Musical Friday Five
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1. Describe the last play or musical you saw. (At least provide the what, when, where, and why). What was your opinion of it?
Crowns at the Dallas Theater Center in the fall of 2005. It was really, really fun and energetic!
2. All time favorite play? Musical?
a). Favorite play- Wit (although I didn't enjoy seeing my sister live it several years after I saw it at the DTC)
b). Favorite musical- West Side Story (I'm a sucker for forbidden love themes)
3. “The Producers,” “The Philadelphia Story,” “Hairspray,” “The Wedding Singer”…all were movies before they were musicals (okay “The Philadelphia Story” was a play and then a movie, and they changed its name when it became a musical, but whatever). What non-musical movie do you think should next get the musical treatment?
How about "An Inconvenient Truth"...the more ways this message can get out, the better!
4. Favorite song from a musical? Why?
Come Back With The Same Look In Your Eyes (from Song and Dance, Andrew Lloyd Webber)...as to why, see 2b parentheses above
5. The most recent trend in Broadway musical revues is to construct a show around the oeuvre of a particular super-group or composer, where existing songs are woven together with some kind of through story. The most successful of these (“Jersey Boys” (The Four Seasons), “Mamma Mia” (ABBA), “Movin’ Out” (Billy Joel)) have made a mint, but many (“All Shook Up” (Elvis), “Hot Feet” (Earth, Wind and Fire)) have bombed. What great pop/rock singer/composer or super-group should be the next to be featured, and what might the story-line be for such a show?
How about the tragic, true life story of (take your pick):
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
1. Describe the last play or musical you saw. (At least provide the what, when, where, and why). What was your opinion of it?
Crowns at the Dallas Theater Center in the fall of 2005. It was really, really fun and energetic!
2. All time favorite play? Musical?
a). Favorite play- Wit (although I didn't enjoy seeing my sister live it several years after I saw it at the DTC)
b). Favorite musical- West Side Story (I'm a sucker for forbidden love themes)
3. “The Producers,” “The Philadelphia Story,” “Hairspray,” “The Wedding Singer”…all were movies before they were musicals (okay “The Philadelphia Story” was a play and then a movie, and they changed its name when it became a musical, but whatever). What non-musical movie do you think should next get the musical treatment?
How about "An Inconvenient Truth"...the more ways this message can get out, the better!
4. Favorite song from a musical? Why?
Come Back With The Same Look In Your Eyes (from Song and Dance, Andrew Lloyd Webber)...as to why, see 2b parentheses above
5. The most recent trend in Broadway musical revues is to construct a show around the oeuvre of a particular super-group or composer, where existing songs are woven together with some kind of through story. The most successful of these (“Jersey Boys” (The Four Seasons), “Mamma Mia” (ABBA), “Movin’ Out” (Billy Joel)) have made a mint, but many (“All Shook Up” (Elvis), “Hot Feet” (Earth, Wind and Fire)) have bombed. What great pop/rock singer/composer or super-group should be the next to be featured, and what might the story-line be for such a show?
How about the tragic, true life story of (take your pick):
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
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