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| re: Cabaret, set "in a seedy American nightclub in the not-too-distant future..." | |
| Posted by: ryhog 05:16 pm EDT 08/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Cabaret, set "in a seedy American nightclub in the not-too-distant future..." - andPeggy 03:41 pm EDT 08/29/18 | |
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| I don't disagree with anything you've said here. Where we part company is that I don't think fundamental change (all parties willing) needs to be avoided. There were, of course, those who despised what the Roundabout production did. Non-performing artists make fundamental changes to existing work frequently. As long as they don't deface the originals in the process, this is generally celebrated. I think the same applies here. I seriously doubt that this production is going to supplant the original. Interestingly, the Roundabout production has had a pretty significant effect on subsequent productions. |
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| re: Cabaret, set "in a seedy American nightclub in the not-too-distant future..." | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:45 pm EDT 08/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Cabaret, set "in a seedy American nightclub in the not-too-distant future..." - ryhog 05:16 pm EDT 08/29/18 | |
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| I seriously doubt that this production is going to supplant the original. I had vowed to stay out of this thread mainly because I know someone involved with the production and wasn't going to make comments without him knowing beforehand,,,but I actually was talking to him about this earlier tonight. I'm not going to make any judgement calls on the production, especially because it's only still in the planning stages and we really have nothing concrete to point to yet, aside from the blurb that was made public. The question of permissions is valid, of course, and I'm sure that's being taken care of. But, folks - there's no "supplanting the original" here. This is a college production - at a high-profile school, yes, but it's a mere 5-performance run of a show. As far as anyone knows, that's all it is - it's not some newfangled John Doyle thing that runs for months in NYC, it's not a pre-Broadway tryout - it's just a product of a conservatory training program where the students are getting all sorts of approaches to production in their training. Many of us don't love such "konzept" productions - but I think everyone's getting a little hysterical about this. I'm sure it will be quality work, as the Conservatory's productions so often are. But folks, it's a 5-performance run. The Times isn't reviewing it, it's not touring, and very few people, in the grand perspective, will be seeing it. (It's a 325-seat theatre, and in my experience, the shows do sell out pretty well.) Maybe it will be good. Maybe it won't. But it's not going to change the way anyone else does Cabaret, I'm sure. So, who cares? So what? ;-) |
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| re: Cabaret, set "in a seedy American nightclub in the not-too-distant future..." | |
| Posted by: ryhog 12:23 am EDT 08/30/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Cabaret, set "in a seedy American nightclub in the not-too-distant future..." - Chromolume 10:45 pm EDT 08/29/18 | |
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| "I think everyone's getting a little hysterical" It's late August, it's 110 in the shade, there is a heat advisory, we are worn out talking about the crap that has opened on Broadway this summer. I think we can be forgiven for getting a little hysterical. Even though, of course, you're right. |
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