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Marklbetya 08:36 pm UTC 02/26/14 |
| In reply to: | Another ALW musical bites the dust. - AndrewG 02:01 pm UTC 02/25/14 |
| Couldn't agree more about Wicked. Best musical since My Fair Lady. And it's the classic format of the songs being about story and character development, rather than a rock opera with songs everywhere or just as filler. And honestly, I've never enjoyed anything by ALW, successful or not. > Read on BBC that Stephen Ward, ALW's latest musical is > closing after only a few months run. > > Now I don't know much about the story and haven't seen the > show but I listened to some of the songs on Spotify and > it's pretty God awful in my opinion. The opening sounds > like a typical musical filler rather than a grand theme to > get things going. Disgusting I think. > > In contrast. I saw Wicked on Saturday and my goodness is > that one hell of a musical! I can understand the hype. So > much spectacle and great music and super singers. The > first half lasts a good 1 1/2 hours without it ever > getting boring. The second half which I didn't thought was > as good was still superb really and it ends really well. > > I would put that along with Les Mis, Evita and Lion King > as my favourite musicals. > > Still all this stuff and after the somewhat lacklustre > Whistle makes me think that Steinman could have done an > amazing Batman. I think the time is ripe for one after the > Nolan movies success. > > Although a Bat musical I would definitely would want to > see I simply can't see it making as much of an impact as > an official Batman musical. But what do I know? > > It certainly seems to me that going by ALW's recent > failures that just having a good writer or a good concept > alone is no key to success in the musical world. I think > Wicked shows you need to include a lot to really stand a > chance (spectacle / good music which includes a grand > opening and a super song to end Act 1 / great costumes / > inclusion of love stories / inclusion of death etc). All > these formulas exist in Les Mis, Evita and Lion King. I > think the guys who made Wicked have the appeal towards > children covered really well too which I would have > thought Batman would have automatically. Bat I'm not so > sure about. :-/ | |
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