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| re: & Juliet - The Feel Good Hit of the Season | |
| Posted by: OldTheaterGuy 11:24 am EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: & Juliet - The Feel Good Hit of the Season - WaymanWong 01:16 am EST 11/27/22 | |
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| No jukebox musical makes me feel good. Just another lazy attempt. And another step forward in the destruction of musical comedy. | |
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| re: & Juliet - The Feel Good Hit of the Season | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 02:30 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 02:29 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: & Juliet - The Feel Good Hit of the Season - OldTheaterGuy 11:24 am EST 11/27/22 | |
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| And another step forward in the destruction of musical comedy. First of all, when the term "musical comedy" was used in the 1980's stage version of 42nd Street, it already felt like a nostalgic, almost pastiche term. Did you mean "musical theatre?" Second of all, I was around 11 or 12 when I first started paying attention to Broadway shows. I'm 58 now. For all of those years I've been hearing that the musical (and musical theatre in general) was dying, or dead, or being destroyed, etc. And yet, here we are, even after a major pandemic that closed everything down, still with new musicals being written and yes, celebrated. I'm not sure whether to strike up a chorus of "I Ain't Down Yet" or "He Is Not Dead Yet" or even "And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)," but your "destruction" comment just doesn't ring true. BTW - I'm not a huge fan of jukebox musicals either. But that doesn't mean that anything is being "destroyed" by having them. |
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| re: & Juliet - The Feel Good Hit of the Season | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 03:37 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 03:35 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: & Juliet - The Feel Good Hit of the Season - Chromolume 02:29 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
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| I believe every show deserves to be judged on its own merit. To me, there are terrific jukebox musicals, and there are terrible ones. Just as there are terrific original musicals and terrible ones. It all comes down to execution, talent and your taste, which can vary. Comden & Green were once given the assignment to write a movie using a bunch of 1930s songs. It became: ''Singin' in the Rain.'' Broadway might be more resilient than expected. Whenever I hear predictions of its doom and demise, this lyric comes to mind: ''The theater is dying. The theater is dying. The theater is practically dead ...'' It's from ''Intermission Talk,'' a lyric from a show whose title is close to the one that kicked off this thread: ''Me and Juliet'' (1953)! |
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| re: ''The theater is dying. The theater is dying. The theater is practically dead ...'' | |
| Posted by: Dale 12:15 am EST 11/28/22 | |
| In reply to: re: & Juliet - The Feel Good Hit of the Season - WaymanWong 03:35 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
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| "Every Day A Little Death" | |
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| re: & Juliet - The Feel Good Hit of the Season | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 01:30 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: & Juliet - The Feel Good Hit of the Season - OldTheaterGuy 11:24 am EST 11/27/22 | |
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| There is nothing lazy about the construction of this musical; it is firing on all cylinders throughout, delivering a truly original musical comedy story that makes great use of pre-existing songs. To me, it's not that different from, say, "Crazy for You". You may not enjoy the form, but don't diminish the work that went into creating this very satisfying evening. The highlights of my theater going this past week were "& Juliet" and "Some Like It Hot", which make a very strong argument that musical comedy is thriving on Broadway. |
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