| With all the incredible shows Prince directed and/or produced... | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 09:41 am EDT 08/06/17 | |
| In reply to: Prince tonight... - KingSpeed 11:25 pm EDT 08/05/17 | |
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| I'm kind of very surprised that there is more than 1 song from any show, considering he didn't write the material and we aren't seeing the original staging of the song or scene. If I go to a Hal Prince revue I want to see songs from so so many of his shows. First from the shows he had the most creative claim/influence on, the ones he directed: A Family Affair She Loves Me It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman Cabaret Zorba Company Follies A Little Night Music Candide Pacific Overtures On the 20th Century Sweeney Todd Evita Merrily We Roll Along Phantom of the Opera Kiss of the Spider Woman Show Boat Parade Lovemusik and maybe Bounce. ...so already that is 20 songs if every one has only 1. Then from the hit shows he produced but didn't direct: West Side Story Fiddler on the Roof Damn Yankees A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum Fiorello! ...so that adds 5 songs, making the list 25 if everything gets 1. And this doesn't include the flops or culturally less significant shows like: A New Girl in Town Flora the Red Menace Tenderloin Baker Street Grind A Doll's Life Flight of the Lawnchair Man that show he did in London with Stroman that flopped ...OR the operas or plays or directed, many to great acclaim. ... now the grand total of songs would be 32! And that's only if every notable show he directed or produced in his astonishing career gets 1 song. Personally, rather than seeing multiple songs from shows we all know and have seen performed a dozens times by many amazing performers, I'd much rather see those 32 shows represented, especially the curious ones we have seen nothing from probably since they opened (so most people haven't seen or heard any of it), to see the stuff that didn't work or hit with what really did, and the writing and subjects that Prince championed and found interesting whether they'd be hits or not. I want to see a retrospective of Prince's career, and I'd be happy for it to be 3 hours long, or 2 hrs 45, like most big musicals are anyway. |
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