ruthie Henshall will get the chance to see the complete Broadway production of their Putting It Together: A Musical Review at home when the musical makes its pay-per-view TV debut Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001, produced by Broadway Television Network.

The Cameron Mackintosh Broadway stage production was captured live-in-performance at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre by Broadway Television Network in BroadwayDigital(TM) high definition and Dolby E 5.1 BroadwaySurround(TM) sound, during its final performances in 2000. BTN is the parent company of BroadwayOnline.com.

The show marked the return to Broadway of Carol Burnett, one of America’s most beloved performers, in a musical role for the first time in 35 years. Putting It Together will air on cable and satellite pay-per-view channels in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.

ABOUT THE SHOW
Award-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s sometimes poignant, often humorous and always sophisticated arrangements cleverly interweave the emotions and relationships of five guests attending a Manhattan cocktail party. Devised by Sondheim as a musical “review,” Putting It Together takes its material from a number of his original musicals, including: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, The Frogs, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Assassins, and the film Dick Tracy.

Co-starring with Burnett, whose Emmy Award-winning "The Carol Burnett Show" is TV’s longest-running primetime comedy-variety show (11 years), are two-time Tony Award-winner George Hearn (La Cage aux Folles, Sunset Boulevard), Olivier Award nominee John Barrowman (The Fix), Olivier Award-winner Ruthie Henshall (She Loves Me), and Bronson Pinchot ("Perfect Strangers," Beverly Hills Cop).

Putting It Together was directed for the Broadway stage by Eric D. Schaeffer, considered one of the finest interpreters of Sondheim material working in the musical theater today. Musical staging for the production is by Tony Award-winner Bob Avian, whose numerous credits include co-choreographing A Chorus Line and Dreamgirls, both with Michael Bennett, as well as Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard and the 1993 Manhattan Theatre Club production of Putting It Together.

Production design is by Tony Award-winner Bob Crowley (Carousel), lighting is by the acclaimed London theater and opera designer Howard Harrison and orchestrations are by Tony-, Emmy- and Oscar-winner Jonathan Tunick, who has collaborated on numerous Sondheim musicals. Putting It Together was produced for the stage by Cameron Mackintosh in association with The Mark Taper Forum, Gordon Davidson, artistic director.

Broadway Television Network captured the show’s final performance on Sunday, February 20, 2000 at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre. Putting It Together was directed for Broadway Television Network by Emmy-winner Don Roy King, who is also the company’s creative director for television.

OCTOBER TELECAST
Putting It Together is scheduled for pay-per-view telecast through iN DEMAND and TVN Entertainment Corporation, with both standard and high-definition broadcasts on DIRECTV and Echostar’s DISH Network, as well as Canadian systems Viewer’s Choice and Bell ExpressVu. The premiere telecast on these systems is scheduled for 9 PM (ET) and 11 PM (ET) Sunday, October 14 at a price per household of $19.95 in the U.S. and C24.95 in Canada. DIRECTV LA will also premiere Putting It Together on Sunday, October 14 throughout Latin America, with a retail price of $10 per household.

08-30-2001, 03:54 PM	#1
LoveForBalki Member Forum Cub Join Date: Aug 30, 2001 Posts: 2	Bronson in Putting It Together I didn't realize that Bronson did Putting It Together on Broadway, but I just found this... The show is no longer on Broadway, but there's this company that went in and taped it and they are showing it on pay-per-view. Bronson's mention is in the "About the Show" section. Here's the article I found: NEW YORK -- Fans of Stephen Sondheim, Carol Burnett and Ruthie Henshall will get the chance to see the complete Broadway production of their Putting It Together: A Musical Review at home when the musical makes its pay-per-view TV debut Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001, produced by Broadway Television Network. The Cameron Mackintosh Broadway stage production was captured live-in-performance at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre by Broadway Television Network in BroadwayDigital(TM) high definition and Dolby E 5.1 BroadwaySurround(TM) sound, during its final performances in 2000. BTN is the parent company of BroadwayOnline.com. The show marked the return to Broadway of Carol Burnett, one of America’s most beloved performers, in a musical role for the first time in 35 years. Putting It Together will air on cable and satellite pay-per-view channels in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. ABOUT THE SHOW Award-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s sometimes poignant, often humorous and always sophisticated arrangements cleverly interweave the emotions and relationships of five guests attending a Manhattan cocktail party. Devised by Sondheim as a musical “review,” Putting It Together takes its material from a number of his original musicals, including: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, The Frogs, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Assassins, and the film Dick Tracy. Co-starring with Burnett, whose Emmy Award-winning "The Carol Burnett Show" is TV’s longest-running primetime comedy-variety show (11 years), are two-time Tony Award-winner George Hearn (La Cage aux Folles, Sunset Boulevard), Olivier Award nominee John Barrowman (The Fix), Olivier Award-winner Ruthie Henshall (She Loves Me), and Bronson Pinchot ("Perfect Strangers," Beverly Hills Cop). Putting It Together was directed for the Broadway stage by Eric D. Schaeffer, considered one of the finest interpreters of Sondheim material working in the musical theater today. Musical staging for the production is by Tony Award-winner Bob Avian, whose numerous credits include co-choreographing A Chorus Line and Dreamgirls, both with Michael Bennett, as well as Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard and the 1993 Manhattan Theatre Club production of Putting It Together. Production design is by Tony Award-winner Bob Crowley (Carousel), lighting is by the acclaimed London theater and opera designer Howard Harrison and orchestrations are by Tony-, Emmy- and Oscar-winner Jonathan Tunick, who has collaborated on numerous Sondheim musicals. Putting It Together was produced for the stage by Cameron Mackintosh in association with The Mark Taper Forum, Gordon Davidson, artistic director. Broadway Television Network captured the show’s final performance on Sunday, February 20, 2000 at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre. Putting It Together was directed for Broadway Television Network by Emmy-winner Don Roy King, who is also the company’s creative director for television. OCTOBER TELECAST Putting It Together is scheduled for pay-per-view telecast through iN DEMAND and TVN Entertainment Corporation, with both standard and high-definition broadcasts on DIRECTV and Echostar’s DISH Network, as well as Canadian systems Viewer’s Choice and Bell ExpressVu. The premiere telecast on these systems is scheduled for 9 PM (ET) and 11 PM (ET) Sunday, October 14 at a price per household of $19.95 in the U.S. and C24.95 in Canada. DIRECTV LA will also premiere Putting It Together on Sunday, October 14 throughout Latin America, with a retail price of $10 per household.