| re: The theme of the production | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 12:37 am EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: The theme of the production - JereNYC 03:08 pm EDT 08/28/19 | |
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| The video of the production makes me think that the production was better in New York, not worse. It is perhaps unfair to judge a production from a video, and the video of the London version of the Nunn Oklahoma! suffers from the same problems as some other videos of Nunn stage productions because of his own preferences in how they should be done. Still, it seems to me that the New York cast was better overall than the London cast. A friend who saw the production in London told me at that time that he thought it would be a mistake to bring the production to New York. He felt that it would not go over here as it had in the London. He thought Trevor Nunn fundamentally did not understand American musicals, and that it was just the kind of production that would be a big hit in London but would be rejected by audiences in New York. Personally, I thought the Broadway production, which I saw before I saw the video of the London production, was filled with problematic and even nonsensical choices (not to mention textual changes). Still, I preferred it to the Hytner Carousel, which I could not stand. And despite the critical acclaim, the production was something of a disappointment at the box office. It did then go on a longish tour, but the tour did very mixed business (good in some cities, not so good in others). Truth is that as far as I can tell neither production was really all that successful in London, at least not after they moved to open-ended runs. |
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