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| Passion has a "weak score"... | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 01:36 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 01:36 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO - T.B._Admin. 07:24 pm EDT 06/24/19 | |
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| I feel bad for anyone who hears that score and thinks that... let alone a theater critic, who highlights this "weakness" at least twice in their review. Passion has a stunning, haunting, interesting, beautiful and memorable score - at least to these ears. And I'm so glad I have my ears and not theirs. |
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| re: Passion has a "weak score"... | |
| Posted by: PatrickThomas 07:01 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: Passion has a "weak score"... - Chazwaza 01:36 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| It's nice to see a vigorous debate on this. I stand by my opinion - to my ear, the score doesn't have the vibrancy or the bite of much of the rest of the Sondheim canon. Perhaps on further viewings/listenings, it will grow on me. For many years I was never a big fan of his. Then I saw a wonderful production of "Sweeney Todd" at ACT and everything changed. "Company" is now one of my all-time favorite musicals. Thanks to all who commented. |
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| I have to admit... | |
| Posted by: dczoo 01:10 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: Passion has a "weak score"... - Chazwaza 01:36 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| ...that I didn't care for it the first time I heard it during a preview performance on Broadway. Five or so productions later, it's become one of my favorites. I now get choked up too many times to count each time I hear it. | |
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| Posted by: TGWW 02:53 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: I have to admit... - dczoo 01:10 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| If you listen to a screeching cat for twenty years, you end up loving it and missing it when it dies. | |
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| re: I have to admit... | |
| Posted by: dczoo 05:38 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: I have to admit... - TGWW 02:53 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| i hope to feel that way about the yapping poodle across the hall in 2039. | |
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| re: I have to admit... | |
| Posted by: Ann 06:10 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: I have to admit... - dczoo 05:38 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| Average poodle lifespan 12 – 15 years. Or less, if it annoys the neighbors. | |
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| re: Passion has a "weak score"... | |
| Posted by: DistantDrumming 09:15 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: Passion has a "weak score"... - Chazwaza 01:36 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| The show itself can be a bit of a slog, but it features some of Sondheim's most beautiful music and most affecting, if not as capital-C clever, lyrics. | |
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| re: Passion has a "weak score"... | |
| Posted by: carolinaguy 08:13 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: Passion has a "weak score"... - Chazwaza 01:36 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| I also find it one of Sondheim's most interesting and beautiful scores. Tony and Drama Desk voters didn't seem to think it was weak. | |
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| re: Passion has a "weak score"... | |
| Posted by: Pokernight 08:58 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Passion has a "weak score"... - carolinaguy 08:13 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| "Loving You" is pure enchantment. | |
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