| re: Apollo Victoria For Sale |
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Venom 06:28 pm UTC 06/24/09 |
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re: Apollo Victoria For Sale - Smeghead 04:02 pm UTC 06/24/09 |
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I've always considered Jim Steinman to be the Michael Bay of musicals.
> Here's my 2 cents...
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> Jim needs to stop thinking that what is needed is some big
> spectacle. The show should be about story and music. Not
> about flying motorcycles and Russian acrobats. Spending
> $15 million didn't make DOTV a success and spending a huge
> wad of cash to put a noisy load of flash on stage won't
> make Bat a success... it will just make it harder to make
> back enough investment to make it a successful show.
> People will go see a show with a great story and music
> even if it doesn't have a lot of special effects... but a
> crappy story with a bunch of flying Russians and
> motorcycles doing acrobatics won't draw crowds...
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> That's how I see it anyhow.
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> > Whoever the Bat producers are/were, that were thinking of
> > building a new theatre in London (for Bat), they may want
> > to look at buying the Apollo Victoria, which may be up for
> > sale (as part of a package, or on it's own).
> >
> > Apparently Stage Entertainment are interested (who hold
> > the rights to Tanz?).
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