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LordRahl 04:27 pm UTC 12/08/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Bat Is Not A "Jukebox" Musical - rockfenris2005 07:54 am UTC 12/08/09 |
| Well the few audience members I interacted with at the American show were either A: Fans of vampires (namely Anne Rice) and B: Curious Broadway goers. I didnt meet one Steinman fan at the show or anyone who even knew the show existed already in Vienna. Maybe it is just Americans... > It’s interesting you should say that because “Whistle down > the Wind” was the first Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in a > long time to be promoted as, e.g. “Andrew Lloyd Webber and > Jim Steinman’s Whistle down the Wind” as opposed to > “Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard” or, currently, > “Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies”. There’s a reason > for that. I don’t understand why the audience on Broadway > was laughing either (I’ve seen the footage) because the > audience was definitely NOT laughing in Vienna, Stuttgart > OR Hamburg. > > > For the life of me I cant really say what was in their > > heads but this is my guess: The audience must have > > assumed the "person" who wrote DOTV was not the same > > "person" who actually wrote total eclipse, and they > > thought "oh how funny, this person is using that big, loud > > 80s song in their musical, ha.ha.ha." > > > > If you watch videos (if any are still up) of the > > performance there really isnt anything funny going on. > > And when I was there live I didnt think anything laugh > > worthy was happening. It was just Sarah and Krolock > > walking around singing the song. > > > > Unfortunately I think the general public is not familiar > > with Jim's name, regardless of the familiarity with his > > music. It is a shame (though not really his fault > > entirely) his name was not more predominantly featured in > > the work he has been involved with (everything from the > > Bat albums to Whistle Down the Wind). > > > > > Did DOTV feature Total Eclipse as written for Bonnie? They > > > use the music from it in Tanz but aren't the lyrics > > > different (apart from being German)? > > > > > > Was the laughter of the audience you describe because of > > > the way it was staged? I mean it wasn't necessarily > > > because of the "jukebox" factor, was it? > > > > > > I don't know. I will trust your judgement. > > > > > > > Agreed. The general public is going to this thing > > > > expecting someone karaoke covering all the songs from the > > > > Bat out of Hells. They wont be expecting a story, new > > > > songs, or modified versions of what they know. Just look > > > > at the audience reaction to Total Eclipse in America... > > > > laughter... most embarrassing thing Ive had to be a part > > > > of in a long time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You might not think that the songs are relevant to the > > > > > > Peter Pan story but you have to trust that Jim's book will > > > > > > be written in a way that makes them relevant. > > > > > > > > > > It's not what I think that matters. My point is that a > > > > > West End show called "Bat Out of Hell - The Musical" will > > > > > be seen by the general public as a jukebox musical. > > > > > > > > > > No one will give a shit how long Jim has been working on > > > > > this, or how much it means to him. > > > > > > > > > > If the songs really fit the story well then he may be > > > > > praised for it (Our House, the Madness musical, was an > > > > > example of that), but that's all. | |
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