| re: Lin-Manuel Miranda Teams With John Kander On New Broadway Musical Loosely Based On Martin Scorsese’s ‘New York, New York’; Susan Stroman Directing | |
| Posted by: roleplay 05:28 pm EDT 08/25/22 | |
| In reply to: Lin-Manuel Miranda Teams With John Kander On New Broadway Musical Loosely Based On Martin Scorsese’s ‘New York, New York’; Susan Stroman Directing - dreambaby 09:41 am EDT 08/25/22 | |
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| I'm confused by this whole thing! I am certainly excited by the prospect of new work from these talented people. I just don't get that they aren't using the 2 characters from the film. "Loosely based" on the original film means what? They can't change the title because that presumably is what is going to be bringing in audiences. Frankly, it would be interesting to explore the Minnelli and Deniro characters with music. BUT, not having the female lead sing the title song would be strange too. If you're going to write a musical based in that era, with interesting characters with a love-hate relationship, etc. then why not just write a new, original musical? By calling it New York, New York don't you owe it to just musicalize the original film? (which was pretty much a musical to begin with?) I believe it also said they were to use the songs from the film and supplement them with new ones from Kander and Miranda. It just seems like they are trying to have it both ways. I'm still confused :-) | |
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