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re: "ON YOUR FEET" SHOWS ITS CALLUSES

Posted by: KingSpeed 06:51 pm EDT 10/28/15
In reply to: "ON YOUR FEET" SHOWS ITS CALLUSES - Icanseeit 05:45 pm EDT 10/28/15

This show is the definition of a jukebox show- a show that shoehorns existing music into a story. Beautiful, Jersey Boys, Saturday Night Fever, Good Vibrations, All Shook Up, Mamma Mia, all have have story lines and all are jukebox musicals. Perhaps you're thinking of a "revue," examples being Ain't Misbehavin, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Fascinatin' Gershwin, and Putting it Together, for examples.


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re: "ON YOUR FEET" SHOWS ITS CALLUSES

Posted by: Chromolume 09:00 pm EDT 10/29/15
In reply to: re: "ON YOUR FEET" SHOWS ITS CALLUSES - KingSpeed 06:51 pm EDT 10/28/15

IMO, those are ALL jukebox musicals (though I would debate whether the Gershwin and Sondheim shows are, because they use theatre music as opposed to pop music not written for the theatre). I don't think it matters whether there is a story or not - it's the pre-existing pop music that defines the style.

As to the jukebox shows that use the subject's biography as the "story" - I don't know why they have yet to figure out that those stories are mostly very uninteresting. (I like to call these shows the "Behind The Music" musicals - except that the biographies are much better suited to a short TV documentary than to the elevated, longer story arc a musical demands.)


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re: "ON YOUR FEET" SHOWS ITS CALLUSES

Posted by: BrianJ 12:18 am EDT 10/30/15
In reply to: re: "ON YOUR FEET" SHOWS ITS CALLUSES - Chromolume 09:00 pm EDT 10/29/15

"As to the jukebox shows that use the subject's biography as the "story" - I don't know why they have yet to figure out that those stories are mostly very uninteresting. (I like to call these shows the "Behind The Music" musicals - except that the biographies are much better suited to a short TV documentary than to the elevated, longer story arc a musical demands.)"

Maybe it has to do with the way the stories are told? Like, I wouldn't say that either the Four Seasons or Carole King have exceptionally more compelling and fascinating life stories than other pop/rock stars... yet the writers,directors,actors,etc. who put together those shows found a way to tell those stories that connected with, and excited, audiences in a way that most other "Behind the Music" musicals haven't.


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I'm waiting for "Weird!"

Posted by: Delvino 09:40 am EDT 10/29/15
In reply to: re: "ON YOUR FEET" SHOWS ITS CALLUSES - KingSpeed 06:51 pm EDT 10/28/15

The story of Al Yankovic, with attendant songs.


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re: "ON YOUR FEET" - I loved it

Posted by: NYCscribe 12:45 am EDT 10/29/15
In reply to: re: "ON YOUR FEET" SHOWS ITS CALLUSES - KingSpeed 06:51 pm EDT 10/28/15

I went with four people and we all adored it. Two were Latin Americans. Is it perfect? No. But a fun night, with great music. I though the salsa was fantastic. Ms. Villafane is extraordinary. I truly believed it was Gloria Estefan. And I disagree about the actor playing Emilio - he matched the voice and mannerisms of the real Emilio as perfectly as Ms. Villafane did his wife. What he was doing was not showy Broadway acting but felt real and true to the man he was portraying. I enjoyed it more than Beautiful but that's because I have a predisposition for salsa and am not a fan of Carole King's music.

Given the strong wraps for previews, it seems people are enjoying it or the word of mouth wouldn't be good.


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