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| re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 09:45 am EST 02/22/19 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:40 am EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... - bway1430 02:08 am EST 02/22/19 | |
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| Personally, I tend to categorize "jukebox" shows as those specifically involving rock/pop music only (not show music or earlier standards, etc). But yes, you have a point about the shows you mention. I tend to call them the "ersatz Gershwin" shows lol, particularly Crazy and Nice Work. But yes, they do ultimately do the same thing as the jukebox shows. I know how much people love Crazy For You. and that's totally fine - but the show has always irked me a bit. First, the title is better known as a Madonna song, and the corresponding song in the show ("K-razy For You") is a total throwaway that barely registers. (I think calling the show I Got Rhythm or even Who Could Ask For Anything More might have made more sense, lol.) Second, as is his wont, it's essentially a typical rewrite by Ludwig (the mistaken identity plot from his Lend Me a Tenor revamped), which means it's in essence a recycled book (Ludwig's, not the Girl Crazy book) with songs that IMO tend to showcase themselves better on their own. So, even with a number of entertaining moments, it has always felt like too much of a piecemeal show to me, that might have been better as an all-out revue with Stroman choreo. (And, as is, I feel that the marvelous Stroman choreo is the main reason the show exists.) But, as I said, others love the show as is, so I know my opinion isn't going to go over too well out here, lol. (But all in all, I can't imagine that a well-produced full-scale revival of the actual Gershwin Girl Crazy by Ockrent/Stroman, with a moderate amount of book/score tweaking would have been that inferior.) |
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| re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 03:53 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... - Chromolume 09:40 am EST 02/22/19 | |
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| You’re wrong. The show was great and the title song registered. | |
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| re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 07:09 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... - KingSpeed 03:53 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
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| No, I'm not wrong. You have your opinion and I have mine. I did say that my opinion might not be a popular one. But I do maintain that if you sneezed in that opening scene where Bobby is auditioning, you'd miss the title song. ;-) Offhand, it's hard to think of another show where the title song (assuming there is one) is so slight. |
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| re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 03:29 am EST 02/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... - Chromolume 07:09 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
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| If you get to The Pajama Game one minute after the curtain has gone up, you've missed the title song. And even if you're there, you might miss it. On the OBCR, from when Eddie Foy, Jr., starts to sing it till he gets to the end of it is 15-and-a-half seconds. And the Annie title song is pretty negligible. And moving to Martin Charnin's next show, the I Remember Mama title song comes in the first couple of minutes of the show and it's less than a minute long. I don't know what's in the licensed version now, but there wasn't actually a reprise at the end in the original production, even though the opening night playbill listed one. And there's Brigadoon, in which the title song is sung offstage, mostly under dialogue, and even if you could hear it, the end is not sung in the first scene. It's not till the end last scene that all the words are sung, and again it's all sung offstage, mostly under dialogue, and until the last bars, it's sung quietly. |
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| re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 05:56 pm EST 02/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... - AlanScott 03:29 am EST 02/25/19 | |
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| After I posted this, I did think of Pajama Game. :-) Btw - there is a reprise in the published/licenced score - and the tune is also used for the music of the "fashion show" at the end. Good catch on all of these. ;-) |
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| re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 10:46 am EST 02/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Curious why nobody ever brings up Crazy For You, Nice Work.....An American In Paris, etc.... - Chromolume 05:56 pm EST 02/25/19 | |
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| I always felt the title song to Hairspray was a bit of a throwaway. I mean, it is! Really just a jingle for a sponsor ad. Not that it matters since the show is bursting with spectacular numbers. One of my all time favorite modern day musicals. | |
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