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re: Daily Beast: Is Broadway Brain-Dead?

Posted by: ryhog 10:18 am EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Daily Beast: Is Broadway Brain-Dead? - Chromolume 01:09 am EDT 03/18/14

I think there are shows that originate from producers, from writers and from an odd assortment of others. I don't think that has changed. I do agree that "branding" (a form of formula) drives things in an unfavorable way and, of course, about the displacement of popular music.

I think another way of viewing some of this is by comparing it to the studio model of movie making. A&F were notable for having been hired in that style for Ragtime, and these mega-shows with heavy studio backing really seem to be vestiges of that sort of thing to the extreme. Ironically, film has moved in the opposite direction.


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re: Daily Beast: Is Broadway Brain-Dead?

Posted by: Chromolume 03:01 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Daily Beast: Is Broadway Brain-Dead? - ryhog 10:18 am EDT 03/18/14

I agree with you - "branding" is a good term to use here. (As I said, I knew I was making a statement full of generalizations.)

Also, maybe a sense that finding the "right" composer for the show is not perhaps as important as it used to be. A&F have plenty of cred and experience, but somehow I never thought from the beginning that they'd be the right fit for Rocky - though I hoped their professionalism and general expertise would be enough. But it sounds like it wasn't.


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re: Daily Beast: Is Broadway Brain-Dead?

Posted by: ryhog 04:12 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Daily Beast: Is Broadway Brain-Dead? - Chromolume 03:01 pm EDT 03/18/14

I think the "team" that was put together for Rocky looks like what a computer would come up with. But are A&F the people you'd think of when you hire AT and SH to direct and choreo? Not likely.


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