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| re: A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! Is fantastic Marc Platt should produce any live musical on television. | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 02:35 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 02:29 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! Is fantastic Marc Platt should produce any live musical on television. - Thom915 10:28 pm EST 12/17/17 | |
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| The Roundabout's ''She Loves Me'' and Fox's TV ''A Christmas Story'' both featured the delightful Jane Krakowski ... and have Christmas scenes, but they are worlds apart. To me, ''She Loves Me'' is a gem of musical comedy, written by Masteroff, Bock and Harnick, and its lovely, lilting songs are based on compelling, multi-dimensional characters, arise organically from the dramatic situations and burst with charm and wit. ... To me, however, ''A Christmas Story'' is an overlong, anecdotal children's musical with too many extraneous and inconsequential numbers. On Broadway, I thought it deserved to be a cute 90-minute show, so a 3-hour TV version was really stretching its nearly nonexistent plot. And as much as I love the catchy melody of ''Don't Shoot Your Eye Out,'' I can't imagine any kid, especially one obsessed with a BB gun, fantasizing this 1930s tap number. | |
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| re: A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! Is fantastic Marc Platt should produce any live musical on television. | |
| Posted by: davei2000 10:29 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! Is fantastic Marc Platt should produce any live musical on television. - WaymanWong 02:29 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| That's a bit of stereotypical thinking...The show takes place in 1940, not a leap to believe Ralphie had seen a musical or two at that point....or even been dazzled by one. Maybe his Mom took him. | |
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| re: A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! Is fantastic Marc Platt should produce any live musical on television. | |
| Posted by: Thom915 10:04 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! Is fantastic Marc Platt should produce any live musical on television. - WaymanWong 02:29 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| I don't disagree with you at all as to the relative merits of each show. And oh yes, how much better A Christmas Story would have been as a 90 minute show (even two hours given all those commercials.) | |
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| re: A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! Is fantastic Marc Platt should produce any live musical on television. | |
| Posted by: MarjorieMae 05:37 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! Is fantastic Marc Platt should produce any live musical on television. - WaymanWong 02:29 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| I thought of the tap dance number imagined by grown-up Ralphie. He's the one telling the story. I was disappointed that they didn't have a little wonder tapper like the show had. Sorry, I don't know the original kid's name. But he made the number. | |
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| re: A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! Is fantastic Marc Platt should produce any live musical on television. | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 12:12 pm EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! Is fantastic Marc Platt should produce any live musical on television. - MarjorieMae 05:37 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| The original tap dance kid in ''A Christmas Story'' on Broadway was Luke Spring. And, yes, he stole the show. And he was greatly missed! | |
| Link | 2013 Tony Awards: 'A Christmas Story' with Johnny Rabe, Caroline O'Connor and Luke Spring in 'Don't Shoot Your Eye Out' |
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