Lane and Prince vs. Platt and Graham- Page 2

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 9:21pm

I really hope allofmylife is not a director.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 9:26pm

allofmylife, it seems as if you've never heard of song interpretation.

I think the composers of GUYS & DOLLS were intelligent enough to know such a thing exists, a concept you don't seem to be aware of.

[Shannon Bo Dannon]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 9:40pm

It's such a shame about Platt and Graham. I really admire both of the as actors (especially Graham, I love her on Gilmore Girls), but they were horribly miscast. I saw a brief clip online of them singing "Sue Me" and I was thoroughly disappointed. The song had no life. Lane and Prince on the other hand are simply amazing doing that song.

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 10:01pm

I'm not saying that Platt and Graham are perfect, but I don't see how you can say that they were horribly miscast when you haven't seen the show and are judging based solely on a "brief clip online."
I wasn't crazy about Platt as Nathan, but I did enjoy Lauren Graham's take on Adelaide. And I do think some of the show's problems stem from the direction and not the actors.

[bwayguy22089]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:35pm

Incase anyone is interested...

Here is a more positive response to the show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5YcqoSxIxg

I'm not saying I agree, or disagree. Just another way of looking at it

[allofmylife]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 12:39am

No, I don't direct any more. I produce. And I don't do musicals anymore, I do movies.

When I did do revial productions, I tried to be faithful to the original intentions of the creators of a show - not dogmatically rigid - but I knew that I was not the co-writer of the score, or the co-librettist, or the co-choreographer.

If someone went and added four new lines of lyrics to a Sondheim show - or even West Side Story, this site would be full of righteous indignation. Why should performers be given a pass? I just feel that Loesser knows best and I'll let him lead the way.

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 1:05am

If someone went and added four new lines of lyrics to a Sondheim show - or even West Side Story, this site would be full of righteous indignation. Why should performers be given a pass?

Uhh, the performers didn't add any material, they just gave their take on their role and that worked perfectly with the vision of the director and the specific production as a whole.

Thank heavens you don't direct anymore, I can only imagine...

[gogogreg]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 1:46am

I'm sure they would say the same about you, in any performance you were doing.....

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 2:52am

Thank heavens you don't direct anymore, I can only imagine...

- Didn't you know that he directed the first WSS production that incorporated Spanish? He loves to make it sound that way.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 3:04am

Well, it was thirty six years ago and I doubt if it was the first of anything. After spending a great deal of time having a section of the Sharks' dialogue translated - twice to make sue of exactly what was being said, one of the actors said "Yeah, we did that in community theater in 1966. Crap.

And as for blaxx's comment, I don't direct anymore. I parlayed that into a successful career in another area of the entertainment business, so you've been spared having to suffer through my directorial whims.