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Venom 10:31 am UTC 04/07/07 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - rockfenris2005 10:06 am UTC 04/07/07 |
| The last big musical success I believe was "Wicked". I haven't seen or heard it, so I can't really give a personal opinion. I do think most of Disney's musicals and animated movies have failed since the death of Alan Menkin. From "Little Shop of Horrors" to Disney's "Aladdin", his songs were very catchy. > > Good luck to them on the musicals. Broadway is such a > corpse, I think. "The Pirate Queen", the latest musical > from Boublil and Schoenberg ("Les Miserables", "Miss > Saigon") got universally negative reviews. It'll be > interesting to see how long it plays. For the last seven > years most of the new shows have been dropping off like > flies. You don't see any astronomical runs anymore, you > don't see any phenomenal success stories like ALW and Alan > Menken and (to a lesser degree) Frank Wildhorn, "Dance Of > The Vampires" was our chance to get Steinman on Broadway > with a true operatic THEATRICAL sound but that was > slaughtered, "Taboo" by Boy George didn't last long > either, all the jukebox musicals were worthless so you > couldn't even make a quick cash-in (I reference "Good > Vibrations", "All Shook Up", "The Times They Are > A-Changin'"), "In My Life" from Joe Brooks was a > SPECTACULAR flop, "The Woman In White" just proved that > ALW has lost his Midas hand, "Lestat" from Elton John and > Bernie Taupin outranked "Dance Of The Vampires" as the > greatest flop in Bway history, Disney didn't make any > magic out of "Tarzan", and now this. Really, what happened > to the 70s and 80s? Where are the Sondheims? the Webbers? > the great success-stories and the artistic smashes. Don't > get me wrong, there are still good shows being written but > they're hardly household names. > > There has to be a change. All writers deserve to have a > chance because it's possible they're doing better stuff > than any of the multitude of Bway flops in the last 7 > years. > > Still, good luck to em > > | |
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