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darquegk said: "The Wiz is a show that seems to thrive when it has a hook. Geoffrey Holder’s original staging was an allegorical journey through the mirror of cultural blackness, with Oz treated as a winking embrace/refutation of the “mother Africa” cultural movement at the time. The film, different as it was, at least found its own hook as a very seventies blaxploitationfairy tale: Alice in Wonderland by way of The Warriors.


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chrishuyen said: "Kad said: "chrishuyen said: "I don't have any experience with Schele Willams (and haven't seen her two shows this year yet), but I wonder if it was an issue that in her first direction outing on Broadway she's doing two shows (one is co-directed to be fair, but Michael Grief is doing 3 shows, so not sure how much that's getting split)"

The Wiz was pretty much set once it started previews- it’s been touring

Kad said: "joevitus said: "Kad said: "Nick is just enough of a cypher that a lot of interpretations can be read of his character. His fixation on Gatsby and indifference toward Jordan even when they are implied to be going on dates or seeing each other has been a topic of discussion for decades."

That people were capable of misreading literature decades ago doesn't make their interpretations any more valid. He isn't "fixed" on

Kad said: "Nick is just enough of a cypher that a lot of interpretations can be read of his character. His fixation on Gatsby and indifference toward Jordan even when they are implied to be going on dates or seeing each other has been a topic of discussion for decades."

That people were capable of misreading literature decades ago doesn't make their interpretations any more valid. He isn't "fixed" on Gatsby. He's often rather repelled by him, bu

binau said: "joevitus said: "Maybe Bernadette utilizing the same voice for Sally as she used for Marie has confused people about the general age of the four leads."

HAHAHAHAH. To be fair, I do think 49 in 1970 means something different than 49 in 2024 (or 2011;)). I also continue to be annoyed that Bernadette, who at least can sing, always gets trashed for her vocals in Follies while Staunton gets a free pass despite having very little lyrical beauty in

It's funny because I had somewhat the opposite reaction. The response was so negative when the movie came out that I didn't bother to see it in theaters. When I finally got around to watching it on Prime or something, I enjoyed it quite a bit. It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad and even Russel Crowe's vocals didn't seem as terrible as everyone claimed. Then maybe last year, I watched it again and--expecting something good this time, rather than something awfu

It's odd to me that early on, the responses were much more positive, especially in terms of performance--only comments on the sets and overuse of backscreen projection was a consistent complaint, and even that was assumed to be an issue sure to be remedied for Broadway--but the most recent responses have been strongly negative even in terms of performance. Have things deteriorated?

If the show continues to be done on the cheap, I worry we won't even get a ca

blaxx said: "Broadway Flash said: "I hope not it was dreadful. Oklahoma is not supposed to be a tragedy. It’s better when you stick to the script and happy."

On the contrary, Fish was able to truly show the dark piece it is."

There is no way on earth Rodgers and Hammerstein would agree had they seen it.

I think there is room for interpretations like this because Oklahoma! is a classic that can survive any interpretat