"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
misfits. just for the scene where henry rollins joins them in chasing motley crue out of the whiskey. plus the general creepiness of the band. f*** yeah.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
Springsteen is the obvious choice, since so many of his songs are story songs already. You can open with Centerfield, segue to Rosarita, Hungry Heart (as she leaves him so he can run to Wendy and be) Born to Run ...
"Who says you can't bend over backwards and eat bugs if you want to? I guess the bugs would probably say you can't do that that, but assuming that they are willing and consenting bugs, then there's no problem. Let's wig out eating bugs."
-RuPaul
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
i would love for someone to take Tori Amos' lyrics and create a musical. her songs are so beautiful and they definately tell a story.
I've loved her since seventh grade, but I really don't see any way that lyrics from various Tori songs could somehow tell a cohesive story. Post-Little Earthquakes, the lyrics within the songs themselves often don't tell a story -- in fact, I often think she takes spiritual-sounding phrases and just strings them together.
Even if they could somehow pull it off, I don't see any way that a musical based on Tori's work could be accessible to most. Again, I love her, but I just can't see it happening in any way.
CapnHook--Spice Girls, love it! (How can something possibly compete with Spice World though?) I have said it before and I will say it again, I think a musical based off the music of the Ramones would be awesome.
Arghh! Grammar pet peeve #1: your vs you're. "Your" is a possessive pronoun. "You're" is the contraction of "you are."
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CapnHook... I think they should just make the movie Spice World into a musical. All performers should be men in drag.
"People that excel in the arts understand that the journey is the reward...the result an added bonus. Every day I act or train is a blessing and a dream come true. If Broadway beckons so be it. I have a personal definition of success that is unshakable by a possibly unobtainable goal." -HamletWasBipolar
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective