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re: "Diner" last night

Posted by:	lowwriter 02:33 pm EST 01/18/15
In reply to:	"Diner" last night - broadwaybacker 02:29 pm EST 01/18/15

If the music is terrific I think it's worth it for them to develop this show. Isn't the point of this tryouts to figure out what works and what doesn't? How many shows have tried out on the road and been perfect there? Though I don't know why these shows such as Kinky Boots don't do even more work before they move to New York.

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re: "Diner" last night

Posted by:	owk 04:45 pm EST 01/18/15
In reply to:	re: "Diner" last night - lowwriter 02:33 pm EST 01/18/15

I'm puzzled by people thinking this is a good score. It's an adequate bunch of knock-offs of early rock songs, but almost none of them have anything to do with plot or character. Nor do they function as ironic commentary like the soundtrack of American Graffiti. They basically just stop the action and deliver a very mild dose of entertainment in what is otherwise a downbeat portrait of some really unlikable people. Hard to imagine this one getting much further than it's gotten.

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