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| That's so true... | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 01:25 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Winner Ivo van Hove to Direct 'West Side Story' on Broadway - student_rush 01:11 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| ... even down to the color scheme. Is there any other major musical which has been tinkered with so little in major productions? (A CHORUS LINE, perhaps? I can't think of many others.) As for the choreography, I think most people keep restaging the Robbins because, let's be honest, it's basically the best musical choreography of all time. - GMB |
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| re: That's so true... | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 04:42 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
| In reply to: That's so true... - GrumpyMorningBoy 01:25 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| The best example is probably FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, where I believe that productions are contractually required to reproduce Jerome Robbins' staging. | |
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| re: That's so true... | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 07:53 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: That's so true... - JereNYC 04:42 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| As are productions of WSS, no? I think the same is true of the dance in King & I, isn't it? |
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| re: That's so true... | |
| Posted by: chrismpls 07:57 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: That's so true... - Chazwaza 07:53 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| Can't be true of "West Side Story." It's on the thrust stage at the Guthrie in Minneapolis right now, with new (electrifying choreographer) by Maija Garcia. | |
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| re: That's so true... | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 09:06 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: That's so true... - chrismpls 07:57 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| Maybe they've loosened up? I mean I can't comprehend why, if there's any show Robbins could have that authorial control over, it wouldn't be WSS. Of all the shows he was a part of, not only was this is idea, but it's the show his staging and choreography specifically are so deeply and intrinsically tied into the drama of. I'm not sure if any choreography should be legally tied to a musical for all time ... but if there's any I get it for it is West Side Story and A Chorus Line. Fiddler doesn't even come close to that list. |
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| re: That's so true... | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 02:44 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
| In reply to: That's so true... - GrumpyMorningBoy 01:25 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| Oh, people tinker with it in amateur productions... I saw a terrible one where it was trying to re-set it in the 90s and the dance at the gym was a rave. | |
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