Karate Kid musical

[billyweeds]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 7:07am

I posted about this show a week ago and no one picked up on it.

(My original post: "Saw this new musical last night at its opening at Teatro La Tea. It's very trendy and very hot looking and has a bunch of real good stuff along with some flab. This could escalate into a major cult hit. A terrific cast puts across some funny, hip material in a campy take on the movie. All the male characters--ALL--are gay and more or less out. And the main flaw of the show is its constant reliance on sometimes-funny more-often-lame gay puns and "in" references. And the first act is far too long. But these flaws can be corrected rather easily, I would say. The show has a real future. The bottom line: lunge for tickets.")

Well, The NYTimes reviews it today. Calls it a "raunch-fest" (it is), a "no-middle-ground two hours" (it is), and says people who like their musicals "loud and bawdy and homoerotic" (and who doesn't?) will love it. Here's the link.

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/theater/reviews/10kid.html?oref=login

[nesatchr]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 10:40am

That sounds really funny. I use the Karate Kid as a reference when I'm teaching vocal technique.

[lildogs]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 3:31pm

i can't wait to see it--a very good friend of mine is in it!!! seing it next week! It IS raunchy-- i read some of the sides....oy!

[MadeofGold]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 5:41pm

I would love to be able to catch this before it closes. The songs on the site are hysterical. "The Way of the Fisting"? Genius.