Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 6:42pm
When is he coming back to Broadway?
I would love to see Goya staged but it would be a very hard sell.Whatever happened to Death Takes A Holiday".
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#2re: Maury Yeaston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 11:08pm
I love his work.
I enjoyed the concept album of "Goya", but I don't see it working as a book musical.
I think that it would have to be a "sung-through", though the era of that sort of show seems to be over.
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#2re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 11:43pmMr. Roxy, I'm not going to be snarky and mean because I respect you and you rarely make typos, but it's YESTON.
#3re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 12:13amwait, are you asking, or stating an opinion?
....but the world goes 'round
#4re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 12:14am
Mr Roxy, I am going to be snarky because I don't respect you and you never use proper grammar.
It's YESTON!
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Mr Roxy
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#5re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 6:38am
The feeling is mutual Foster
It must be nice to be perfect
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#6re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 8:01am
No one is perfect, Roxy.
Some people choose to go to school, though.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#7re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 8:30am
I love Nine, and I think his score for that is one of the best from the '80s... as well as his wonderful contribution to Grand Hotel... but honestly I haven't heard anything after those two shows that's ready for Broadway.
I don't like Goya at all and his Phantom score is forgettable. Is he working on something new? Goya is almost 20 years old now.
I assume he'll be involved in the Nine film, adapting his own work if necessary (which I'm pretty sure it will be).
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#8re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 8:32amNo matter how you spell it, (and if you equate spelling acumen with intelligence, you're in for a rude awakening) Yeston is a incredible composers
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#9re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 8:47am
"Yeston is a incredible composers"
...
Just how many of him are there?
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Smaxie
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#10re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 8:55amWhat about the Titanic score, B12B?
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#11re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 9:01am
I love the choral numbers in Titanic. They came close to "rousing and emotional." But that says as much about the quality of the cast as it does about Yeston's work... Smaxie, I honestly wanted to shoot myself sitting in the audience. It was so dreadfully boring, slow and forgettable.
I had a free ticket, and I still wanted my money back.
I think it's the worst "Best Musical" winner in Tony history.
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Smaxie
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#12re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 9:54am
I gave Titanic points for ambition and audacity, even though I found it sluggish too. It had its own peculiar fascination to it, and much of the music is often gorgeous.
As far as worst Tony winner? I'd say Thoroughly Modern Millie and Redhead might be worse.
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#13re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 10:10am
Oh big bad Foster
I would expect nothing less than a personal attack from you. I hope it made you feel better
Have a nice day
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#14re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 10:16am
I agree with Smaxie - notice that TITANIC won Best Musical but the director wasn't even nominated. The show itself is much better than its original production would indicate.
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Updated On: 8/11/07 at 10:16 AM
#15re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 10:22amI'd say SPAMALOT is a heck of a lot less deserving of a Best Musical trophy than MILLIE.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#16re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 10:33am
I loved Millie. I was "thoroughly" entertained.
Which I can't say about Titanic... even for one minute of that show.
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#17re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 10:41am
Best, not even when they were sliding off the boat and into the water?
That must have given some gratification after such a LONG evening.
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#18re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 10:43amI thought there were some nice moments in Titanic. The choral work was stunning. However, it was pretty boring. For all of its flaws, Steel Pier was more deserving of Best Musical. (For the record, I didn't like The Life.)
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#19re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 10:52am
Though it was not without its flaws, I loved TITANIC, even still listen to the cd from time to time.
"I think its the worst "Best Musical" winner in Tony history".
Really, Best12? What about CONTACT (no snark - serious question)?
Mr Roxy
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#20re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 10:55amI would love to have seen an early preview & some of the numbers that went down with the ship
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#21re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 11:02am
I agree with those that say "Contact" really wasn't a musical. It was a dance recital.
But at least it was a GOOD one. So I can't say it's the "worst" choice, even if it's not my choice of "appropriate" material in that category.
Boy, did we thread-jack. We've already had a "worst Best Musical" thread a while back. I was trying to focus on Yeston... but a funny thing happened on the way, as they say.
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ghostlight2
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#22re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 11:11am
What "we", Best12? I was talking about TITANIC 
(I never cared for those "worst of" threads, anyway...)
Roxy, you didn't miss much from the previews. Some very early previews had Cerveris (who played Andrews, the ship's builder) make an appearance at the end as Ballard, the man who found the remains of the Titanic, complete with a model of Alvin, the bright yellow submarine in which he made the discovery. A huge WTF? moment.
But to get us back on course (pun not originally intended), I love Yeston, can't wait til he's back on Broadway.
#23re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 11:17amWhat's he working on now, besides the Nine movie (presumably)?
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Mr Roxy
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#24re: Maury Yeston Needs To Be On Broadway?
Posted: 8/11/07 at 1:20pm
Too bad they could not get the ship to sink
The first act closer of the ship going across the stage & than you hear a crash is a stunner
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