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New Side Show and old Side Show

Posted by: Ann 11:50 pm EST 11/17/14
The new version seems to be a good bit "cleaned up"/prettified/made more pleasant, less ugly, less gritty, more mainstream. And I'm not surprised - why relaunch on Broadway a show that didn't succeed before, unless you're going to try to make it more attractive to Broadway audiences?

The changes seem to be direct answers to questions or counters to complaints that were heard regarding the previous version.

I think there probably was a way to fix the problems in the previous version while still retaining the grittier aspect, resulting in a less mainstream version that worked dramatically. I think a lot theater folk would have preferred that version, but it probably wouldn't have sold on Broadway.

I like this version a lot, but I would have liked to have seen the other, too.

Just my opinion.


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