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| Posted by: | Chazwaza 02:26 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - Ncassidine 02:17 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
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| I think that's a narrow view of the characters and the musical form. I think those characters are desperate to sing... and I think there's a way to musicalize what isn't going on in their actual dialogue. I know that's one of the criticisms people had of the opera, that they didn't want to sing, but I still think I can hear them singing JRB music. | |
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| re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... | |
| Posted by: | AlanScott 06:39 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - Chazwaza 02:26 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
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| "I know that's one of the criticisms people had of the opera, that they didn't want to sing." One of the reasons why an opera might be felt to be more appropriate is because they are singing all the time, no one suddenly starts to sing because he must express himself lyrically. And in opera the orchestra can tell us what's going on underneath a vocal line that may seem relatively inexpressive. This can happen in musicals, but opera perhaps permits or encourages it more. | |
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| re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... | |
| Posted by: | Chazwaza 07:00 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - AlanScott 06:39 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
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| I guess one way to approach it is for everyone to be singing except the two guys... who only sing when they finally get together, and they try to sing with their wives, etc, but the song is always wrong or just sung by the wife when they sing together. It certainly has the ability to be beautiful or exceptionally silly. | |
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| what a fascinating thread | |
| Posted by: | jero 08:40 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - Chazwaza 07:00 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
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| who sings? creative team ho.... One of my favorite moments in theater was at The Secret Garden and that quartet and suddenly you hear that small yet large voice crying out "I heard someone crying." I couldn't find her on stage but OH... viscerally.. it was surely something to sing about. | |
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| re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... | |
| Posted by: | AlanScott 07:04 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - Chazwaza 07:00 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
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| Well, I think one sings, the other doesn't. ;) Jack sings, Ennis doesn't. But that's very Do I Hear a Waltz? (or at least what Sondheim thought might be a workable idea). | |
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| re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... | |
| Posted by: | PatrickHSF 05:49 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - Chazwaza 02:26 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
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| Part of Enis' tragic character to me is his inability to express himself. It would take a shrewd composer to give him a voice and vocalize his feelings while showing the pain of his keeping his emotions hidden and inside. | |
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| I adore you.. A SHREWD COMPOSER. | |
| Posted by: | jero 08:43 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - PatrickHSF 05:49 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
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| isn't that what everyone on this board craves? | |
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| re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... | |
| Posted by: | Chazwaza 07:01 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - PatrickHSF 05:49 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
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| And yet, isn't that a good use of song? To be his inner thoughts, juxtaposed with his simple and sparse choice of words and inability to express himself that way to others? I think it could be very effective. | |
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| re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... | |
| Posted by: | lordofspeech 08:21 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - Chazwaza 07:01 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
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| The puppeteer in CARNIVAL, someone who cannot express himself in person, has two great soliloquy songs. That might be the way to go for a character who doesn't express himself to others. | |
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| re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... | |
| Posted by: | Michael_Portantiere 10:49 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - lordofspeech 08:21 pm EDT 03/16/14 |
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| "The puppeteer in CARNIVAL, someone who cannot express himself in person, has two great soliloquy songs. That might be the way to go for a character who doesn't express himself to others." Excellent point. | |
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