| re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? | |
| Posted by: bway1430 01:22 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? - mikem 09:52 am EST 02/19/21 | |
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| I don't agree that a show with no plot cannot be an award-worthy one....COMPANY is also devoid of a central plot compared to a lot of shows and A CHORUS LINE wasn't exactly a plot driven show either....and come to think of it, ditto for NINE. Those were shows more or less based on a central theme or situation that had a thru-line but not an obvious plot with twists and turns. As for CONTACT.....well.... CATS lost it's reputation (in my opinion) largely because it became a Disney-fied piece that got further and further away from it's original core as it ran longer and touring productions started to crop up. ALW noticed the changes when the show transferred to NYC and wasn't exactly pleased (and for good reason) according to his autobiography. Union rules on Broadway dictated a certain number of pit musicians had to be hired. In London, they used only 12 as many sounds that gave it an eerie/other-worldly quality were computerized. The union laws meant that more musicians would have to be on the payroll so the show was re-orchestrated. It lost it's edge musically in the process. Ditto for the costumes. The original London designs were full of imagination with fewer wigs, a lot less fur and make-up that was less literal. John Napier described the original look as 'punky-funky'. That all went out the window once the Shuberts were in charge. So the look and the sound of the show completely changed and what was a strange, mysterious and contemporary looking/sounding show in London became the cuter, sweeter, family-friendly cousin of the London original when it crossed the pond. It started to look a bit silly if you ask me. I wish they had left it alone and allowed it to retain it's original flavor. |
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