It might have fared better. At least the one critique based on the Vienna version was way better than those on DOTV.
However, the show would still have had the problem of being foreign, no matter that the composer is from the US. Patriotism was and still is flying high, so imports are automatically bad.
Still call it a weak excuse to turn it from gothic to a comedy due to 911. Are those US minds truly that weak and unstable that they desperately need crappy jokes in the vein of American Pie and Scary Movie to help them heal the scar of the two towers?
> If "Tanz" had been directly translated into English and
> produced on Broadway, would it have done better? Broadway
> seems to be against that style of musical these days,
> which is a pity, because I think they should embrace all
> forms of musical theatre. But I suppose if it had failed,
> we would all still be happy because they wouldn't have
> ruined it.
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