Great Score, Shame About The Book- Page 6

[James885]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#125

Posted: 11/26/08 at 1:49pm

Legally Blonde - catchy score, bad, bad book

Merrily We Roll Along

"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

[Mister Matt]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#126

Posted: 11/26/08 at 2:34pm

Camelot should only be performed in a concert format using as little of the book as possible, if at all.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[Mattbrain]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#127

Posted: 1/13/09 at 10:53am

I'm gonna say the Broadway version of Taboo.

Is there any way that the London version can be licensed and they can replace Bow Down, Mister with Come On In From The Outside?

Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you. --Cartman: South Park ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."

[Unknown User]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#128

Posted: 1/14/09 at 1:03pm

Passing Strange won a Tony for it's book. So I'm confused.

[ColorTheHours048]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#129

Posted: 1/14/09 at 1:27pm

So did Spring Awakening. Even though I'm a MASSIVE SA fan, the book could be stronger. The Tonys sometimes just choose the lesser evil when none of the books are particularly good. This past year was one of them. And Grey Gardens should have won instead of SA for Best Book.

[maybethistime]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#130

Posted: 1/14/09 at 6:35pm

If anyone should have won ANYTHING for Spring Awakening's book, it's Frank Wedekind. Sater's win as basically a master of cut-and-paste was unprecedented.

[HeyMrMusic]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#131

Posted: 1/14/09 at 7:24pm

Naw, T.S. Elliot's win for Cats was probably my favorite win in the book category. Then again, at least he actually wrote the poems.

~Steven

[Sondheim_Geek]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#132

Posted: 1/14/09 at 7:31pm

"13" - Hysterical book, just not for the right reasons and wrong for the audience.
"Spring Awakening" - Did you see Stephen Sater's acceptance speech?
"Taboo" - Hot mess.

[homeimp]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#133

Posted: 1/14/09 at 8:06pm

I am amazed at some of the shows listed here. Not the fact that they are listed, but that people have actually either seen the show or read the libretto sufficiently to judge. Greenwillow? Carrie? 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Taboo? Also some shows are listed that are more or less sung through. How can the score be better than the book? I actually thought Curtains should have won for Best Book, at least against the competition that year.

[brandonm2]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#134

Posted: 1/14/09 at 10:25pm

JEKYLL AND HYDE

[Mattbrain]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#135

Posted: 1/3/11 at 5:30pm

So can we add Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown to this list?

Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you. --Cartman: South Park ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."

[Mister Matt]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#136

Posted: 1/3/11 at 6:02pm

I liked the book for Women on the Verge. And I'm also a fan of the film. I've been a bit obsessed with the show since I saw it and after reading the opinions and views here, I was truly expecting a disaster. I'm so glad I ignored it all and went anyway.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[ClapYo'Hands]

re: Great Score, Shame About The Book#137

Posted: 1/3/11 at 7:56pm

Love Never Dies? (Version 1 at least)