Alice- A New Musical

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I'm sorry. That looks horrendous. Truly. I appreciate that they're trying a contemporary approach to "Alice in Wonderland," but... really? It just sounds like a high school drama teacher wrote it.

You all have your opinions. And trust me, dont judge anything until you've watch botch clips in their entirety. Remember, this is only Community theatre. NOT Broadway!

Thats not what i meant... I was saying that one clip was a compilation of songs, the other was one full song. Before they say "this sucks", they should've watched both because it looks like this show has a lot of different types of music and some outstanding talent. It may seem a little bit like a "mediocre pop-rock opera" at the beginning, but in the promo it shows that it is versatile after the opening song.

I'm not going to judge it until I see it

Any new show in development is going to have rough patches. This show was part of the ASCAP/Disney Musical Theatre Workshop and used to be called Looking Glass Girl. It was more of a new story using the iconography of Alice than an adaptation of the classic.

Well I have seen it in person and I think it's amazing. I would rather sit through it 100 times then go see Tommy again. To say it's crap just because you didn't like the "montage" on "youtube" shows that you are completely close-minded. I feel sorry for you.

That doesn't make me close-minded at all. The preview is put out there to entice an audience. If it doesn't entice me, why would I go and see it? Why would I think it has potential if a preview for the show fails to do its job? If a movie trailer sucks, I'm not going to go and see that movie. Why should theatre be any different? I never once said the whole show sucked. I can't make that assessment, as I have never seen the show in its entirety. But the preview did not do a single thing for me. THAT is what I said was awful.

Updated On: 11/19/08 at 01:32 PM

1) Don't talk to me like you're my grandmother.
2) On top of the fact that I said the show looked like it sucks, I also said I appreciate that they're trying something new that could (potentially) be very exciting.
3) I am ALWAYS willing to give something "new" and "refreshing" a listen. I gave this a LISTEN and I wasn't intrigued.
4) If you've never heard of the musical "Paris by Night" written by Curt Columbus and Amy Warren (of the new cast of "August: Osage County"), I suggest you look it up. It started out in a setting much like "Alice." It was performed by people probably about as old as those in "Alice" and no one liked it and everyone said it was atrocious, blah blah blah. They reworked it, brought it to Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI, and performed to basically unanimously 'eh' reviews. While STILL in a small regional theatre setting, farrrrrrr from Broadway. You know what that means? Sometimes, something "new" and "refreshing" can be bad.

Don't tell me I'm a snob. I have reason to say what I say. I know what teenagers are capable of. I'm a teenager. While I don't doubt the great talent of those involved, I do doubt the writing. THE MUSIC DOESN'T APPEAL TO ME! Typically, if I don't like the music to a MUSICal, I'm gonna have to say that the MUSICal will fall flat. For me.

Updated On: 11/22/08 at 10:50 AM

Dear ColorTheHours048,
My comment about someone being a "snob" was not directed at you, sorry, but rather someone else, but somehow it was was posted in the wrong order! Please, smooth your feathers, no one is going to tie you to a chair and make you watch musicals you hate, over and over again! No, I am not trying to be your grandmother!

Actually, I think they got something here. The choreography and set design need to be pumped up more. I think with more "eye catching" and impacting staging, this could be a winner. However, just like the book version "Alice", it might be a bit hard to follow by the audiences...
I was hoping for the traditional "Alice", though.