What really turns your cranks and pulls your levers when it comes to Broadway?
"I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. I feel the actors are being put through a kind of nightmarish labor. They're like animals being forced to pull heavy carts of vegetables at incredible speeds." --- Wallace Shawn
I'd point out that the dictionary definition of 'fetish' is generally along the lines of "Something, such as a material object or a nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification".
And now that my inner pedant has arrived, that paragraph is REALLY going to put my response in a whole new light...
I like sword-fighting, I like fake blood, and I like severed heads. Michael Boyd's Histories Cycle spoiled me rotten with all the action and all the gore flying all over the place. Generally, these things are MUCH more likely to turn up in plays than musicals, but 'Betwixt' had a severed head for a character, and 'Zorro' was FILLED with sword-fighting and had some quite nifty usage of fake blood too, so it does happen.
(I also really like it when hot guys aren't wearing shirts. Again, 'Zorro' was pretty good for this, especially as they managed to combine it with the fake blood and the sword-fighting. )
"I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. I feel the actors are being put through a kind of nightmarish labor. They're like animals being forced to pull heavy carts of vegetables at incredible speeds." --- Wallace Shawn
Lots of people singing at one time, in the monophonic style (one melodic line only [THE MORE YOU KNOW...]).
Lots of people singing at one time, with rich harmonies.
Epic-scale music.
Certain synthesizer effects, a la ADDING MACHINE.
(PS. I really hate you right now, for using the word 'fetish'... "So what do you want to try tonight?" "Well, I got a synthesizer...")
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Key changes Counterpoint Basses singing in their high registers Attractive guys in tight pants, waiscoats, and ponytails Songs where multiple main characters sing solos (like "One Day More," "If Only," "Johanna Quartet," "You Can't Stop The Beat.") ...Norm Lewis
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Speaking as a girl, I can't say for sure. I guess my judging criteria is, if it weren't against common etiquette to stand up and yell 'squeee!', would I do it? If I would, it goes on my list.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
In this case, I'd say it means "things that make you happy. I mean REALLY happy. I mean possibly TOO happy". Sword-fights, pools of blood, and severed heads definitely count. :3