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| And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m | |
| Posted by: FleetStreetBarber 05:31 pm EST 02/06/22 | |
| In reply to: So, Encores erased the fat character in Tap Dance Kid. Have other major productions? Has Encores done this before? - wizrdofoz27 12:52 pm EST 02/06/22 | |
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| re: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 06:24 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 06:09 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
| In reply to: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m - FleetStreetBarber 05:31 pm EST 02/06/22 | |
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| What a shabby way to treat the original creators! I hope the Dramatists Guild fires off a letter of protest to Encores! Blackwell passed away in 1995 and Lorick in 2016. Does anyone know if Krieger was invited to Encores! (or consulted about any revisions)? (Encores! included an insert for the original musical & vocal arranger Harold Wheeler, so why not Blackwell, Lorick and Krieger, as well?) For the record, ''The Tap Dance Kid'' is based on ''Nobody's Family Is Gonna Change,'' a novel by Louise Fitzhugh, best known for ''Harriet the Spy.'' |
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| Link | Encores! Inside the Revival of 'The Tap Dance Kid' (2021), includes footage of Dule Hill, who had to drop out of the 2022 revival |
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| re: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 09:35 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
| In reply to: re: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m - WaymanWong 06:09 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
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| Krieger was reported to have been at one of the performances. The failure to include bios for the original authors, along with the failure to credit the orchestrator and vocal arranger (Harold Wheeler) and dance-music arranger (Peter Howard) speaks to major sloppiness or thoughtlessness or lack of knowledge on the part of the person responsible. And someone at the top should have been paying attention. Since they put an insert crediting Harold Wheeler in the playbill, with a bio, why did they not also include on the insert (or add another insert with) bios for the authors? Charles Blackwell was an important person in Broadway history (with important London credits, too, connected to his Broadway work), and most people know little about him. A bio for him would have been especially useful, although I wonder if people at Encores! know much about him. As one of the few black writers whose work has been produced in the main Encores! series, this oversight is particularly disturbing under the circumstances. |
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| re: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m | |
| Posted by: DAW60 12:55 am EST 02/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m - AlanScott 09:35 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
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| He was in the audience Wednesday evening, introduced from the stage. | |
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| re: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m | |
| Posted by: FleetStreetBarber 10:17 am EST 02/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m - DAW60 12:55 am EST 02/08/22 | |
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| He was also in the audience at the dress rehearsal on Tuesday evening and was acknowledged from the stage. | |
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| re: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 07:27 pm EST 02/06/22 | |
| In reply to: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m - FleetStreetBarber 05:31 pm EST 02/06/22 | |
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| And Harold Wheeler, but I guess he got an insert eventually. | |
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| re: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 04:57 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
| In reply to: re: And why no bios of Krieger, Lorick & Blackwell in the Playbill ??? n/m - Chromolume 07:27 pm EST 02/06/22 | |
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| That is wild. What are they up to over there? | |
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