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Chika 10:48 pm UTC 12/06/09 |
| In reply to: | re: My thoughts - rockfenris2005 05:31 am UTC 12/05/09 |
| Hm, Batman could end up like a concept cd, with illustrations and synopsis. It could work. Didn´t Steinman tell on his blog that he wishes to put it on a record when the Bat musical gets done? > 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. > > > | |
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