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Six words: Jesus Christ Superstar, original Broadway cast. [Or, as I call it, "Insect Christ Futurestar."] I recently did a pictorial walkthrough using the Friedman-Abeles photos from the NYPL digital collection, with help from original cast members and Tom O'Horgan's assistant, and it looks fascinating​​​​.

By the looks of the replies, many have. Warms my heart to see how many times the vampire piece was mentioned, thanks to his bringing up "Total Eclipse" as well.

Matt Rogers said: "They already did a reproduction of the original in 2009, in the Apollo Theatre production that was supposed to move to Broadway but didn't. The same rights holders are responsible for the stale reproduction of A Chorus Line that landed on Broadway with a thud in 2006. No more museum pieces. Let’s have something original."It would be one thing if it were the only version of Dreamgirls we'd ever seen, as was the case with A Chorus Line, thus the stale quality. It hasn't been ...

I never thought anything could make me nostalgic for Richard Nelson's book. I stand corrected.

Your beat poetry sucks.

Sources have led me to understand that they took advantage of Steinman's severe illness to make a lot of decisions for him, and, unable to intervene directly due to physical inability to travel, he eventually decided to let go and let God, so to speak.

chrishuyen said: "I'm sympathetic to this as it seems like something that Steinman wanted his whole life, but as a Bat Out of Hell fan that only came to the material by way of the musical, it seems like there's a lack of focus (or perhaps too much?) and the long writing process had allowed the songs to take on a life of their own. While not strictly speaking a jukebox musical, it nonetheless feels like one simply because so many songs feel dropped into the scenes, and the audience seems to mo...

EricMontreal22 said: "As a Steinman fan I of course too have listened to the bootlegs, and read the scripts of the earlier versions of Steinman's apocalyptic, sexy teen Peter Pan musicals, but I think Steinman himself had kinda come to terms that the show wasn't going to really be *that* going back to the early Manchester version? Or do I have it wrong...."He grudgingly accepted it. A lot of these choices, I am given to understand, were made as his health problems continued to worsen, and wer...

raddersons said: "Is there still a character named “Tink”?"Yes, but their B-plot has been cut down so much that they're almost vestigial at this point, and have been played by either a woman or a man. Click Here To Toggle Spoiler ContentThey don't even die anymore.

trentsketch said: "How much plot is really needed? The music is the draw. Make it a theatrical concert with a couple lines to establish a context and connect the dots. Then let the cast dance and sing the hell out of it."Well, when you're a Jim Steinman fan aware that the plot was supposed to be the whole point, that this show was the culmination of a 50-year dream of putting this particular story onstage so that the songs were finally presented in the context for which they were originally i...

Well, there's less book and less music. It didn't fix anything, but apparently, they sing the **** out of it.

I'd even settle for a TV special of Hello, Dolly!

It works better when Svetlana sings the lyrics more specific to her that Tim wrote for her in Sydney in 1990.

John Adams, you hold your own, God bless ya, much like your namesake! No, you didn't give me that impression; I was just making that point for others who might develop that impression.In order of clarification:* Re: "the very idea": the very idea that he might be Jesus.* Re: starting "The Vow" for the kids' sake: she sees how hopeful they are (well, at least one of them), she realizes that whether or not this man is Jesus, he needs help, she thinks she can manage it, and the snap decision she...

Just a quick note to affirm that I, too, am here for overwrought Jim Steinman; otherwise, I wouldn't have spent so much time attempting to reboot Dance of the Vampires in a form closer to the original European version. (For those who remember that portion of my many adventures, at one point the subject of a CDAN blind item involving a putative star: still happening, but the former lead translator has picked up his ball and gone home, and a newer addition to the team has taken the lead. Develo...

Having covered those topics, let's get to the thorny issue of Swallow and The Man, which needs its own reply.For better or worse, pmensky is right; there is an element of sexual tension that may register uncomfortably. But John Adams is also right; it's not nearly as serious as it is being made out to be.Whistle's main problem is its book, which no one in this thread can deny. And the premise is the shakiest part of all, weakened by changes to the characters from the original novel and film. ...

kdogg36 said: "I suspect that Jim Steinman contributed to more than the lyrics of "A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste.""While I can't confirm this, I can tell you that the part of "Tire Tracks" that isn't "English Girls" came from Jim ["Those good girls never know what they're missing..."], melody and lyrics. [The sharp-eared Steinman fan will detect a stylistic resemblance to "And I'm never gonna make it without you..." in "Making Love (Out of Nothing At All)."]I also suspect that he had a ...

Well, to quote a mad scientist from a recent revival, I didn't make him for you.

I'm just sayin', I had a way simpler pitch: cast it largely black, maybe make Ed a white character like Celia in The Help, futz with the book and score a bit (the book will never be perfect, but it can be slightly better than it is purely by restoring some deleted material, and I have an edit of my own to prove it; score, well, that's solved by pulling from the D.C. tryout and the celebrity concept album to restore "authenticity" and jazz it up a titch), stick it on the inspirational theater ...

Okay, I'll bite: what the ****?