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#2

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/12/05 at 2:39pm

I know NOTHING about this. Are there even demo recordings to hear?
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#3

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/12/05 at 2:54pm

Are there ever!
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#5

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/12/05 at 2:56pm

I plan on being there for the first preview.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#6

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/12/05 at 3:13pm

ME TOO Margo... I wouldn't miss this one for the world!!!
#7

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/12/05 at 3:46pm

lemme know what you think when you go Margo
#8

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/12/05 at 4:45pm

I plan on seeing it the 2nd week of November when I am there.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#9

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/12/05 at 4:57pm

I love the poster...broadwaybelter...when does it start rehearsals? cause Bway.com usually does videos of shows in rehearsals.
#10

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:36pm

umm...if i'm not mistaken....they begin either this month or early next month...i cant quite remember, it was on the casting notice that i just threw away *slaps himself*
#11

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/13/05 at 12:31am

Bwaybelter, can you post a link to some of these demo's please?
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#12

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/13/05 at 1:33am

OK, I went to see "Primo" tonight (which was great) and in the Playbill was a flyer for "In My Life" which said "Be the first to hear IN MY LIFE with a FREE CD Sampler, available in the back of the theatre following the performance." Not sure the connection between an extremely serious one man show about Primo Levi surviving the Nazis at Aushwitz, and a musical about a contemporary relationship between a person with Tourette's Syndrome and one with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but, um....... whatever ................

So I just got home and am playing the three songs now. The CD doesn't mention who the singers are. The title track isn't bad -- a more or less decent middle of the road pop ballad sung by a female singer with a nice voice. Not a great song, but not a bad one.

But then, the next two songs are ..... wow. Easily the most cliched, awkward, embarassingly crafted lyrics I've heard since "BKLYN," paired with two very pallid and generic melodies.

"I Am My Mother's Son" is a country-flavored ballad sung by a male singer that is simply dripping with earnestness and facile sentimentality. I just can't imagine how this song could ever be effective in a book show.

And then the CD ends with "Life Turns On A Dime." Yet ANOTHER syrupy, cliched ballad. The title phrase is invoked throughout and there is an endless assortment of tortured rhymes and awkward phrasing that basically had me sitting her with my jaw dropped, speechless after the first verse. Terrible.

All three songs strike me as third rate Debbie Boone album filler, which might have worked in 1978 or something at the height of her "You Light Up My Life" (which writer/composer/director wrote) fame, but now just sounds like lame, out of touch, pathetic and utterly forgettable Muzak.

This sampler confirmed my worst fears about this show. I'll most certainly be there to see what ends up on the stage at the end of September.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#14

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/13/05 at 2:20am

Alright, the songs.

IN MY LIFE - I wouldn't be surprised if this is recorded by solo artists. It has a very nice rock melody to it...that will definitely get stuck in my head. The lyrics aren't THAT bad, either. It's a little draggy in my places, but it is quite nice. Actually, I did like the song.

I AM MY MOTHER'S SON - Starts off nicely, very country, as Margo said.. (Something I could see myself singing over and over.) Not too bad. I agree, it will be interesting how this Tourette's (or is ithe one with OCD) pulls this song off. I wouldn't imagine a Tourette's patient could finish this song.

LIFE TURNS ON A DIME - "The world is spinning with imperfect rhymes" As is the song. It's like a dictionary of words that rhyme with dime (heh, yeah, they use that rhyme, too!) The song isn't too harsh. Some of the lyrics seem trite.

In all, the music isn't too bad. Rockish, but not too overbearing. But if this is the best the show has to offer...

"Cause tomorrow begins with today"

But I don't see these songs as character songs, more like solo recording songs.

"It's raining flowers from the sky
Don't let this moment pass you by"

I can see someone turn around and say this show touched them.

Then again, people say BKLYN touched them.

And let's not start on all the people Jacko touched.

Mama Korey

The Beauty Is: Kelli O'Hara Online

Updated On: 8/13/05 at 02:20 AM

#16

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/13/05 at 12:00pm

Incidentally, the advertising on the sampler and the rest of the show's marketing features images of lemons floating above a green field. Lots of lemons.

Now, perhaps they are some oblique reference to the tired old adage "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" but, if this isn't some in-joke by their marketing people, then it strikes me that they're simply BEGGING to be ridiculed.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#17

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/13/05 at 12:01pm

Thernardier, it's beginning to sound like it *will* be a comedy even if the writers/director/cast don't intend it to be.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#18

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/13/05 at 12:28pm

its intended to be a comedy/drama i believe--i hope it doesnt flop--but i am always a fan of them!

Updated On: 8/13/05 at 12:28 PM

#19

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/13/05 at 12:50pm

Can someone put these demo's on SendtheFile.com so some of us can hear em?

That'd be greatly appreciated!
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#22

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/14/05 at 7:00pm

btw, to whoever asked the correlation between primo and in my life (sorry, I forgot who) In My Life is going into The Music Box theater.
"Don't thank your parents, if you were raised in a nurturing environment you wouldnt be in show business"--Conan O'Brien at the 2006 Emmy Awards
#23

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/14/05 at 8:12pm

someone please PM me, I want to hear these songs so bad. Is it weird that i'm somehow drawn to the poster for "IN MY LIFE." For some reason, I want to see this show so bad? Weird.
#24

re: In My Life Official Site

Posted: 8/14/05 at 8:13pm

i want to see this show because it is going to be a huge flop! re: In My Life Official Site

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