Bullets is worth it. Newsies great choreography and little else. Still trying to figure out how it was won , especially since most of the score was from the movie,best score over Bonnie & Clyde
For all you Wildhorn haters, out of 6 shows he has done on Broadway, 3 have been nominated for Best Score Tonys. It should have been 4 with J/H. Not a bad track record
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I guess it depends on what appeals to you more, ie. spectacle or substance (that's not a dig), but some of the shows vary in ways. Rocky is an overblown spectacle, Newsies is great choreography, but simple plot, and Bullets, can be a little crass, but definitely has more of a classic musical comedy feel- and is also overblown! Whatever you are more into I guess!
"For all you Wildhorn haters, out of 6 shows he has done on Broadway, 3 have been nominated for Best Score Tonys. It should have been 4 with J/H. Not a bad track record."
How duplicitous! You leave out/change salient facts: 1) He was nominated twice, not three times (Civil War and Bonnie and Clyde only). 2) It's 7 shows, not 6; he also wrote a significant part of Victor/Victoria. It wasn't nominated. 2) In 1999, every new score was nominated because there were so few - even the incidental music to Twelfth Night was nominated; Wildhorn still lost (Civil War). 3) In 2012 (Bonnie and Clyde), every new score was again nominated, except for Spider-Man and Lysistrata Jones, including 2 shows that were plays with music, rather than musicals. It still lost.
You are right that it was only 2 as Scarlet was nominated by drama desk or outer critics circle & not the Tony. He wrote I believe 3 songs for Victor To you it may be significant but I beg to differ. Score 1 for you and 1 for me
For Victor
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3 songs out of 16 listed in CD is not a major part of it.
Oh, Roxy, I'm not keeping "score;" and I don't mind if you think Wildhorn's music is the most gorgeous stuff you've ever heard. I just advise that we don't make up phony "facts" to support our subjective preferences. It ain't kosher.
I would suggest skip Newsies. Rocky is really worth seeing - one of the most unique theatrical events to come along in some time - the staging alone is worth the price of admission
I saw Newsies with the OBC and wasn't that impressed to begin with. I liked it, but I'm glad I didn't pay any more than what I did and I have no desire to see it again. It was better than the film version, though.