| re: Merrily We Roll Along November 23 NYTW--thinking about that opening scene |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 10:03 pm EST 11/26/22 |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 10:00 pm EST 11/26/22 |
| In reply to: re: Merrily We Roll Along November 23 NYTW--thinking about that opening scene - Showtunegal 07:05 pm EST 11/26/22 |
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Except Hamilton is written to slowly bring the audience in with a slower, more old-school pace and type of hip-hop/rap... and then it picks up the pace after letting the audience get accustomed to the kind of music, kind of storytelling, and speed...
Merrily was not written to start over the top and broad and grating. This revised script has become enough of a tricky soap opera as it is... it doesn't need this, and I'd say it can't bear the weight of this kind of amateur directorial decision.
It also doesn't help that the show now starts with a neutered version of the once dynamic, exciting and engrossing title number, and then goes into a lame and unexciting talky song of annoying people being shallow but also musically and lyrically meh. Say what you will about the strength or dramatic worth of "Rich & Happy", at least I was having a good time watching the show that that song was in when it was happening. To couple that new aspect of the first 10 minutes of the show with performing the scene over the top and led by an aggresively grating version of Mary is not help anything, despite what Maria Friedman seems to think. |
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