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| Lestat...oh, lord | |
| Posted by: HadriansMall 03:17 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Sweeney Todd Fucking Amazing Tonight!!!!!!!!!!!! - Dr._L 02:42 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
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| I saw that mess twice. Once when it tried out in SF and again in NYC. I wanted to see if they improved it. They didn't. | |
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| was it worse than Wildhorn's Dracula? | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 04:54 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: Lestat...oh, lord - HadriansMall 03:17 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
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| always been curious. Dracula I would have walked out of had I not been with a friend who got us comps. | |
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| I think one of the problems with dracula was following the book to closely | |
| Posted by: dramedy 05:05 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: was it worse than Wildhorn's Dracula? - Chazwaza 04:54 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
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| Any show really falls apart when the crew follow dracula from england back to translvania to kill him. It works in the book, but there have been so many hollywood variations, that i think a stsge version could remain in England and do away with him in a more dramatic way. | |
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| At least wildhorn wrote a score thst sounded like a period piece | |
| Posted by: dramedy 05:01 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: was it worse than Wildhorn's Dracula? - Chazwaza 04:54 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
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| The popish score of lestat just didnt work. Clearly elton john had checked out months before to let this show wither. And then he wrote the phenominal billy elliot, where his heart really shows in the material. | |
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| It did improve for nyc | |
| Posted by: dramedy 04:54 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: Lestat...oh, lord - HadriansMall 03:17 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
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| They at least eliminated the egyptian mythology in the second act which was eye rolling level in san fran. The best line was given by the audience member in front of me. The version (i think they tried several endings) i saw in ny had lestat come out in modern day street clothes and state " i am lestat and i will live forever" when they guy in front of me turned to his companion and stated "just not on broadway" best line ever! |
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| Changed? Yes. Improved? I'm not so sure. | |
| Posted by: HadriansMall 08:06 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: It did improve for nyc - dramedy 04:54 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
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| While eye-rollingly ridiculous, the Egyptian sequence was at least not as laugh-out-loud funny as the Broadway ending you mentioned above (which is the one I saw). The NYC ending registered mostly as "We Give Up!" | |
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| re: Changed? Yes. Improved? I'm not so sure. | |
| Posted by: ashleylm 07:31 pm EST 01/15/18 | |
| In reply to: Changed? Yes. Improved? I'm not so sure. - HadriansMall 08:06 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
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| From what I'd gathered at the time, it was improved to the extent that it was made worse, so went from cringingly bad to hilariously awful. I reveled in it--this was my own personal Not Since Carrie moment. Everything about it, down to the most minute detail (e.g. the positioning of actors when being bitten), was a bad, bad choice. | |
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