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actor103 11:32 pm EDT 08/15/14 |
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re: The Visit at WTF: my take on the show - garyd 11:02 pm EDT 08/15/14 |
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Full disclosure:
I am likely becoming an investor in the Bway production that is being considered.
I love the play. When effectively produced, it is a head spinning gut wrenching piece of theater. I have gone on far too long about why I love the musical. So to spare everyone, I will just say that the musical feels like it's own creation. It does not feel like a play has been taken and sculpted into a musical. Indeed the show.bills itself as "based on" the original play. For me that is what the musical is. It uses the play as a base, upon which it creates a love story devoid of sentiment without sacrificing the grand and complex power of love. To me it says that love is a true tangible force that can be utterly destructive and transformative at the same time. I don't know...the musical breaks my heart. And I am able to clearly separate myself from a play that I love and embrace the musical as its own thing. If you are looking a version of the play with music neatly interwoven, that is not what Kander/ebb/McNally are interested in doing here. Thus to me, this is not an adaptation. If that is what you are looking for, you will probably be disapointed. However, that is what I was expecting to get and am now very close to becoming an investor.so who the hell knows.
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You think this version takes liberties? Check out Vienna! - stevemr 09:57 am EDT 08/16/14 |
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