Ahrens & Flaherty's "The Glorious Ones"
Ahrens & Flaherty's "The Glorious Ones"
#1Ahrens & Flaherty's "The Glorious Ones"
Posted: 12/5/06 at 7:36pm
I'm excited!
tickets are availbale for Ahrens aand Flaherty's upcoming show...
these guys are probabely on of the bestest teams working today in musical theatre. i'm sure they'd come up with something great.
any info on this show, anyone?
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RentBoy86
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#1re: Ahrens & Flaherty's 'The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/5/06 at 7:54pmThey're the strangest writing team to me. They write some really good music (Ragtime, Man of No Importance), but then they also write some serious crap (Seussical). Strange. Can't wait to hear about this show.
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#2re: Ahrens & Flaherty's 'The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/5/06 at 8:32pm
Seussical's score is crap? What are you thinking?
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#3re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/5/06 at 8:44pm
all i know of "The Glorious Ones" is that it's taking place with a comedia delarte troup.
presumably, another one of their magical musicals, where theater and storytelling are essential plot devices. I love these!
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#4re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/5/06 at 8:48pmI'm think it's crap. It's pretty simple to gather my thoughts from my post...
#5re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/5/06 at 10:02pmOK...tickets are available...but WHERE is the production?
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#7re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/5/06 at 10:17pmThe O'Reilly in Pittsburgh, I think. I saw a sign for the show over summer, and I really want to get tickets. I hope I get home before it closes.
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#8re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/5/06 at 10:32pmIt is at the O'Reilly, at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre. And I am so excited. I've heard one song from it, "I Was Here," sung by Philip Quast on his CD and it is fantastic. Can't waitttt.
#9re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 6:40am
The show will premiere at the Pittsburgh Public Theater from April 19-May 20, 2007
http://www.ppt.org/
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#10re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 7:57am
Wow! I cannot wait.
Ahrens and Flaherty are the best, I like so much of their work, RAGTIME being my favorate, I also love; Once On this Island, Seussical, Anastasia lol! Talk about a WIDE RANGE in musical theatre.
I'll have them clawing at eachother, like drag queens at a wig sale"
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#11re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 8:56amI would say that Lucky Stiff is more crap than Seussical, but really all of these is our own opinions. I love Seussical and if you wanna bash me for that, go right ahead. We each have our opinions, lcan't we all just be nice to each other?
#12re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:09am
I love their more serious work:
Ragtime, Dessa Rose, Man of No Importance
as well as their lighter works:
Once on this Island, Seussical, Lucky stiff, My favourite Year and Anastasia
some have their problems, but all have alot of great moments!
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#13re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:54amI agree with Rentboy - they are the Jekyll and Hydes of Broadway. Ragtime is beyond great, yet they are also capable of turning out something like My Favorite Year which is.... supply your own negative. I'm hoping for the best with Glorious Ones.
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#14re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 11:35amLucky Stiff has some solid songs. as does Suessical. i honestly don't super HATE any of their scores. i mean, sure, some of them are very "loose" but i'd be excited to hear this show.
#15re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 11:38amI believe "Opposite You" is also in the Glorious Ones which can be found on Marin Mazzie and Jason Daniely's duet cd.
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#16re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 12:47pm
Just because something is light doesn't mean it's crap.
That said, I'm REALLY not a fan of My Favorite Year. Bleh.
#17re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 1:58pmI don't think its necessarily fair to say that they aren't good composers and song writers. If anything, they are inconsistant given the material presented to them. Overall though, they make up for their less than stellar scores with fanstastic ones like Dessa Rose and Ragtime.
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#18re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:37pmI'd love to hear Dessa Rose some day - if only I could afford to buy it! Last I looked they were asking thirty bucks for it.
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#19re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 3:27pmI'm so excited for The Glorious Ones! It sounds fantastic.
#20re: Ahrens & Flaherty's The Glorious Ones'
Posted: 12/6/06 at 5:19pmI love these writers. Can't wait either.
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