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#2

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/28/09 at 8:12pm

I can't decide if I'm happy or unhappy with this news.
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#6

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/28/09 at 8:29pm

Let's hope he breathes energy and life into this production like he did with GUYS & DOLLS as opposed to sucking all of the energy & life out of it like he did with LA CAGE.

This should be interesting...
#7

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/28/09 at 8:46pm

Hmmm...Jerry Zaks...not sure how I feel about this. If he goes down the same road he did with Guys & Dolls I think we might be in for a treat. If he goes down the same road he did with La Cage, well...let's hope he revamps the show and knows exactly what he's doing.
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
#12

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/28/09 at 9:16pm

Whoever thought hiring designers to stage a musical should be fired. Designers are not directors. Sure, many of the want to be and act like it, but they're not. I just hope the designs for the show are kick-ass. I'm expecting to be wowed.
#13

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/28/09 at 9:20pm

They designed AND directed the acclaimed Shockheaded Peter and would seem to be a natural for the aesthetic of The Addams Family. But maybe they just need the help of someone like Zaks to "go Broadway". I do hope their sensibility remains a part of the production.
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#15

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/28/09 at 9:27pm

I think MarkK must be a Datalounge regular...
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#16

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/28/09 at 9:29pm

They designed AND directed the acclaimed Shockheaded Peter

That was sarcasm, right?

The producers are idiots for hiring such rank amateurs. They should have had a director with strong comedic abilities from the very beginning.

They should be publicly flogged and ridiculed for acting so stupidly with $16.5 million involved--not to mention the reputation of Charles Addams.

When did Broadway directing start being considered something ANYONE can do?
#18

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/28/09 at 9:37pm

What can I tell you? Der Struwwelpeter was a fixture of my childhood and I got a kick out of the adaptation.
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#20

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/28/09 at 10:16pm

Okay, the next press release will announce that the opening is being postponed. Right?
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#22

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/28/09 at 10:45pm

Ljay, I almost posted that before!
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#23

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/28/09 at 10:55pm

We got trouble.Right here in River City

Nothing gets the critics attention like a big musical in trouble out of town - much like blood in the water where sharks are swimming.
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#24

re: Jerry Zaks brought on for Addams Family

Posted: 12/29/09 at 12:06am

You're about to go under the knife for life-saving surgery and the manager of the hospital tells you "We're going to let a pair of talented young designers do the cutting. Granted, they've never held a scalpel before but the really do GET red."

One only has to look at the horrific train wrecks that are the second acts of most Tim Burton movies to know designers do not make good directors. It's all about story and song. If they aren't serviced precisely and rigorously, no amount of glitz will save you.

I could think of better people than Jerry Zaks but maybe he was (a) the best available or (b) the only one willing to try.

And I agree this show should have been better planned in advance.
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