Any clue on what the singer imitating Fran Drescher is actually singing throughout? I can't understand several parts of it that are assumedly important to Forbidden Broadway's satirical take on Cinderella. What are your thoughts on the video in general?
Kristin Chenoweth should do it in the next 6-7 years. I think the show could be revived many many years later without a big name to sell it given natural artistic interest in revamping/revisioning the show.
Here's a version of her doing it in the course of the actual show(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DauEYREddIQ) and her diction is fine, it's in fact even better then her diction from the Tony Awards performance.
Her consonants could be better here(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVsD0rltRr8) but her diction issues are exaggerated by people just like ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said earlier.
It's actually not the best thing to always have perfect diction when singing - it can create tension that doesn't need to be there especially in the upper middle and upper registers where overly pronounced diction inter
What are some MT songs that you absolutely can't stand listening to? Here are some of mine:
1. I Cain't Say No: This might be controversial, but I loathe the dialect used in this song due to it ruining the comedy(which isn't even that funny inherently anyway). Oklahoma! has some of the best songs in the R&H catalogue but this is not one of my favorites.
2. Buffalo Nickel Photoplay Inc: Tateh is an annoying character to me and this
I've long heard this statement and I'm wondering why this is so? I have not read the script but I'm pretty familiar with the material and I'm guessing that it may be because the script lacks sentimentality and has a better structure to it then a lot of shows? Please share your thoughts.
Is this like actually happening or not? What is the holdup here? Litigation with the Frank L. Baum estate or something? I'm getting kinda tired of all the speculation about it.
"Oklahoma!" at Ashland Aug 20
2018, 03:57:39 AM
I saw it- the production was an incredible success and something that is a must see. However, I found there were issues with the same sex Laurie and Curly:
Curly was played as a woman playing a man rather than a woman playing a woman who is in love with a girl. The same sex concept is something truly revolutionary and fantastic all around, but it did not work here because the actress playing Curly played the role as too much of a male character. Obviously the role would be played with
HogansHero said: "then what is the point you were making re the rent dispute?I don't get it."
I was expressing my opinion regarding why people who have a negative point of view of the show are wrong in at least one respect given the given circumstances of the plot. I feel like you're taking all of this too seriously- the comment was really just me expressing my opinion on why critics of the show are wrong in at least one respect given the
HogansHero said: "ok, so when you were talking about selfish people you were referring to Benny?
I'm not sure how any of this relates to anything pertinent to the show's legacy and reputation. There are people who do silly things, unethical things, immature things, sketchy things. Why would portraying some instances of that be a part of the show's legacy or reputation. It sounds to me like folks who were not there projecting on those who were."
HogansHero said: "@Soaring I did not understand your frame of reference. Regarding prologue, I think the opening song was exposition and them, not to be taken literally when it talked about last/this/next year's rent. I sensed you were reading it literally.
@poison as I said before, this was not a happy ending but a happier ending. ("No Day But Today"Rent's Legacy & Reputation Today Aug 12
2018, 05:26:37 PM
HogansHero said: "@soaring, I think you are assuming the opening song is not a prologue. I'd have to refresh my brain to know if that's valid. But in any event, I'm not really understanding the criticism you are looking for. I know this is not it, but we have to remember that the east village was rife with notions of both nihilism and anarchism, in contrast to "selling out" and I'm not sure how we can make moral judgments that are an
Rent's Legacy & Reputation Today Aug 12
2018, 05:26:37 PM
