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re: Songs For A New World Revival?
Jun 30
2006, 06:16:55 AM
Even JRB mentioned that it was a financial failure, and he was extremely lucky it got recorded. Why would a producer take a chance on this show again, from a financial point of view?
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re: Best Orchestration... Really???
May 23
2006, 08:55:43 PM
AOML,
I believe Trude Rittman did some of the vocal score reductions, but she was primarily a dance music arranger. I think she died within the past 5 years.
The other sad thing is that [not to sound cynical], but I doubt most of the Tony voters can properly determine what the best orchestration should be. Paul Gemignani mentioned this a few years ago and proposed a committee comprised of musical directors, composers, and orchestrators to nominate [and vote].
How
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re: Best Orchestration... Really???
May 23
2006, 08:09:54 PM
I believe that a couple of years ago Jonathan Tunick was nominated for a reduced orchestration of his original orchestrations.
I believe that Sarah Travis' orchestrations for Sweeney are great for the production and within the context of the show. But, the basic melodic lines and counterpoints from the original are still pretty much retained. I did listen to the CD, and found that the orchestrations really don't hold up that well. Meaning, as a listening experience for Sweeney, I w
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re: Shows with all-female casts?
May 5
2006, 08:34:53 PM
Bernarda Alba (by Michael John LaChiusa)
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re: Theaters in 2006-2007
Apr 28
2006, 05:42:17 PM
When did Grey Gardens transferring to bway become a definite?
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re: Grey Gardens Extension
Apr 8
2006, 11:58:38 PM
Any definites on the recording? Label, etc...
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re: Disco Sweeney Todd
Apr 7
2006, 09:41:19 PM
Where is that audio from?
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re: Rehashed Revivals
May 4
2005, 10:29:46 PM
I didn't see the original or revival of Sweet Charity, and I thought this production was really bad. I've seen better amateur productions...
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