Not saying that there's a trend afoot, but in the last few seasons, we've had pop songwriters Jack Antonoff and Will Butler writing music for plays on Broadway, and now this guy.
That just about everyone in "42 Balloons" sings about themselves in the third person could be an interesting device, but, as it stands for me, it just feels like a novice composer-lyricist who doesn't (yet) have the juice to really inhabit his characters.
SteveSanders said: "I'm not quibbling with your point about the sometimes insular nature of creative teams, but to be fair, this show has been in development for more than a decade."
"[Re:] the long gestation of shows and the freelancer's continual speculation [:] one way that freelancers offset risk is by saying yes to several shows, then hoping they don't happen at the same time "
chrishuyen said: "I actually thought Jonathon Bailey as Fiyero looked the oldest (but that could be explained by him getting kicked out of a ton of schools)."
"Christ, seven years of college down the drain..."
'CATS: The Jellicle Ball' at PAC reviews Jun 23
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blaxx said: "chrishuyen said: "It is kind of annoying how much the "Cats is bad" discourse has grown in the past few yearsfor the general public who may have not even seen Cats(though of course it wasn't helped by the movie), but if anything I find it more impressive that those who hated Cats to begin with were able to enjoy the show so much. As for musical theater snobs, I feel like that's practically in the job description of being a critic ;)"
Auggie27 said: "I was there this afternoon. Rapturous. I must second Nyadgal's take on Eddie Cooper's Etches: for me, a standout in a company that had no weaknesses. These vocals - separately and together - areso elegantly handled, they raised the bar. But Cooper's work, played differently from the sublime Allan Corduner, turned Etches into a front and center major player, which changed the dynamic in every scene he was in: Cooper brings an unexpected agency - as if the s
So they're going for the big sound with the orchestra, but, textually, will this be the original Broadway script and score or more in line with that of the recent chamber version?
"So far, adulthood has brought him closer and closer to the role of his dreams—Georges Seurat in the James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim musicalSunday in the Park with George."
I mean, his claim to fame was playing a neurodivergent-coded character...
Kad said: "The longer a show is in development, the more likely that more cooks start getting involved- particularly producers who want to keep their investors happy."
Or families and/or intellectual property rights holders.
Its quality notwithstanding, I can imagine the thorny legal issues surrounding Paradise Square would affect its chances at a revival, to say nothing of licensing.
QueenAlice said: "Has Will Butler talked at all about his process creating the songs for the show? I'd love to read any interview that people are aware of. I would 'guess' that he wrote the songs in their entirety first and they selected the desired building block pieces of eachto show the evolution of the songs as is relative to the script, but of course I could be completely wrong."
If not a musical, then some sort of tricked-out semi-narrative live staging.
cb981 said: "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel"
This one kinda sorta happened. Amanda Palmer from the Dresden Dolls went back to her high school to help stage an adaptation of Aeroplane called With the Needle That Sings in Her Heart, combining the album with elements of Anne Frank's internment at Bergen-Belsen. And there's video of it. Also, an NPR article about it.
