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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: dooey 08:51 am EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - lowwriter 08:47 am EDT 08/06/14

I tend to agree about Marsha Norman. The book to BRIDGES really weighed that show down and seemed to pull it in too many directions. Thank goodness for JRB's score and those wonderful performances.


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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: lowwriter 09:59 am EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - dooey 08:51 am EDT 08/06/14

Yes, I loved the score to Bridges but the book seem to detract from the show at times. Especially all the talk about the cow.


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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: bwaydiva1 09:29 am EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - dooey 08:51 am EDT 08/06/14

I LOVED The Secret Garden-I saw it as a kid and really enjoyed it. I even thought the book was good.

The score for Bridges was better than the book. (Although I didn't find it as problematic as others did.)


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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: perfectlyfrank 10:50 am EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - bwaydiva1 09:29 am EDT 08/06/14

I think the book for BRIDGES is far better than people gave it credit. SECRET GARDEN would not have benefited by a musical comedy treatment because the story is quite dark. Norman is a good writer and knows how to mine family relationships. I think she would actually be an asset to FINDING NEVERLAND right now because I feel the show veers far too much into cutesy musical comedy.

Not that I fault the show for expanding beyond the sadness of the film but that sadness is the core of the tale and it is almost all but ignored in this musical, particularly Act I. I think with a better balance the show will work better for me.

However, despite my reservations, I have to admit that the show is currently being well received in Cambridge despite what the original poster indicates. The response from the audience when I left the theater was glowing, hardly just "OK". I personally had qualms but from my experience, the audiences were even more enthusiastic for NEVERLAND than they were when I saw PIPPIN and PORGY AND BESS at the A.R.T. That seems to indicate a good trajectory for this show.


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