Profile for Jarethan

I think The Baker's Wife and Pippin are both terrible ideas for a movie musical.  The Baker's Wife was a problem on stage because there is so little to it.  Some really terrific music, but no real plot.  I saw it in London and can't say that I enjoyed it very much, despite loving the score...it was just sluggish.

Re Pippin, it was always as light as a bubble.  While the score is enjoyable, it still has a lot of filler.  In 1973 it benefited from Fos

kdogg36 said: "My gut feeling is if thatQueen of Versailles, or some other future musical, is a halfway plausible candidate for Best Score, a lot of Tony voters will be inclined to vote for Schwartz as a career reward."

Two things:

!.  I have seen QOV and the score is adequate.  It will be a really bad season if he wins for QOV.

2.  He has not had a new musical on Broadway since Wicked.  To assume that he will write more mus

chernjam said: "OhHiii said: "Agree on DBH grosses. That can't be enough to sustain, but like Sunset Blvd, it's not altogether surprising it didn't do gangbusters on a holiday week. It's a cult film, and not exactly a title full of holiday cheer. How it fares in Jan/Feb and when nominations come out in May will be determinative. There is studio money behind it, but those film studios pull the plug before their bottom line gets hit hard."

Although its gross was solid, the producers of DBH must be fretting a little.  Average ticket price of $109 on Thanksgiving week.  I guess WOM will be really important for this to become a solid hit.

I have to admit that I find it amazing that a 20+ year show is the top grosser, with an average price of $190 a ticket, when the movie is playing 'everywhere' for $15 or so, depending on where you live.  Good for them.  Both The Lin King and Wicked are doin

quizking101 said: "Jarethan said: "It really is sad that someone as talented as she is cannotget better employment than ninth replacement in this show. I will admit that, despite seeing it at least three times over the years I really think this show is a waste."

Why is it a waste? It seems relatively easy to star cast and it’s a fun, B-movie show that just so happens to be one of the more popular musicals to come out of the 1980s. Also, maybe Sheri

Miles2Go2 said: "I’m in the central time zone so just finished watching the three performances.

I didn’t hate the HK performance as much as I expected to based on reviews here, but like every other performance I’ve seen from the show, it left me feeling meh about the show.

It was cool seeing Hiltyand Simard introduce the performance & I thought Michelle was fine, but somehow when I saw H & S introduce, I thought wow they’re going

quizking101 said: "I was honestly shocked that they haven’t, but to Jordan’s point, most shows have a real aversion to public papering and seem to, if at all, do it privately.

I’ve seen more of the “special limited time pricing!” gimmicks lately (like with Swept Away and The Roommate) instead.

I feel like Shucked is the current champion regarding building and keeping an audience. The odds were stacked against it, but it discounted t

Jordan Catalano said: "Yeah, this is really making me realize that the times of things like My Fair Lady, Candide, Most Happy Fella, Bells Are Ringing, Lil' Abner, all premiering the SAME year, are far from over."

Did you mean that or was it a typo?  If it is not a typo, I disagree with you.  It has been a long time since we have had multiple really good new musicals with original scores in a single year.  Off the top of my head, most of t

Play:  The Lehman Trilogy.  Runner-up: The Hills of California 

Any Musical:  Sunset Blvd; Runner-up:  Merrily We Roll Along

New Musical:  The Outsiders; Runner-up:  Moulin Rouge

I include the 'Any Musical' category because the productions of SB and Merrily are so different from the original as to be almost new musicals; also, because no new musical in this decade comes close to those productions for me.

While I loved both

One thing I have never been clear on.  I know this received 4 Olivier nominations and won 1, but a decent number of real dogs have been nominated for Tony awards and have occasionally won some.  Was this a hit in London.  I know that it played in the tiny Almeida theatre, but did it move to the West End?  I can see that it is no longer running in the West End, so it could not have been much.  I have to admit that I don't regret leaving after Act 1 at the first pre

Jordan Catalano said: "When I saw the show last year I said to myself that was the absolute last time I'd ever see it again because I couldn't stand that audience. But damnit, Solea got me back today and her performance aside, I will say again - that is the last time I will ever step foot into that theater while that show is running.

Anyways, Solea was fascinating. I'm on record as being a HUGE fan of hers and will see any and everything she does andI hope this

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Jarethan… but MAGAismdoeshave an impact on our daily lives?"

 

We are going to censure her when she is one of 73,000,000 people? and we don’t actually know who she voted for???  I did not see her out there campaigning for Trump (or any other candidate). 

Anyone can decide to see or not see a show for any reason you can come up with.  If someone decides they won&rsqu