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Smeghead 10:56 am UTC 05/14/08 |
| In reply to: | PS. - rockfenris2005 09:26 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? I don't think Barry has the rights to Rhiengold... but I'm not so fond of that show anyway. As for UBU... I had never thought of it, but it is a puppet show... and I believe Jim just underscored it... no lyrics or anything. The two Jim shows I'd love to direct are a proper English DOTV and Neverland... maybe whistle if I could go back to the all Jim lyrics... But mostly Neverland.... 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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