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| re: How does something as underdeveloped as SUPERHERO get produced on that level? | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 09:56 pm EST 03/08/19 | |
| In reply to: re: How does something as underdeveloped as SUPERHERO get produced on that level? - ryhog 11:53 am EST 03/07/19 | |
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| I would agree with that if anything about this show suggested it was risky or edgy. I get the exact opposite impression. This one seems like it was programmed primarily because the names involved would sell subscriptions. Nothing makes me more delighted than to see theater compared to Ninja Warrior :-) , and it is true that writing a good musical is as hard and as rare as finishing Stage 2 (never mind Stage 3 or Mount Midoriyama), but I still watch it to see people succeed. That's actually one of the reasons that I don't watch any of the qualifying runs, because most of the competitors aren't qualified enough to hit the buzzer. And yes, it is compelling to watch a great run fail at the cusp of victory, but Superhero seems more akin to watching Geoff Britten slip on the first obstacle after finishing Stage 4 the year before. |
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| re: How does something as underdeveloped as SUPERHERO get produced on that level? | |
| Posted by: ryhog 12:42 am EST 03/09/19 | |
| In reply to: re: How does something as underdeveloped as SUPERHERO get produced on that level? - Singapore/Fling 09:56 pm EST 03/08/19 | |
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| always happy to spread a little delight in this delight-starved world of ours. Although I wonder if what you wrote will prove more perplexing to some as the other perplexing posts in this thread. :-) I don't think a show has to be edgy (or risky in the edgy sense) to warrant the incubator. I think Kitt and Logan (and Carole Rothman) would be shocked to hear their names are selling season subscriptions and I'd be surprised if you could connect more than a handful to that. That said, I don't feel quite as skeptical of the worthiness of the undertaking, even though it wasn't good. I think putting a pair of award winning creatives in a room is not the worst thing for a theatre company to do. I see that Scott Rudin has commissioned 2 new plays from Jeremy Harris. Some here might say that's unworthy. :-) |
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