"I Can't Make This Movie" ascends into the scream of "Guido out in space with no direction,' and he contemplates suicide. )[7] The reviews were generally very favorable, although a DC reviewer lamented some production changes (although admitting that they had not viewed the original Broadway production). October 18 1983, by: Marian Christy, "The Two Lives of Sergio Franchi" The Boston Globe (US) September 30 1983, by: Marian Christy, "Sergio Franchi: From Italy to Las Vegas" The Day (US) September 11 1983, by: Carol Brown, "Sergio Franchi Takes Over in 'Nine'" Kopit's new book, along with Yeston's now completed score, became the script that was produced on Broadway in 1982. Jenna Elfman was hired and advertised to join the cast as Carla at the same time that Stamos and Kitt were joining the production. (Sergio Franchi was extremely popular in Louisiana. The European premiere of Nine opened in Sweden, at the Oscarsteatern, Stockholm, September 23, 1983, with Ernst-Hugo Järegård (Guido), Siw Malmkvist (Luisa), Viveka Anderberg (Claudia), Suzanne Brenning (Carla), Anna Sundqvist (Saraghina), Berit Carlberg (Liliane La Fleur), Helena Fernell (Stephanie), Maj Lindström (Guido's Mother), Moa Myrén (Lady of the Spa), Ewa Roos (Mama Maddalena), Lena Nordin[20](Maria). Nine (With Sergio Franchi) Paperback – January 1, 1983 by July 1983 Playbill, Vol. Italo-American tenor, born April 6, 1926 in Cremona, Italy; Died May 1, 1990 in Stonington, Connecticut, USA. The original Japanese production premiered in Tokyo in 2005 with Tetsuya Bessho as Guido Contini and Mizuki Ōura as Liliane La Fleur. Yeston's title for the musical adaptation adds another half-credit to Fellini's output and refers to Guido's age during his first hallucination sequence. As the women return in a reprise of the Overture (Reprises), but this time to let him go, only one is absent: Luisa. Accessed December 29, 2020. Guido Contini, famous Italian film director, has turned forty and faces double crises: he has to shoot a film for which he can't write the script, and his wife of twenty years, the film star Luisa del Forno, may be about to leave him if he can't pay more attention to the marriage. The Dutch translation was by Theo Nijland. The vision leads him to re-encounter a glorious moment on a beach with Saraghina, the prostitute and outcast to whom he went as a curious child, creeping out of his Catholic boarding school St. Sebastian, to ask her to tell him about love. The most prominent was the canceling of a Baton Rouge venue so that show could serve for the Grand Opening of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera season. Other cast members included Monica Janner, Marit Selfjord, Berit Bogg, Ragnhild Sjögren, Solgärd Kjellgren, Ann-Christine Bengtsson, Siw Marie Andersson, Anna Maria Söderström, Susanne Sahlberg, Vivian Burman, Hanne Kirkerud, Susie Sulocki, Annika Persson, Charlotte Assarsson, Anna-Lena Engström, and Kim Sulocki (Guido as a child). Maury Yeston after attending the Sydney opening night proclaimed that Maria Mercedes was the definitive Luisa Contini. The cast included Raul Julia as Guido, Karen Akers as Luisa, Liliane Montevecchi as Liliane, Anita Morris as Carla, Shelly Burch as Claudia, Camille Saviola as Mama Maddelena, Kathi Moss as Saraghina, Cameron Johann as Young Guido, and Taina Elg as Guido's mother. Guido keeps the cameras rolling, capturing a scene of utter desolation—the women he loves, and Luisa whom he loves above all, littered like smashed porcelain across the frame of his hopelessly beautiful failure of a film. In 2003, the Roundabout Theatre Company produced a Broadway revival with director Leveaux and choreographer Butterell. He was a long-time member of the Classic Car Club of America; won awards for his restoration work, and participated in many of their cavalcades. And these are the women Guido has loved, and from whom he has derived the entire vitality of a creative life, now as stalled as his marriage. The movie had a phenomenal impact on me when I saw it as a teenager when it first came out. 1984 “Nine” – The National Tour – Sergio Franchi starring as Guido Contini (Although not a complete list, the following references were found: Washington, DC – Kennedy Center Opera House – April 4, 1984 through April 21, 1984[12] Miami Beach, FL – Miami Beach Theater of Performing Arts – May 4, 1984 through May 17, 1984[13] Italian Guys - Music of and for Mafia Films, Favorite Show From the 2009 Classic Television Series Stamps, You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But He'll Go by Himself to Scotch, Bob Newhart, Red Skelton, Jackie DeShannon, Gwen Verdon, George Carlin, Sergio Franchi, Skiles & Henderson, Leo Samourai, James Stewart, Jack Benny, Cass Elliot, Joel Grey, Carl Reiner, Steve Lawrence, Jack Cassidy, Dan Dailey, Rich Little, Tom Smothers, Sergio Franchi, Rodney Dangerfield, John Byner, Jim Bailey, Sergio Franchi, O.C. The Australian premiere of Nine was staged in Melbourne at the Comedy Theatre in 1987. [17] It was designed by Anthony Ward.[18]. The script makes Guido 50 (Day-Lewis's actual age), not 40 as in the stage original. Sergio Franchi recorded two compilation albums featuring this song: 1976's Sergio Franchi Sings Volare and 1977's Volare. Guido feels the aching void left by the only woman he will ever love. The cast included Antonio Banderas as Guido (who received a Tony Award nomination), Mary Stuart Masterson as Luisa (who received a Tony Award nomination), Chita Rivera as Liliane, Jane Krakowski as Carla (winning the Tony), Laura Benanti as Claudia, and Mary Beth Peil as Guido's mother. Sergio Franchi (April 6, 1926 – May 1, 1990), born Sergio Franci Galli, was an Italian-American tenor and actor who enjoyed success in the United States and internationally after gaining notice in Britain in the early 1960s. A Dutch production of Nine opened in an open-air theatre in Amersfoort in June 2005. The film is co-produced by Marshall's own production company Lucamar Productions. The musical premiered in the Czech Republic, at the Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre in Pilsen in December 2012. The studio albums are further identified as collaborations, and nine are compilation albums. Stage Tube: On This Day 3/18- Do I Hear A Waltz? Sergio Franchi starred as Guido for 330 performances, from May 9, 1983, to February 4, 1984, the date the production closed; composer Maury Yeston added a Franchi-style ballad, "Now Is the Moment," to the lovely Italian-sounding score. I still believed in all the dreams and ideals of what it was to be an artist, and here was a movie about an artist in trouble. (April 13, 1984). The Greek production opened in theatre Pantheon in Athens in November 2015, starring Vassilis Charalampopoulos as Guido, Helena Paparizou as Saraghina. Kathi Moss was the only cast member of the original Broadway cast that did not participate in the workshop (Pat Ast played the role of Saraghina in the workshop). They all leave. "I looked at the screen and said 'That's me.' Guido Contini [Replacement] Other cast members included Emma Dears, Kristin Marks, Tessa Pritchard, Sarah Parish, Norma Atallah and Susie Dumbreck. "Franchi: Italian to the 'Nine'. An original cast recording was released by Sony and was nominated for a Grammy Award. I was fascinated with Guido who was going through a second adolescence when I was going through my first! His mistress Carla arrives in Venice, calling him from her lonely hotel room (A Call from the Vatican), his producer Liliane La Fleur, former vedette of the Folies Bergeres, insists he make a musical, an idea which itself veers off into a feminine fantasy of extraordinary vividness (The Script/Folies Bergeres). Sergio Franchi replaced Raul Julia in the OBP of Nine. Composer Maury Yeston wrote three new songs for the movie including "Cinema Italiano," "Guarda la Luna" to replace the title song, and "Take It All" in place of "Be On Your Own," as well as the instrumental concluding the film. the National tour of the Broadway musical "Nine." Back into the present, Guido is on a beach once more. Posted 7 years ago I still believed in all the dreams and ideals of what it was to be an artist, and here was a movie about an artist in trouble. The original plans were for the Broadway show to continue even as the National Tour commenced. He cannot fathom the rejection. The cast listed and pictured includes Sergio Franchi, Liliane Montevecchi, Anita Morris, Taina Elg, Camille Saviola, Eileen Barnett, Barbara Stock, Rita Rehn, Dee Etta Rowe, Laura Kenyon, Nancy McCall, Kathi Moss, Louise Edeiken, Lulu Downs …