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rockfenris2005 09:26 am UTC 05/14/08 |
| In reply to: | My thoughts - rockfenris2005 09:23 am UTC 05/14/08 |
Why don't you ask Barry Keating if you can perform "Rhinegold" as a community production. Wouldn't he be in a similar position to Ray? Or you could get in contact with Jim Bierman who translated "Ubu". If you can get his permission, period, you can gain access to the recording material and pretty much everything they did for that version. > > I haven't had the chance to read the whole thing but here > are my thoughts, so far. I've thought about it since the > last time I looked at the document. I didn't know where > the Steinman text ended and yours began. You get all these > people who think they can impersonate Steinman and make it > seem convincing. You and Scaramouche, on this message > board, are the closest I have ever seen it come. You gave > Diane Warren a run for her money, in a sense, and think of > that what you will because she's one of the most powerful > songwriters of all time. She's a conveyor belt with > artists standing eagerly nearby. But, seriously, think of > it what you will, I didn't know where the Steinman ended > and the Smeghead began. In parts. The only glaring problem > I had, so far, was "Heaven Can Wait" following "Surf's > Up". That's 2 laidback ballads back to back. My advice > would be to use "Surf's Up" for the whole thing, have the > ceremonial vows in the middle, and then the rest of the > song ie. in the similar structure of "Heaven Can Wait" in > the 77 show. > > Hook's character is awesome! But it should be James (Jas) > Hook and Mrs. Hook. Emily Hook. Perhaps a reference to > Nana, the mutant dog with the mini mutant dog inside, and > the platypus that swallowed a geiger counter (instead of > the clock.) "Bat Out Of Hell" will be so different to this > but I would like to see this staged as a community > production. > > > > Hey everyone. Awhile back someone on here mentioned that > > I must have my own ideas of what Neverland might be like > > and that I should post it. Well, with all the talk of the > > BOOH musical and Neverland lately I decided to sit down > > and write out my version of a Neverland script. > > > > It is based pretty much on the 1977 workshop adding in > > things that Jim has said over the years that he had > > written for the show. I then re-wrote some stuff to > > clarify the storyline as I saw it and clean up things that > > didn't make sense to me. > > > > Lastly I had to re-write the begining of Act II since no > > one knows much about it. > > > > I tried my best to stick to the feeling and intent of > > Jim's original show because I feel very deeply that it is > > full of meaning. However I felt that in several places it > > was very muddy and could do with some cleaning up of the > > story itself. > > > > I don't think this is anything like what Jim's BooH > > musical will be like, but this is how Neverland has > > appeared in my mind since I first heard it in 1995 and > > spent years dreaming of directing it on stage. > > > > I'd love to hear any comments or thoughts anyone has... > > Especially JIM! How about a Blog post? | |
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