| re: the Tonys and Jerry Herman |
| Posted by: simbo 05:51 am EST 02/23/20 |
| In reply to: the Tonys and Jerry Herman - Chazwaza 05:15 pm EST 02/22/20 |
|
I think you're assuming that the Tony voters in 1975 and 1984 were the same people. And I get the feeling Herman had fallen a lot out of fashion by 75 (it's almost impossible to imagine if it had been nominated, it wouldn't have lost to "The Wiz" anyway,). There was a slight feeling from the older members that he was a bit of a latterday arrival who hadn't quite earned his stripes (after all, from "Dolly" he'd been successfully sued for plagarism on the title song and also had an interpolation with "Elegance"), and from the younger members that he was out of touch with contemporary music. His last successful show was already 9 years in the past. And the show had been a fast-folding flop.
It's not right, and it's not kind, but it's the case that some scores just aren't appreciated in their time. And Herman was not the kind of composer the 1970s generally were looking for. |
|
reply
|
|
| Previous: |
the Tonys and Jerry Herman - Chazwaza 05:15 pm EST 02/22/20 |
| Next: |
re: the Tonys and Jerry Herman - CCentero 09:59 am EST 02/23/20 |
| Thread: |
|
