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| re: Lea Michele Is Well Aware That the Pressure Is On (NY Times) | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 03:41 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 03:39 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
| In reply to: Lea Michele Is Well Aware That the Pressure Is On (NY Times) - Unhookthestars 02:19 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
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| Another Streisand signature from the film? To create her new Brice. Okay, then. And I say this as someone who saw this production twice (Feldstein, Aardema): this 2 hour and 50 minute entertainment doesn’t need another number. But who knows? I’d rather see the restoration of “Music That Makes Me Dance” as a Ziegfeld torch, scrapping the Ken Russell Boyfriend trappings and reverb aural FX. |
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| More evidence that Michael Mayer doesn't know how to fix this show. | |
| Last Edit: GabbyGerard 04:29 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
| Posted by: GabbyGerard 04:28 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Lea Michele Is Well Aware That the Pressure Is On (NY Times) - Delvino 03:39 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
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| I can't help but wonder what a Funny Girl revival would have looked like had it been directed by Susan Stroman, Tina Landau or Lucy Moss. Others that I think could have done it better than Mayer? Casey Nicholaw, Christopher Ashley, Jerry Zaks, Jack O'Brien, Lonny Price, and even a trio of director-choreographers whom I don't typically think handle libretti well--Kathleen Marshall, Jerry Mitchell, and Rob Ashford. Mayer's leaden direction exacerbates all of the problems in the book without improving any of them even slightly. |
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| re: More evidence that Michael Mayer doesn't know how to fix this show. | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 10:35 pm EDT 09/02/22 | |
| In reply to: More evidence that Michael Mayer doesn't know how to fix this show. - GabbyGerard 04:28 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
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| At this point, there's not much that Mayer can do, unless they want to shut down and totally re-tech the show from scratch. | |
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| ^^^ That's my vote. | |
| Posted by: GabbyGerard 12:39 pm EDT 09/03/22 | |
| In reply to: re: More evidence that Michael Mayer doesn't know how to fix this show. - Singapore/Fling 10:35 pm EDT 09/02/22 | |
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| The production needs the full Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
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| re: More evidence that Michael Mayer doesn't know how to fix this show. | |
| Posted by: Thom915 07:05 am EDT 09/02/22 | |
| In reply to: More evidence that Michael Mayer doesn't know how to fix this show. - GabbyGerard 04:28 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
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| " grabbing a fistful of Jared Grimes’s sweatshirt when trying to convince him of her talent, or hoisting herself on top of the piano," the one hint in the article that maybe things will improve. I don't know about the bit on top of the piano but one thing I found missing previously was Brice's desire to succeed and to be loved. I am a little more curious about seeing the show again now. | |
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| Posted by: chrismpls 04:11 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Lea Michele Is Well Aware That the Pressure Is On (NY Times) - Delvino 03:39 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
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| Intrigued that we have people complaining both about shows being not enough for the money ("Ohio State Murders") and too much ("Funny Girl"). It reminds me of that Roger Ebert quotation about every good movie being too short and every bad one being too long... | |
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