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re: Does anybody see what I see?

Posted by:	Chazwaza 08:50 pm EDT 08/14/14
In reply to:	re: Does anybody see what I see? - EvFoDr 09:26 pm EDT 08/13/14

oh yes, me too. Spider Woman is absolutely sensational. I've seen the original, I've seen other productions, I've listen to it many times and it's like biting into a delicious steak each time. I've never understand how forgotten it seems to be in modern musical theater history. A juggernaut of a show, that not only is just sensational as is but also managed to win a slew of Tonys (Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Featured Actor, Costumes) it also ran for a very strong run and garnered TWO recordings. It's one of the last BIG broadway shows with incredible sets, costumes, lighting and just an insane amount of incredible dancing that was also a brilliant, intelligent show with an adult subject matter. It seems more and more these days no one can write musicals like that... either they are dark and have no dancing, or there is dancing because it's happy, or it's a juxbox show, or taking place in the 60s, or is some kind of stylized comment, or because it's a musical... but nothing underneath. It's long overdue for a revival. Perhaps in 4 years someone with do a 25th Anniversary revival (and hopefully John Kander will still be with us to see it).

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