Agreed, he should´ve got a mention here. BUT he should also join the audience like Polanski, Kunze and others do when this great show opens in another city! Rinkoff is not needed here because he definitely less known than Steinman by the public.
Markus.
> ...and after a lifetime of seeing Jim's name not mentioned
> when it should be - you'd think I'd have a tougher skin
> about...
>
> ...or maybe my reaction was a hyper-reaction because of
> Vienna last week...still, a "with music by Jim Steinman"
> line would have made the article more credible to me. It
> was almost as if the writer didn't know enough to include
> it.
>
> xxx
> JD
>
> > This is really a piece about how Tanz failed in the US vs.
> > its tremendous success in Europe. We all know that the
> > failure came from all the changes in the
> > libretto/book--which is primarily Kunze territory not Jim.
> > The music stayed the same with the exception of a few
> > additions.
> >
> > I think it might have sounded strange to mention Jim here
> > because of this. His music was great in both versions and
> > as the article states, it was the show's basic structure
> > which had been changed, not Jim's music.
> >
> > If they were to mention Jim, it should have been in the
> > context of the audience laughing at TEOTH because of the
> > "slapstick" nature of the farce that had been created.
> > This would contrast nicely with the sweeping, emotional
> > rendition of TEOTH in Tanz--and how there is no snickering
> > whatsoever.
> >
> > I enjoyed the article. I don't care anymore whether a true
> > English version ever comes about. The German will always
> > be the most special to me. I just hope for many more years
> > of success! (and a new cast recording would be a great
> > idea!).
> >
> > --BMV
> >
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