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re: Big Fish-- OBC

Posted by:	BroadwayLouBlaze 01:58 pm EDT 03/17/14
In reply to:	re: Big Fish-- OBC - Carol2 09:17 am EDT 03/17/14

I have been thinking about this. Why do you think that we are having this experience. In the show forgettable vs. on their own, pretty enjoyable. I mean, the GIANTs song...heard it before seeing Big Fish. Loved it! Did not even notice it while watching it in show. The obc is pretty much the same arrangement and melody? And for me...the Big Fish score just felt like nothing in the theater. It is as if the terrible book just somehow erased the score??? Curious if others have this experience occasionally and what they attribute it to?

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re: Big Fish-- OBC

Posted by:	BroadwayTonyJ 04:43 pm EDT 03/17/14
In reply to:	re: Big Fish-- OBC - BroadwayLouBlaze 01:58 pm EDT 03/17/14

Of course, over the years there have been a number of flawed, commercially unsuccessful Broadway musicals that produced great, highly enjoyable cast recordings: House of Flowers, Candide, and The Grass Harp come to mind. I haven't liked Lippa's earlier scores (john and jen, The Wild Party, and The Addams Family), but I was really impressed with Big Fish -- I think it's his best work to date. However, I am one of the minority on the ATC board, who really connected with the show itself. I saw it twice (in Chicago) and was really moved by it.

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