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moviejoemovies 12:36 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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Bottom line from Playbill: "The Sound of Music Live! Is Ratings Smash for NBC" - MikeR 11:28 am EST 12/06/13 |
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As encouraging as this is for the future of Live Musical Productions on TV, let's not forget that SOM is probably the most beloved Broadway Musical of all time due to its generations of fans who have grown up on it, much like "The Wizard of Oz".
I fear that just taking any Broadway Musical and doing it live will click only with Broadway fans and Broadway-curious people. It will have to be a big, very famous Musical that's loved by the masses (Guys and Dolls, The King and I, Oklahoma, South Pacific etc.) Even a show as famous as "Hello Dolly" may not attract an audience the size of SOM. How I would love to be wrong about this though!
I can't help remembering what happened in Hollywood when the success of the SOM movie caused Studio executives to think that "Musicals" were the attraction when it was really "That Musical". The march of Movie Musical flops (many of which I loved)put an end to the re-emergence of Movie Musicals within a few years.
I would not want that to happen here. I'm hoping that TV executives will be smart in choosing which properties they choose, unless the lead star is such a Ratings-draw that people would tune in even if it were "Me and Juliet". (there you go...Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga in "Me and Juliet").
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