| re: there are only 2 musicals I'm telling people they must see while they can -- Flying Over Sunset and Caroline or Change | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 04:46 pm EST 01/05/22 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 04:44 pm EST 01/05/22 | |
| In reply to: re: there are only 2 musicals I'm telling people they must see while they can -- Flying Over Sunset and Caroline or Change - ShowGoer 04:15 pm EST 01/05/22 | |
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| I think Caroline will be done in opera houses more in the next decade, and I think more amateur companies and colleges will do it. Flying Over Sunset is an absolutely perfect musical for inventive directors to do in colleges (student directors hopefully)... small cast, interesting premise, drug use, and fertile ground for inventive staging in a safe setting where failure at the box office isn't an issue... plus wonderful juicy roles for student performers, but also manageable in what they require. I found the score to Happiness extremely disappointing and mediocre. I found The Glorious Ones down right annoying, and I'm a big A&H fan. Both scores are mediocre on a level Dessa Rose couldn't even dream of being. And I'm sorry, but I think Dessa Rose is easily in their top 3 scores. It is hardly second-rate Ahrens & Flaherty. Ragtime, Dessa Rose and Once On This Island -- their top 3 achievements. A distant 4th is probably A Man of No Importance, followed by Seussical, then My Favorite Year (or maybe switch the last two)? I also think that as beautiful as OOTI, Dessa Rose is a much more mature score but also achingly beautiful and dynamic. One of the most underrated scores of the last few decades. I also think War Paint is WAY better as a score and show than Happiness -- Far From Heaven though was boring, unimaginative and stale, which is heartbreaking because I can't think of a songwriting team more perfectly suited to adapt that movie. Maybe Richard Greenberg as the bookwriter was the wrong choice, it's possible Doug Wright could have brought more to it. Especially after such a quality and interesting collaboration with F&K on Grey Gardens, |
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