| re: Cirque du Soleil | |
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Mr.Egg 10:11 pm UTC 10/13/07 |
| In reply to: | Cirque du Soleil - Rupert 08:38 pm UTC 10/03/07 |
| Rupert wrote, in his 'Cirque du Soleil' post: > Each show is a synthesis of circus styles from around the > world and has its own central theme and storyline which > brings the audience into the performance by having no > curtains, continuous live music and performers change the > props. > > Are the producers trying to have a live event feel to the > Bat Out of Hell Musical? - Sounds as though we are going > to get alot of songs into the show but the greatest > challenge is how they reduce the length of some of these > songs to keep the pace up. Some of the long songs work to > a live audience but musicals tend not to like lyrics that > repeat themselves as the storyline cannot push on. So the > songs have to be shortened and even merged into each other > like with We Will Rock You? The show is not going to be like Cirque du Soleil, even though Jim recently described it as Cirque du Soleil on acid. It's going to be like that in a few parts but there will be a strong storyline based on Peter Pan and the musical will be set in post-apocalyptic New York. I am not sure why Jim called it Cirque du Soleil on acid. Maybe he was joking with the newspaper reporter. I have been told that there is a giant alien embryo which explodes just before intermission, showering the audience with red jello. That is probably the closest thing to an acid experience. I do hope that the producers don't include that in the final version of the show. Some people would find it funny but the producers will be taking a big chance. Maybe the giant bat perched on top of the Chrysler building might be like an acid experience. I won't know until I see it. From what I have heard and read, the main tension in the story will come from the the never ending duel between Peter Pan and Hook. Peter will be a James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause type of person. He flys about on a magic Harley. Hook will be an evil police chief who flys about in a police ship (instead of a pirate ship). As you point out, it's not going to be easy to choose which songs should be included and what length they should be. You are correct to say that a musical is different from a live concert. A producer recently said that a show over three hours will die a nasty death at the box office. In the West End, they can't get the all important coach parties to come to anything over two hours. As you say, the songs will have to be edited. But which bit of genius to throw out? It's a nightmare. I see your point about musicals not liking lyrics that repeat themselves. I think that is true in the case of Sondheim. But sometimes Jim's repeating lyrics build up into a musical climax. Like the nanananas at the end of the Beatles 'Hey Jude'. | |
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