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#25re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 8:09amCome on, even though ALW is usually trite and obnoxious, he definitely is amazing and deserves more credit than he gets.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
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#27re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 8:18amIdina Menzel rocks.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#28re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 8:22am
I'll level with you.
::whispers::
I actually don't mind some of Andrew Lloyd Webber's work. Joseph, JCS, Evita...they all are quite good. POTO would be good if all the music wasn't stolen, and I'm sorry, munkustrap, but Cats is god damn awful. In my opinion, of course.
Despite my facade of ALW-hating, I am actually looking forward to seeing the POTO!
::stops whispering::
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#29re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 8:24amOh thank you so much. You know, you can break anyone when you throw in a little Eyedeenah. I enjoy all ALW's work. Not ALL of ALL his work, but a little of ALL of it. What is POTO stolen from, again?
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#30re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 8:27am
I'm trying to remember the opera...The Golden Whip? Something with Golden in it. And Music of the Night pays "homage" to Brigadoon.
I agree though, his scores are likeable, in at least one aspect. And he always has at least one song that I thoroughly enjoy, and daresay, can't get out of my head/
#31re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 8:30amYou must be talking about COME TO ME, BEND TO ME right?
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#32re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 8:46am
I think so. I digress, I have only listened to the score in passing, and remember vaguely noticing the similarity, and at the time remembering reading about these "similarities".
#33re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 8:50am
hey, I just found my G & S thread. Gee, that was the second thread I ever posted, the first being about revivals, namely myb wish for a Sunday in the Park with George revival. I was shot down for that one...told to use the search feature.
It's incredible seeing those who posted...at the time I had no idea who they were, but I remembered their opinions. Now I know them, or of them, and it is so incredible putting faces/names to the memories.
Gilbert and Sullivan!!!
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#34re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 9:20am
Back to the topic:
I am rather fond of RUDDIGORE, which features the "portrait gallery of dead ancestors coming to life and stepping out of their frames" that was ripped-off in "Me and My Girl".
Actually, Gilbert recycled the idea from one of his early non-musical plays.
ShineOn
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
#35re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 10:54am
You know, RUDDIGORE's one of the only one's I haven't been in, and I've always found the plot the most intriguing.
I'm going to have to agree with the majority on IOLANTHE. I played the title role my sophomore year and it was probably my most memorable experience doing a G&S show.
I really enjoy THE GONDOLIERS, too... I think the music is more on the "fun" side.
Let it be noted I'm not a huge G&S fan, though. I can appreciate their work, but I'm not fond of actually performing the material.
As for Katisha... I always hear people arguing about how to or not to pronounce it. In the production I was in, the director pronounced it "KAT-i-SHAW" so consequencely, I pronounce it that way. I don't know if it's right or wrong.
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#36re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 10:57amWhen I was in it, it was pronounced KATisha.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#37re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:09amOf course, if you were doing the Hip-Hop Mikado, it would be "Ka-TEE-sha".
#38re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 3:13pmI'm in the Mikado right now. I wasn't familiar with the music before we started rehearsals but now that we have I am loving it.
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#39re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 3:36pm
My director pronounced it Ka-TISH-a which irritated the hell out of me. Apart from that he was a fine director, he knew his material, we had a great, well-renowned cast (even a woman who has performed with Pavarotti at Covent Gardens as Katisha). Nonetheless, his pronunciation of that word made me want to strangle him.
Good luck with your production of the mikado marin. The show is great, and I'm sure you will be too. What part are you playing?
#40re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 4:29pmI love PIRATES OF PENZANCE. It's such a great under-rated show, especially at my school. We did it recently, and the boys in the show were amazing. Frederic, and the policeman were the best out of the bunch. I think that this show has a lot of hidden humor, and I think it has hilarious things when relating to Ruth and Frederic... also kinda gross in that sense. But I love this show, and I wish I was a part of the show when we did it at my school, but alas I was too young!
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#41re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 4:31pmDefinitely Pirates of Penzance. Quite the masterpiece, IMO... and rather under-appreciated.
#42re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 4:33pmI'm just in the chorus, but I'm very much enjoying right now at least. Thanks for your well wishes paradox!
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"It's night like this that hotel bars were specifically made." Light In The Piazza
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#43re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 4:46pmI love H.M.S. Pinafore and had tons of fun as Josephine. Pirate was a blast as well. Trial by Jury is wonderfully absurd and fun and the Gondoliers has some funny and fun songs. Let's face it, I just love Gilbert and Sullivan!!
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#44re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 6:12pm
SO DO I!!!
They are so under-rated, and should be performed much more often!
buyjupiter
Chorus Member Joined: 12/10/04
#45re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 6:37pmMy favorite, is of course, Pirates. You can't imagine the impact it had on a seven yr old, seeing it for the first time on PBS during fundraising. I loved it so much then, and I love it even more now! I watched it again a year or so back, and got way more out of it than I did at seven. And after seeing Linda Ronstadt singing in Pirates my dad had to run out and get a whole bunch of her cds. So I grew up listening to her too.
#46re: Gilbert & Sullivan
Posted: 12/16/04 at 7:19pm
G&S is still relatively new to me, as I was introduced to them only a few years ago when I did chorus work in summer stock productions of "Princess Ida" and "HMS Pinafore." I've sinced moved up to the role of Sir Joseph in another production of "Pinafore" and played Ko-Ko in "The Mikado." The patter roles are the most fun it seems, although my voice is a little too heavy for them. I'd love to do Hildebrand in "Ida" and either the Pirate King or the Sergeant of Police in "Pirates."
I'm not familiar with the entire canon, but I'd say "Pinafore" is my favorite, followed by "Yeomen of the Guard," which has some absolutely beautiful moments in it. "I Have a Song to Sing, O" is just gorgeous.
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