| re: who could guess this of all shows would have THREE cast recordings and a DVD of the original production AND a PBS broadcast concert? | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 11:25 pm EST 03/02/19 | |
| In reply to: re: who could guess this of all shows would have THREE cast recordings and a DVD of the original production AND a PBS broadcast concert? - BroadwayTonyJ 05:56 pm EST 03/02/19 | |
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| And yet FOLLIES, undeniably considered one of his actual masterworks (much moreso to many more people than Passion), which has had so many revivals, was never filmed for American TV broadcast. I just think this is an especially odd one to have gotten so much exposure and documentation. I'm glad it has though. I'm surprised, however, that it hasn't happened for other Sondheim shows like Assassins which hasn't even had a concert Broadcast either. But it still has never gotten or even been largely rumored to have a major Broadway revival. I wonder if/when that will happen. I really do think Lady Gaga would be a fantastic person to try her hand at Fosca. And as for B&TB, I love the movie, it's charming and beautiful and infectious, but I do not think it is on the level people want it to be and is very much a musical that mostly sounds like it was written for kids. I am not sure, in 1994, if it would have won if developed specifically for the stage. I think any year after that it would have won being a Disney movie property, but only because of that. It lost because the was a Disney backlash, but that didn't last long. I'd say the same for Aladdin, which is even less adult in writing than B&TB, but that would never have won even when Disney was being embraced, and I am not sure B&TB ever would either unless the competition was really poor or mediocre jukebox. |
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