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Posted by:	ryhog 01:02 am EST 11/03/15
In reply to:	Let It Go... - garyd 09:39 pm EST 11/02/15

I don't think nearly so many people dislike musicals as dislike the music. But the two have been so closely wed for so long that the term musical itself has morphed into a description of a style. I for one love the idea of musical theatre-I've always thought of it as 2 for the price of 1-but I have always felt that the genre got off track around the time Bernstein decided to wander off and although there are exceptions in my mind, there is a lot that has followed that just doesn't appeal to me. Why did it not send me over the cliff? That's a mystery but honestly I think my broader love of the theatre has always left me with optimism that the musical theatre would right itself. I've long wondered if we would ever get something like Hamilton in my lifetime, although I remained optimistic. And I think if Miranda is the Bernstein of this generation, maybe the genre can get back on course.

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