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re: I strongly disagree with certain points......

Posted by: bway1430 10:27 pm EDT 03/17/14
In reply to: screen to stage - not good - bearcat 07:35 pm EDT 03/17/14

At today's inflated ticket prices I cannot blame Broadway audiences for:
1) Wanting to see something based on what they are already slightly familiar with and
2) Demanding spectacle.

But this seasonal clutching of the pearls over "spectacles", musicals based on movies and the numerous attempts at jukebox musicals seems a bit over-dramatic.

There are still daring, original writers out there producing interesting shows, not all of which are based on a blockbuster film or that rely on special effects. NEXT TO NORMAL, SPRING AWAKENING, IN THE HEIGHTS, DROWSY CHAPERONE, CAROLINE OR CHANGE, AVE Q, BOOK OF MORMON come to mind and there are many more out there.

I couldn't care less if a show is based on a hit film, WITH a non-original score AND a spectacle that costs millions as long as I think the show surrounding/supporting it is worth my time and I leave the theatre feeling that I escaped into the show that was created. I guess you could say I am definitely not a purist and that's ok too.

A handful of hit spectacles is not going to be the end of musical theatre as we know it. Spectacles/film adaptations/jukebox musicals may not be the type of show that critics and/or purists like, but it will keep folks employed and audiences interested in the form who may occasionally take a chance on something less "commercial" from time to time.

Flame away.


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I couldn't care less if a show is based on a hit film, WITH a non-original score AND a spectacle that costs millions as long as I think the show surrounding/supporting it is worth my time and I leave

Posted by: jero 09:44 am EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: I strongly disagree with certain points...... - bway1430 10:27 pm EDT 03/17/14

that was my response to Priscilla in London. loved it.


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re: I couldn't care less if a show is based on a hit film, WITH a non-original score AND a spectacle that costs millions as long as I think the show surrounding/supporting it is worth my time and I le

Posted by: bway1430 12:42 am EDT 03/19/14
In reply to: I couldn't care less if a show is based on a hit film, WITH a non-original score AND a spectacle tha ... - jero 09:44 am EDT 03/18/14

Me too. I loved it about 7 times!


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