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| re: With the news of a new "Some Like It Hot" musical - can we get a new... | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 12:31 am EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: With the news of a new "Some Like It Hot" musical - can we get a new... - theaterbear 08:01 pm EST 02/10/21 | |
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| "I would love to see a period All About Eve that restores Addison Dewitt." I think it might have been great if someone had attempted to write such a musical back in the '50s or early '60s, when the general style of Broadway music would have been conducive to the story. But anyone who tried to write it now would either have to try to do so in traditional, golden-age Broadway style, which for many reasons I very much doubt anyone would do, or they would write it with a more modern sound, which would be inappropriate for the story. |
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| re: With the news of a new "Some Like It Hot" musical - can we get a new... | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 12:59 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 12:54 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: With the news of a new "Some Like It Hot" musical - can we get a new... - Michael_Portantiere 12:31 am EST 02/12/21 | |
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| It may not get much play on the radio or on tv (except for more secular kind of Christmas songs on holiday specials), but I think songs written in the style of the great American Songbook with great melodies and wonderful lyrics can be appreciated by some percentage of younger people if they are exposed to them. The Beatles and lots of rock 'n roller also wrote great melodies with memorable lyrics, too. I don't want to hear an Addison who just raps. Patter maybe, but more along the lines of Harold Hill or G&S Major General type characters, which have some relatively simple melody, in conjunction with all the words coming out, might work. Of course, George Sanders, the original Addison had a beautiful singing voice, on display in the film of "Call Me Madam" singing ballads by Irving Berlin! | |
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