| re: "Chatty" West Side Story |
| Posted by: schauspieler 09:07 am EST 12/25/21 |
| In reply to: "Chatty" West Side Story - Guillaume 08:07 pm EST 12/24/21 |
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| Interesting reaction to the new film version. Not mine, but the writer's argument coincidentally comes up in that 1985 symposium led by Terrence McNally involving the four original creators of WSS posted by raydan a couple of days ago. Sondheim remembers that they were urged by Cheryl Crawford (the original producer while they were developing the show) to give the characters more backstory to explain why they were the way they were. In Sondheim's opinion, as I recall, such explanations would have diminished the musical which he saw as a 'fantasia' and not as a kind of sociological drama. Chunks of Laurents' book were repeatedly dropped (with Laurents' approval) in favor of dance, musical underscoring, or song sequences. |
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re: But would it play Peoria? Kushner's adaptation works for *today's* film audiences, especially those beyond NYC. Well said - Chromolume 09:58 pm EST 12/29/21 |
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found myself agreeing with everything this says. (nm) - Chazwaza 09:41 pm EST 12/24/21 |
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