A small update has been posted to Marc Shaiman's piece...

[Rob]

Posted: 12/28/03 at 7:58pm

@ the end of https://www.broadwayworld.com/l.cfm?id=16928

FYI,

Rob

[dvd]

Posted: 12/28/03 at 8:50pm

sweeeet Updated On: 12/29/03 at 08:50 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/28/03 at 11:19pm

It's a lady's prerogative! I don't think anybody should EVER apologize for a rewrite.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 12/28/03 at 11:28pm

What a swell guy that Marc Shaiman is...

[dvd]

Posted: 12/29/03 at 10:50am

swellegant

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/29/03 at 11:38am

As I wrote in response to the actual article -


Please.....relax at the ranch
by PodiumPerson @ 12/29/03, 12:34:54 AM
Marc, you rock. Those who know you, understand you. You are now famous. You can learn to ride the big wave or you can let it drown you. Be strong my friend. It's so cliche' but Marc, people are not only talking about you, they are passionate about you either way. You have arrived. Find some comfort in it.

Gratuitous side note-
Phantom2, that Shaiman is a swell guy, eh? Perhaps we've met?

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/29/03 at 11:39am

**claps**

[QueenS]

Posted: 12/29/03 at 12:04pm

I find it interesting that Mr Weber discounts the originality of "Urinetown," "The Producers" and "Hairspray" because their scores are modeled after other musical styles, then hails the originality of "Avenue Q." Perhaps he never saw an episode of "Sesame Street," where "Q" obviously finds its roots?

He also discounts the entire score of "Taboo" as being "written long ago." When all but 2 songs of the score was written for the stage. And the aforementioned songs occur in the musical as times when Boy George was in the studio recording them (at least in the London production, I have not yet seen the NYC version).

Not to praise or tarnish the merrits of any of these scores, simply to point out further discrepancies of the article.