Ludo's rock opera, "BROKEN BRIDE"
Ludo's rock opera, "BROKEN BRIDE"
#1Ludo's rock opera, "BROKEN BRIDE"
Posted: 11/19/08 at 8:46pm
I just bought this album and its fantastic. "Morning in May" killed me.. beautiful.
Andrew Volpe is a genius.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#2re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 11/19/08 at 8:49pmAny more information on it? what is it? Where is the recording found? etc.
#2re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 11/19/08 at 8:52pm
http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Bride-Ludo/dp/B000BGQT4E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1227145861&sr=1-1
or on iTunes!
Synopsis:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Broken+Bride
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#3re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 11/19/08 at 9:42pm
Unfortunately, the time machine's circuits fail, and the Traveler is sent hurtling far past 1989 - all the way back to when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Attacked by pterodactyls, he seeks refuge in a cave, and despairs that all his effort has been in vain. (Part I: Broken Bride)
Meanwhile, in the far future, the world is in chaos. The dead have risen from their graves to attack the living, and people watch in horror as their city is beset by zombies
Is it supposed to be a comedy?!
#4re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 11/19/08 at 9:44pm
It is not.
The Music is fantastically moving
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#5re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 11/20/08 at 12:58amwel its out of stock on amazon, but i like that style of music, so I think I'd like it.
#6re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 11/20/08 at 1:46am
You can download it off iTunes, which is what I did. It's got a Tommy-esque energy to it, really fun music.
Yes, the premise is a bit absurd, but it's pulled off so well you don't even care that he's screaming about pteredactlys and there's zombies and a giant dragon.
I listened to it for the first time a few days ago and my god, it's so beautiful, the ending just got me. Probably the best rock opera even written (which is either saying alot since it's only an EP, or, becuase of that fact, can't really be compared to full length albums).
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
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"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#7re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 11/20/08 at 6:10pmDo you think, If it was length ind, it could make it on broadway?
#8re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 11/21/08 at 1:34am
It's been adapted as a one act musical for a college performance. Even if it were rewritten as a full length piece and given more meat I still don't think it could get any farther than off-off or possibly off, it's concept is simply too risky and bizzare.
A COMPLETELY ORIGINAL pop-punk musical with dinosaurs, a time machine and the zombie apocalypse featuring Satan and a giant dragon?
How do you market that to the normal Broadway-going audience?
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
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Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 11/21/08 at 2:21amSome of the music is indeed very moving and it's an interesting try but I don't think it would ever have any real life on the stage unless the story was largely changed--I mean so much ridiculous drama happens in the space of a 5 minute song that if staged it wouldn't be moving but silly.
DudeB13
Swing Joined: 5/15/09
#10re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 5/16/09 at 4:59pmi love the album and i think it's brilliant, but i have to agree, it's just not right for the stage but i really want to see it as a movie, sure a lot of it might have to be cgi, but i would truly love seeing that
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#11re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 5/16/09 at 6:53pmI like their actual album a lot better. But listening to it, they do have a gift for interesting story telling.
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Swing Joined: 6/6/14
#12re: Ludo's rock opera, 'BROKEN BRIDE'
Posted: 6/12/14 at 8:23pm
I'll admit this is a shameless bump since the thread is over 5 years old, but there's going to be a concert presentation of a currently-in-development stage adaptation of Ludo's Broken Bride at the Cutting Room on 6/23 at 9:30p. It features Drew Gasparini, Caitlin Kinnunen, Alysha Umphress, Brian Charles Rooney and more...
LINK: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Randy-Blair-Brian-Charles-Rooney-More-Join-BROKEN-BRIDE-Concert-Cast-at-The-Cutting-Room-623-20140612
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