def not saying right or wrong when it comes to art....but that is connected to individualism. There is however bad theater, and it pains me to say it, because I was excited for this one, but this is bad theater. And we're seeing a lot of it on bway in the last couple years
REN598...nothing gives. I'm a HUGE fan of this movie. I, like i'm sure lots of musical fans, have thought this was a no brainer bway adaption for years. But there is such a thing a bad show, and this is it. This is, in my opinion about as bad of an adaptation as they could have created. Sorry, not sorry. And i've read Brantley's reviews and seen his interviews for years, this does not seem like his taste at all to me. Who knows, maybe he really did just like it. I have t
the only thing that rings TRUE about Brantley's review is the BADLY WRITTEN book by John Logan (I can't believe the check cleared after the producers saw what his book read like).
It smells to me like he's trying to reel it in after his misstep with the review for Head Over Heels.
1)there is no adaptation here. What story are they telling? I couldn't decipher.
2) the cutting of the music from the movie (the show must go??!!) and the addition of d
this should be a cartoon al la Beauty and the Beast. Cut most of the songs and expand the story. Make it the next great Disney-esque musical. The only time Oz has every worked on screen is the original film. Plus the cheesy nature of a lot of the moments in wicked could play so much more fun in animation. It could also have really beautiful moments....get Idina and Christin to voice them at one point.....live action is going to be ridiculously bad.
Moulin Rouge: OPENING NIGHT Boston/Thoughts Jul 30
2018, 05:26:15 PM
The music is one of the worst parts of it. It gets more laughs than it gets taken seriously. That’s not a good thing when it comes to a musical. Karen is just too hard as Satine.....she’s right and wrong for it at the same time. I think a better director could get it out of her but she’s just so strong on stage.
Moulin Rouge Colonial Theatre Previews Jul 30
2018, 05:12:30 PM
He’s not a carbon copy at all. He’s just a cute guy who’s been crammed down our throats from casting directors who want to make us believe the American idol singing voice is the only one that entertains. Has nothing to do with a person of color. Just actually cast the right person in the role
Moulin Rouge: OPENING NIGHT Boston/Thoughts Jul 30
2018, 04:53:14 PM
Broadway audiences are vary sauvy. I think this is too basic to make it a real hit...yeah it may get a year or two , but unless they make big changes I don’t see people fallin in love with it. I’m one of their targe audience members...fan of the film, avid theater goer. I could not in good faith recommend this to someone who asked.
Moulin Rouge Colonial Theatre Previews Jul 30
2018, 04:37:33 PM
Aaron desperately needs to be replaced. Worst performance by a leading actor in a musical I’ve ever seen in an original cast. Hands down.
Moulin Rouge: OPENING NIGHT Boston/Thoughts Jul 30
2018, 04:35:26 PM
I have to say I’m not a huge fan of film to stage adaptations, but The Moulin Rouge is one I have been thinking about since I saw the film almost 18 years ago (crazy its been that long).
I caught the opening night performance at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston yesterday and I’m really heartbroken to have to say, this is one of the worst I’ve ever seen. And that’s for many reasons, but most of all because it didn’t inspire the creative team to put anything out there more than BAS
for me, his best, most character specific, show fitting work is The Full Monty....that dance was essential to the plot and darn fun to watch. He's never gotten better than that for me. and even its clear he knows musical theater well, I still don't believe he is a full time director. If he stayed focused on the movement and dancing he would have more more quality work to show from it.
The Who's TOMMY should be on Broadway again ASAP....give it to Ivo Van Hove or Sam Gold, Michael Mayer even....the material is good enough to warrant it and a new take on it with new theater technologies could be really incredible for an audience.
Funny Girl should happen with Bart Sher just a different leading lady now that Ambroise took My Fair Lady. Shosanna Bean, Annaleigh Ashford to the front please.
Titantic could be great to reexamine, but i hear The
the truth is there are very few good musicals that are really appropriate for kids. Good theater is not usually geared with kids in mind but with working through very complicated social issues. But high school kids need to start learning about these complicated issues before college, let them do complicates shows it's just acting and pretending.
But also, he's much more of an actor than he is a musical theater performer. He's not the kind of type say that someone like Brian D'arcy James is (was when he was younger) that could sort of hop in to any kind of musical and fit in. My guess is that gallagher jr comes back to bway in more plays than he does musicals over his career.
THIS AIN'T NO DISCO thread Jul 22
2018, 05:19:52 PM
Caught the matinee of the new Stephen Trask and Peter Yanowitz rock opera, THIS AINT DISCO and unfortunately for me, a great idea turns into a second rate show fairly quickly here.
Many writers have tried to musicalize the sex drugs and rock and roll glamor of the famous 1970s night club turned cultural icon, but none have come as close as THIS AINT DISCO does to getting it right....mostly because they chose the rock opera format....this works well! What doesn’t work...their melodi
DESPERATE MEASURES: A CD Review Jul 22
2018, 05:08:36 PM
The most overrated musical I’ve seen in ten years. If this is the state of commercial off broadway theater...we in danger, girl!
Caught the matinee of the new Stephen Trask and Peter Yanowitz rock opera, THIS AINT NO DISCO and unfortunately for me, a great idea turns into a second rate show fairly quickly here. Many writers have tried to musicalize the sex drugs and rock and roll glamor of the famous 1970s night club turned cultural icon, but none have come as close as THIS AINT NO DISCO does to getting it right....mostly because they chose the rock opera format....this works well!
