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re: DOTV Broadway Actually Had A Lot Going For It

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rockfenris2005 09:28 am UTC 04/21/13
In reply to: re: DOTV Broadway Actually Had A Lot Going For It - samurai7 07:20 pm UTC 04/20/13



> I thought Dean Pitchford did 'Footloose', hence the
> Jimmy/Dean Pitchford song 'Holding Out for a Hero'.
>

I think he did the lyrics for that, or he collaborated with Jim, but I definitely think Jim wrote the music.

> > > Carrie, which is probably still the most legendary flop in
> > > Broadway musical history, had its moments as well. I heard
> > > a version of Betty Buckley singing the song "And Eve was
> > > weak" which was sung by Carrie's mother and I thought that
> > > was just incredible. It was sensational. Just freaking
> > > sensational. But they redid the musical recently and
> > > they've just released the premiere cast recording, which
> > > was the first time that the entire score had been recorded
> > > and released officially on CD.
> >
> > Yes. Wasn't there an off-Broadway production recently that
> > did better than the original Broadway production?
> > Apparently the original closed after five performances,
> > despite the fact that the tickets were sold out. At the
> > end of each show, there were boohs and enthusiastic
> > applause. Maybe it was something people either loved or
> > hated. It seems to have a huge cult following. I would
> > have loved to have seen it. I wonder if Stephen King
> > himself saw it and what he thought. Is it the only musical
> > written by Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore? I know they
> > collaborated on the movie Fame.
> >
> > > Dance of the Vampires had its moments too. The dream
> > > sequence in "Braver than we are" with the mirrors that
> > > come down both in front and behind with the dancers being
> > > reflected over and over was for me just stunning. Also,
> > > when the drawbridge came down from the back of the stage
> > > before Crawford sang "Come with me" at the end of act one.
> > > Sure, it had its moments.
> >
> > Oh yes. I have seen a clip of the dream sequence with the
> > mirrors. I agree. That was stunning. Just the still
> > pictures of that scene are really cool.


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