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Smeghead 06:33 pm UTC 06/24/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Apollo Victoria For Sale - Venom 06:28 pm UTC 06/24/09 |
| Well, Tanz wasn't about spectacle... Whistle wasn't... Neverland wasn't... really none of his earlier shows were... The ones from the 70s because he didn't have the money or clout and the ones from the 90s because he wasn't in charge... but with DOTV and BOOH I believe Jim is afraid the content won't stand on its own and that it needs to be propped up with flash... my belief is that that kind of a crutch will just damage the end product... Jim should just deliver a solid script and score and leave the spectacle to the director / Tech staff. Reading his DOTV script he had Krolock turning into a giant dragon beast and attacking Alfred and Abronius... that kind of thing isn't necessary... > I've always considered Jim Steinman to be the Michael Bay > of musicals. > > > Here's my 2 cents... > > > > 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... > > > > That's how I see it anyhow. > > > > > 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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