| re: Des McAnuff | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 03:14 pm EDT 06/23/18 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 03:07 pm EDT 06/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Des McAnuff - WaymanWong 02:51 pm EDT 06/23/18 | |
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| Des had two massive successes with Big River and Tommy (almost 10 years apart). But oh lordy have you seen what's happened since? -H2S, a ghastly revival of a great show terribly directed (though moderately successful... I'll give credit for trying to make it modern for a time when sexual politics in the work place was a key issue, but it didn't work in my opinion) -Dracula the musical, a ghastly new musical terribly directed (i would have walked out if it weren't free) (-The Wiz, a very disappointingly directed production that was intended to go to Broadway except that in closed in SD and didn't resurface... I'm throwing this in because I saw it, and it seemed tailor made for Des but he did a bad job with it in my opinion) -700 Sundays, a good solo play by a hugely famous and beloved comedian - nicely directed, but not much to speak of -Jersey Boys, a hit on all levels... a sharp, stylish production of a jukebox musical that tourists love -The Farnsworth Invention, a short lived production of a mediocre play -Guys & Dolls, another ghastly revival of a great show, terribly directed, and flopped -Jesus Christ Superstar, a bad or at least disappointing flop revival of a difficult show -Doctor Zhivago, a flopped new musical with bad reviews that I didn't end up seeing along with most people -Summer, another jukebox musical by Des... verdict is out on whether it's a hit yet, but it looks pretty mediocre, and most of what I've heard or read has confirmed. Suffice to say, this is not the resume of the great and visionary director who won Tonys for Big River and Tommy... that director seems to have faded away in 1995. This is the resume of a working and successful director who keeps getting jobs off of his original two Tonys and the memory of his work on Tommy, and/or off his monster hit jukebox musical Jersey Boys. He seems to recognize that that's where his strengths or paychecks come from now, because he has JB, Summer and Ain't Too Proud. |
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