Martin Guerre A Musical Journey 5/8

[@michaelkenny2219]

I saw Martin Guerre in London back in the 1990s and it is as beautiful today as it was there.❤

[@michaelkenny2219]

Great News- Martin Guerre is coming back to the theatre in London this year

[@andyleclerc3600]

I get incredible chills over BETHLEHEM...a masterpiece of a song😊

[@manitot]

Only discovered Iain Glen quite recently in game of thrones as Ser Jorah Mormont. Now, I find myself trying to look at other works he'd done. Brilliant duet with Juliette Caton ^_^ Saw only Les Miserables the movie, and Miss Saigon the musical. I wish I could've seen this but I was only 9 yrs old at the time and living far far away. :)

[@rentbaloo]

this is an incredible documentary... hope miss saigon had the same with long clips from the musical... but the thing lacking here is the auditions...

[@mburns75]

My unsolicited opinion 😂: The fact that the OG material of Martin Guerre was some of the most passionate music the duo created and was buried by producers should have been a crime. The duets and choral numbers in the OG Martin are stunning and some of their best. Problematic story-wise over all? Yes. But, throw it all out and bring back bits in different form? No. The show didn’t need to be a blockbuster like Mis and Saigon. It would have done well on a smaller scale with most of the OG music in place. I am an original cast Les Mis from 1985 fan of S&B. Their third collaboration was wonderful. Mackintosh dropped the ball big time with this one. Just saying 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@mburns75]

More? 🤦🏻‍♂️ This show’s treatment from the outside is similar to Webber’s “Aspects of Love.” Such a stunning piece that could be set aside from all the big ones and live on its own. Webber himself was quoted saying that Aspects was his best work (before he salvaged it to death to create his “Frankenstein’s monster,” Sunset Boulevard) To me, since first hearing this score so many years ago as a Les Mis and Miss Saigon freak, Guerre can hold its own- without Mackintosh’s meddling.

[@Abonanno24601]

So much better than Miss Saigon

[@atwinfather]

Truly. We saw Les Mis, Miss Saigon and Martin Guerre over a three day period when we were in London. We found ourselves singing these songs so often, and found Miss Saigon as a distant third to the other two.