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| Yes, I run “Bat Out Of Excess: An Australian Fan’s Dedication To The Masterworks Of Jim Steinman” which you can see by visiting the link.
Picture by Richard Corben Edited by Zoltar1979 “Zoltar” is the great Italian fan who did the video for Scaramouche’s “Dark Entwined In Darkness” and he also made a brilliant video compilation for my website. I also still run the Batman musical “unofficial memorial” site which will be linked through the website. My contact is available at both sites. > A very interesting and well written post. Too bad you are > sometimes absent from the board. Perhaps you need to > recharge your batteries. > > BTW, could you post your email address again? I've lost > it. I seem to remember it was something about being as mad > as a hatter (forgive me if that is someone else - I don't > think you are potty). > > Although I understand if you don't feel comfortable > posting it. > > Also, do you have any Jim websites running? > > > A lot of people are actively trying to make it happen. > > That’s good enough for me. What you also have to remember > > is how difficult it is to produce a major new work of > > musical theatre these days. Revivals, “jukebox” musicals > > and famous movie adaptations have all become the norm on > > Broadway and in the West End for a reason. Anything else > > is too much of a risk these days and shows like “Next to > > Normal” are the exception and not the rule. Prove me > > wrong. But this is based on my experience as a writer > > myself and basically having to produce my own show if I > > ever want to see it done. > > > > Also, if you want to see a convincing and well done > > spectacle these days, you have to spend in excess of at > > least $15 million. “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark” is > > rumoured to have a budget of US$52 million which is the > > highest budget in the history of musical theatre. Andrew > > Lloyd Webber’s sequel to “The Phantom of the Opera” will > > probably cost just as much when you take into > > consideration the back to back launches in London and New > > York. And then you have Shanghai, Sydney and/or Melbourne > > where it’s moving next. Again, this is all in a short > > amount of time. > > > > With that said, I wish it wasn’t like this. Musical > > theatre feels like it’s becoming too much of an impossible > > dream. I think if we ever want the artform to survive we > > have to do what Jim did back in college, a great intimate > > and powerful little show like “The Dream Engine” which I > > feel only ever relied on the power of words and music. > > Perhaps if this dream becomes too impossible, we’ll return > > to a golden age when it was all about substance more than > > spectacle. > > > > In the meantime, I’m prepared to wait for “Bat out of > > Hell” which, like everyone else, is battling against some > > almost immeasurably impossible odds, but I do wish that > > Jim wouldn’t devote himself entirely to this one project > > because I want to hear the new music written and produced > > by Steinman for some of the world’s most famous recording > > artists. Example, Adam Lambert could do a thrilling > > version of “Body” and I’d love to hear Susan Boyle and > > Paul Potts record a duet version of “Not allowed to > > love…” > > > > My 200 cents. > > | |
