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re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production

Posted by:	Michael_Portantiere 01:05 pm EDT 10/30/15
In reply to:	re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - BrianJ 12:57 pm EDT 10/30/15

"But I guess you have to say more in an interview then, 'Eh, I enjoy working, I enjoy the paycheck, a paid visit to London for a bit will be fun, so I took the job.'" And if you work for the Menier Chocolate Factory, you HAVE to say that a stripped-down, bare-bones production with minimal production values and a miniscule orchestra is going to do a far better job of "focusing on the story" of a beloved musical than those awful, overblown Broadway production of yore, with all those pesky sets, costumes, and musicians. David Babani, the artistic director of the Menier, is usually the one to spout these annoying statements, but I guess he let Fierstein do so this time :-)

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