re: TRIP OF LOVE on Broadway?
Apr 22
2008, 01:23:51 PM
What production of Starlight Express did you see? The Broadway production that garnered 7 Tony awards? The National Tour? The London production that ran for nearly 18 years? The German production that opened in 1988 and is still running? The Australian tour? The Japanese tour? The Vegas production that ran for 4 years? I just ask because every actor lucky enough to be working - and clearly Starlight Express has employed an amazing amount of singers, dancers and musicians - well any of those folks would tell you that they are proud of every credit on their resume. Clearly thousands upon thousands of theater goers enjoyed/are still enjoying Starlight Express. Not every show is for everyone, but to say that you can't understand why someone would list a credit from a show that has been a MASSIVE international and financial success...I gotta tell ya - I don't get it. Starlight has an awful lot of alumni out in the world - among them Broadway choreographers Joey McNeely and A.C. Ciulla; Broadway veterans Jane Krakowski, Andrea McArdle, Ken Ard, Mary Ann Lamb, Reva Rice - the list goes on and on.
And as for those slamming "Trip of Love" - how about SUPPORTING people who are trying to bring a new show to life? I know you people love theater or you wouldn't be on this message board! : Let's encourage art - embrace it, hope that it makes it and becomes the next "singular sensation". Every show that is a hit comes from humble beginnings. Without the brave producers, directors and actors out there trying to create new works we'd be left with only revivals, we'd have no shows like "Rent" or "Spring Awakening" or "In the Heights". BE KIND MY FELLOW THEATER LOVERS! Let's hope "Trip of Love" knocks em dead in Osaka and brings their 60's peace and love fest on home to New York!
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