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| Last Edit: Chromolume 01:49 am EST 01/30/21 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 01:46 am EST 01/30/21 | |
| In reply to: re: probably best to divide up by era, but here's a list - AlanScott 01:31 am EST 01/30/21 | |
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| Two Gentlemen of Verona (which I saw only at the Delacorte) was a huge amount of fun. The creators knew what they wanted to do, and they did it well. Yes. I've always had a real fondness for the show (and finally got to do it a few years ago - SO much fun!). It wasn't Follies, of course, but what else is? Applause would certainly be on my list of least good winners that had original scores. It's an almost astoundingly mediocre piece of writing coming from people who were certainly capable of much better work, but it's always or almost always at least competently written... Again agreed. I like a lot of the score - but the show itself...well... And to bridge this show with the next - I have to say that when I first got to know Applause when I was in high school circa 1980 (hearing the cast recording and, thank you, Stanley Richards, for those Great Musicals volumes so I could read the script...) I remember being very tickled that there was a scene in a gay bar - as a teen on my way out of the closet at the time. That and the gay characters in A Chorus Line (among other sources) were the bits of "visibility" I needed to make me feel ok about myself. But... This may surprise people but I would rank La Cage aux Folles below any of those. Agreed 100% and more. I was out and in college by this time, and found the show so embarrassing. Despite a few songs that I do think are among Herman's best ("Look Over There" being one), much of the score feels rather off to me (and with some terrible lyrics), and despite all the fun "tricks" in the staging (the coats in the opening number and stuff like that), it always felt just a little too cheesy for my taste. And the Cagelles and their incessant bitchiness - just not for me at all. (My feelings were confirmed a few years later when I got to music direct a production of the show - not a fun experience for me at all.) It's amazing to me, somehow, that we've had 3 productions of this on Broadway over time...but I know others love the show. Ok. One can't like everything. ;-) |
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