ELABORATE LIVES/AIDA Atlanta '98
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ธ.ค. 2017
- In 1998, the world premiere version of the Disney/Elton John/Tim Rice "Aida" musical was presented at Atlanta, Georgia's Alliance Theater, under the title "Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida." When it finally made it to Broadway in 2000 under the title "Aida," it had a wholly new staging and physical production, plus a different leading man. Here are Heather Headley, Hank Stratton and Sherie Rene Scott in the Atlanta version, including some material that didn't make it to Broadway ("Our Nation Holds Sway," "The Messenger"). The pyramid set design in Atlanta only worked some of the time; it is working here.
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1) That is not at all what I had imagined the pyramid to look like.
2) I'm kind of glad that Heather was given a longer wig.
3) Sherie Rene Scott
4) Can we talk about how many changes this show has gone through? I don't think I've ever seen writers work/change a show this much during its out of town tryouts phase
True indeed--this show underwent a massive overhaul between 1998 and B'way 2000.
My One and Only and Kiss of the Spider Woman (if we count the Purchase original) went through similar complete overhauls, but yeah not too many others...
If you have the full video of this.... I will FOREVER be in your debt. Literally.... this is my all time favorite musical.
I can imagine the reasons why they needed to change all of this. Broadway version works better in my opinion, but it is fascinating to see this original version and to valorate the evolution of the show. Thanks for share it, a priceless material for the fans of the show!!
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this show, unlike that pyramid, made a full 180 for the better.
Wow. It's so rare to see this before Aida made it's Broadway debut. They have really changed the musical a lot during the process. This look so different compare to the Broadway version. This version has more Egyptian culture, but the Broadway version made it more colorful with Disney style and still have the concepts and elements of Egyptian culture. Now I want to see full musical of this Atlanta version and there's another revise version performance in Chicago before Aida hits on Broadway.
I love this show...and seeing what is was before it transferred....what a difference. So bland...happy for the rewrites.
Thanks for sharing this!! I saw the second to last performance of this show in Atlanta. I walked away thinking that Heather and Sherie Rene were amazing...and that some of the songs were utter perfection...but the rest was a mess. The pyramid worked perfectly at the show I saw. I also got to meet Heather that afternoon.
Thank you. I saw the show on BWAY with Taylor Dayne and the 2 other original leads when I was very young but I was always curious about what the pyramid looked like. It is a little underwhelming now that I see it.
Thanks a million for posting this! This was by far my favorite project. Amazing cast, crew, venue, and experience. I wish I could see more video and show my family what I've been babbling about all these years. Thanks again! If you have more video, I'd love to see it.
You were a part of this show! Awesome!! What did you do?
@@daniellemckenna3559 I was a software engineer at Disney Imagineering. I did the pyramid's control software. It was an insane project of 18-30 hour days for months in Los Angeles and Atlanta--and great fun. The cast and crew were wonderful people. I would love to get a video of the entire show (preferably one where the pyramids hydraulic pump didn't take a dump all over the stage). Nobody who worked on the show seems to have one.
@@walkabout.gaijin Awesome! 👍🏽
Just so you know, someone made a mini-documentary about Aida and they briefly mention the pyramid and it’s difficulties. You can watch it if you like!
th-cam.com/video/vUai_ukWjew/w-d-xo.html
Oh wow... just randomly stumbled on this!!! I've always wondered how that pyramid "worked." I could never visualize it. This show really was completely overhauled for Broadway - and for the better. Though, I think "Messenger" could have worked with better lyrics and arrangement.
Fascinating! I saw it on Broadway and it was so different from this. Thank you so much for the glimpse at how the show evolved.
You are very welcome, and glad you enjoyed it.
WOAAH! Thank you for the upload!!
You are welcome, thanks.
This is really special stuff. I never knew what it looked like but it was always reported that the pyramid opened/closed and often malfunctioned. You're the best Ms. Aurora!
Thank you---glad you liked this.
This is very exciting to finally see after all these years!!! Thank you sooo much!
@@alidaylami8073 Yup. Everything but the infernal hydraulic pump worked pretty much flawlessly.
Any chance the whole production was captured? I would love to see all of the changes that were made!
I so wish someone would post "My Strongest Suit" from this production if they have it. It was hilarious and vastly different from the Broadway version.
Oh man! Fantastic! Does a recording for the whole atlanta production exist?
Full version here?
I though Adam was in the tomb when It fell in Atlanta? Did he join the production after Hank?
I believe that was during the Chicago tryout for the Broadway production. And yes, Hank Stratton was Radames for the Atlanta "Elaborate Lives."
@@auroraspiderwoman5886 oh I didn’t even they’re was a Chicago one. Thank you!
I hate that they took this song out