| that's not what I'd call a bad thing... | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 02:14 am EST 02/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Keeping score: Which new musicals will be Tony-eligible for original music? - NewtonUK 03:35 pm EST 02/19/20 | |
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| Why is it too bad that American Utopia isn't eligible for Best Score? As you said it's not even a musical, it's a concert. A concert of very famously and celebrated pre-existing non-theater music (some of my favorite ever). Why should it be able to compete for an award specifically for original music written for the theater for a musical (or on occasion a play)? I love that music, but I'm quite glad and grateful it isn't eligible, and I hope we do not come to a time when it would be. I could imagine a time when there is a category for best use of pre-existing songs for a score (i.e. jukebox), but this score for this score wouldn't be eligible for that even. This is a concert on broadway, not a broadway musical. As concerts on Broadway, especially of non-theater music, become more and more common and popular, I think it's very important to keep this distinction clear. (and of course we must remember and assume that the songs we love so much that make up the "score" to American Utopia probably would never have existed or be the way they are had they been written for a musical. And David Byrne has written musicals, and even his most successful and acclaimed effort - Here Lies Love - is wonderful but comes no where near these songs, in my opinion. Writing songs FOR the theater in the context of an actual musical is not only hard but usually a very different thing than a pop album or stand-alone song... I am sure I'm not saying anything you don't know, it just struck me as odd that you chose to compare this concert to the other original musicals or jukebox musicals. But perhaps there should be a jukebox musical for Talking Heads and/or Bryne) ... just wanted to defend the category and form a bit, I don't think it's a fair comparison or the same weight class at all. |
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