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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: lowwriter 11:30 am EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - Michael_Portantiere 10:43 am EDT 08/06/14

It's been such a long time since I've seen The Secret Garden on Broadway. I just remember loving the score but finding the dialog of the book stilted and obvious and uninvolving. The show only worked for me when the actors were singing gloriously. Would love to see another production.


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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 03:00 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - lowwriter 11:30 am EDT 08/06/14

I'm sorry the book struck you that way initially, but yes, I urge you to see another production when you have the opportunity.


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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: WaymanWong 01:10 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - lowwriter 11:30 am EDT 08/06/14

If you love the glorious score to ''The Secret Garden,'' Marsha Norman deserves credit there, since she wrote the lyrics.

I disagree about the book, and so did many Tony voters, since Norman won the Tony for Best Book. (She also got a Drama Desk for it.)

I just wish Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon would write a new musical. ''The Secret Garden'' goes back to 1991!


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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: lowwriter 03:28 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - WaymanWong 01:10 pm EDT 08/06/14

I can't say that I find the lyrics anything special. This is a show I wanted to like much more than I did.

As far as the Tony Award for book, what competition did she have?

Really, the only thing I've liked written by Norman is her first play off-Broadway.


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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: MikeR 05:50 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - lowwriter 03:28 pm EDT 08/06/14

Her competition was Once On This Island, The Will Rogers Follies, and Miss Saigon.

I would've given it to OOTI, but those are four solid nominees. It's not like 1989, when the category was eliminated, or 1985, when Big River beat Grind, Harrigan and Hart, and Quilters. 1991 was a relatively strong year, with four credible nominees in that category.


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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: Teacher64 01:12 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - WaymanWong 01:10 pm EDT 08/06/14

I agree!! I have always wanted them to collaborate again. Did they not get along??


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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: bwaydiva1 04:41 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - Teacher64 01:12 pm EDT 08/06/14

I really loved "The Secret Garden". I thought the elements were really quite uniformly good.


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