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Musical meme
Like there's any way I could resist this one (from NotShyChiRev via Reverendmother)...
1. Describe the last play or musical you saw. (At least provide the what, when, where, and why). What was your opinion of it?
WHAT: The latest one I wrote and directed, which I'm (WHEN) currently editing (WHERE) on my laptop: I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY, AND I'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN.
WHY: Ask me later. I've been working on it for over a year. At the 2/3 point on any project this big, I can't remember why I'm doing it.
My opinion of it? It's fantastic. My crew was so committed, professional, and creative that my cramped budget looks three times as big as it was. My cast was, each and every one of them, absolutely perfect in their roles. The story is tight. The cinematography is gorgeous. The music rocks. The little gags all work. I love this thing.
And what the hell, here's another sneak preview frame capture...
Larry Picard and Paul Romanello as Walther and Beretta
2. All time favorite play? Musical?
Favorite play: PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE
Favorite musical: I'm not a stage-musical fan. Mine are all screen musicals. In that category, it's a tossup: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, THE BAND WAGON, SOUTH PARK.
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?
I no longer see movies, so beats me. I'm going to answer a different question: What director who's never done a musical should do one?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
4. Favorite song from a musical? Why?
HAVE A LITTLE PRIEST from SWEENEY TODD.
Because... I dunno. It's just so clever and gruesome.
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?
I think the whole genre sucks. Not that I've ever seen one.
Bonus question for singer/actors. Favorite part you’ve ever played/sung.
I don't appear in either of my short screen musicals--but ifandwhen CUPID & PSYCHE gets made, my director's cameo will be some little dance step.
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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?
WHAT: The latest one I wrote and directed, which I'm (WHEN) currently editing (WHERE) on my laptop: I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY, AND I'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN.
WHY: Ask me later. I've been working on it for over a year. At the 2/3 point on any project this big, I can't remember why I'm doing it.
My opinion of it? It's fantastic. My crew was so committed, professional, and creative that my cramped budget looks three times as big as it was. My cast was, each and every one of them, absolutely perfect in their roles. The story is tight. The cinematography is gorgeous. The music rocks. The little gags all work. I love this thing.
And what the hell, here's another sneak preview frame capture...
Larry Picard and Paul Romanello as Walther and Beretta
2. All time favorite play? Musical?
Favorite play: PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE
Favorite musical: I'm not a stage-musical fan. Mine are all screen musicals. In that category, it's a tossup: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, THE BAND WAGON, SOUTH PARK.
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?
I no longer see movies, so beats me. I'm going to answer a different question: What director who's never done a musical should do one?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
4. Favorite song from a musical? Why?
HAVE A LITTLE PRIEST from SWEENEY TODD.
Because... I dunno. It's just so clever and gruesome.
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?
I think the whole genre sucks. Not that I've ever seen one.
Bonus question for singer/actors. Favorite part you’ve ever played/sung.
I don't appear in either of my short screen musicals--but ifandwhen CUPID & PSYCHE gets made, my director's cameo will be some little dance step.
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