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re: Daily Beast: Is Broadway Brain-Dead?

Posted by: owk 09:04 pm EDT 03/17/14
In reply to: Daily Beast: Is Broadway Brain-Dead? - ryhog 08:16 pm EDT 03/17/14
Well, let's at least take the Daily Beast to task for this sentence:

"Remember the old days when it was the other way around? When Broadway shows were inventive, regularly breaking new ground, and then ultimately, became movies? West Side Story, Carousel, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Chicago, Mame, Gypsy, How to Succeed In Business, and Cabaret all started on stage."

Actually, not a single one of these projects "started on stage". They were all adapted from other media. They could hardly have picked a worse list in an argument for "original" musicals. It's true that Hollywood has begun to dominate the adaptation market, for the very reasons Margo Lion states in the piece. But let's not pretend there was ever a time, after Oklahoma!, when the street produced a lot of musicals that had no underlying source. It has happened, but it was never typical.


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