On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
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Average of 3.5 stars from 3 ratings.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 11, 2011
Closed Jan 29, 2012

Playing at
St. James Theater

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Running Time:
2hr. 15min.
(includes 1 intermission)

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Love blooms in unexpected places in the delightfully reimagined world of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Still in love with his deceased wife, Dr. Mark Bruckner (Harry Connick Jr), a dashing psychiatrist and professor, unknowingly takes on the case of his life with David Gamble (David Turner), a quirky young florists' assistant. While putting David under hypnosis to help him quit smoking so he can move in with his perfect boyfriend Warren (David Gehling), Dr. Bruckner stumbles upon what he believes to be David's former self - a dazzling and self-possessed 1940's jazz singer Melinda Wells (Jessie Mueller). Instantly intrigued by Melinda, Dr. Bruckner finds himself swept up in the pursuit of an irresistible (and impossible) love affair with this woman from another time and place, who may or may not have ever existed. Michael Mayer and Peter Parnell's enchanting new version celebrates much of the beloved score from the 1965 musical including the classic hits "Come Back To Me," "What Did I Have That I Don't Have Now?," "She Isn't You," and the titular "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," while adding songs from the film score such as "Love With All The Trimmings," and "Go To Sleep." Songs from the Lerner and Lane score for the film Royal Wedding such as "Ev'ry Night At Seven," "You're All The World To Me," "Open Your Eyes" and "Too Late Now" complete the landscape for this romantic musical comedy. This production of On A Clear Day makes the case for living life with your eyes, and heart, wide open.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:

St. James Theater
246 W 44th St
New York, NY 10036

Opening in 1927, this Broadway theater was named as a gesture to the London playhouse of the same name. The St. James presented the world premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration Oklahoma! Other noteworthy shows were The King and I [...] Read More

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Lyricist-librettist Alan Jay Lerner once admitted it was wiser to adapt existing material for the musical stage than to start from scratch, so he'd likely have no objection to director Michael Mayer and librettist Peter Parnell's revisal of his troubled 1965 musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, now at the St. James Theater. Better still, this version, happily starring Harry Connick Jr., is in many ways an improvement on the original.

The focus of Parnell's script is now on 42-year-old psychiatrist Mark Bruckner (Connick), who takes on as a patient a 29-year-old gay florist's assistant named David Gamble (David Turner) -- not the previously female Daisy Gamble -- who is desperate [...]

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Reviewed by David Finkle on Dec 12, 2011

What are other members saying?

Witnessed the Read Through
My partner and I were honored to see the read through at Vassar and can not wait to see the full production. The audience was a very wide demographic of younger, older, gay, straight, and everything in between. We were all on our feet cheering this amazing work. I am positive they wont have a problem filling the empty seat.

Reviewed by mthooper on Wednesday, Jul 20th, 2011

RE:Leave it alone, please
Why change this show? The original score is impeccable. Why augment it? Wht change the plot? I saw the original and it was just fine. Its also very homophobic to say the new Gamble character is a gay florist assistant. I wont go see this one.

Reviewed by peteralf on Sunday, Jul 17th, 2011