| re: Keeping score: Which new musicals will be Tony-eligible for original music? |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 05:29 pm EST 02/19/20 |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 05:21 pm EST 02/19/20 |
| In reply to: re: Keeping score: Which new musicals will be Tony-eligible for original music? - carolinaguy 04:40 pm EST 02/19/20 |
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Too bad the category of Special Theatrical Event was retired a decade ago. It could've included ''American Utopia'' and ''Freestyle Love Supreme,'' etc.
As for Byrne, I keep secretly hoping that his spectacular score (with Fatboy Slim) to ''Here Lies Love'' makes it to Broadway someday. Those songs are so fun and infectious, and deserve to win the Tony. I loved that story of Imelda Marcos, set to a rocking disco-pop score, and the cast was incredible.
Last July, Alex Timbers, who directed ''Here Lies Love'' (and the current ''Moulin Rouge!''), was asked on a Billboard podcast about the show's future. He said: ''The dream is Broadway. We're actively working on it.'' Timbers said they had done a test version at Seattle Rep (in 2017) that sought to capture the immersive, dance-club feel of the production at the Public but in a proscenium theater. ''We're real excited about it.'' |
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'Here Lies Love': 'A booty-shaking blast of pure joy!' |
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would Here Lies Love have won the Tony? - Chazwaza 02:23 am EST 02/20/20 |
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