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[ally_kay_on_broadway]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 3:02pm

i agree with higgins,

I love the fact that disney (ok..with the exception of 'tarzan'-i don't know WHAT these people are thinking) is doing a great job of introducing live theatre to young audiences and families.

The more demographic broadway can appeal to, the more popular it will become

Some may argue that the 'wrong' kind of live theatre is being put out there, but i can't disagree more- i feel like any theatre is good theatre (after all, it seemed to be a dying trend for awhile) until shows like The Lion King came in and dominated TO's musical box office for 3+ years straight

(This may be a different case in NY, because in TO there are only 3-4 theatres, but my point is still being made)

Had it not been for 'Beauty and the Beast', my friends would not be jumping at the bit to score tickets to the travelling prod. of RENT. (And i will be right there sleeping in line for discount front row tickets with them )

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 4:02pm

Yes, it's important to keep actors on Broadway, but I DO think there should be a limit to how many shows Disney can have on B'way at the same time.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 4:02pm

Yes, it's important to keep actors on Broadway, but I DO think there should be a limit to how many shows Disney can have on B'way at the same time.

[ShuQ]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 4:08pm

Haha are you serious? Who's going to "enforce" this limit? You people are supposed to want Broadway to stay alive and flourishing!!! Who cares who is producing it? That's more jobs on Broadway, more working actors/musicians=

[ProducersFan]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 4:24pm

There's so much ignorance in this thread, it's almost laughable.

~Jessica

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 5:27pm

"Disney should invest their money in upcoming talent, as opposed to trying to make a quick buck off existing properties that so far have insulted the intelligence of the average theatregoer."

Oh please! Disney is a Broadway producer just like any other Broadway producer and can produce what they please. Aida was their first venture written directly for the stage. Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King featured extraordinary design and effects as well as new material and Tarzan is expected to do the same. Mary Poppins is quite a departure from the film version only retaining some of the songs (and adding new songs) and the book follows more closely to the original stories.

What is insulting is the original new material like Laughing Room Only or Brooklyn which hasn't one-tenth the artistry or talent behind it like all the Disney shows. Disney did invest in upcoming talent (as well as well-established talent) such as Heather Headley, Julie Taymor, Garth Fagan, Matt West, Susan Egan, Sherie Rene Scott, Gary Beach, Beth Fowler, Tracy Christensen, Dan Meyer, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Bob Crowley, Natasha Katz, and countless others. Or do those people not count? I guess it's only the writers whom you feel deserve recognition and investment? Or more specifically, the writers whose material is written directly for the stage first? Somehow, I don't find their work insulting to my intelligence, but then I'm a bit more open-minded.

[neocomposer]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 5:44pm

In the words of Al Hirschfeld,

"I've been hearing about Broadway disappearing ever since I put on long pants. The form changes, and that's difficult for a lot of people to accept. They're stuck in one period, and they think that's the period that's important, but it isn't necessarily so. It could be just a passing fancy nobody even takes seriously in another 50 years. It changes, and you have to roll with the punches."

Just keep rolling with the punches...

Updated On: 9/22/05 at 05:44 PM