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Musicals based off of NOTHING else
#50Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/7/12 at 10:37pmNor BRIGADOON, now that you mention it.
#51Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 12:47amWhen I say "disheartening", I just feel like the originality of pieces nowadays is lacking. My best example is my experience at N2N. It was beyond wonderful, which I think is greatly affected by the fact that it was a brand new piece, new characters, new songs, and new plot, that actually allowed shock and surprise to occur throughout the story. Nothing better than getting to see a show that you don't actually know the ending to.
erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#52Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 10:02am
Interesting discussion but I have to make a tangential comment. Why do people say "based off of"? Do they honestly not know that the phrase is "based on"?
Back to your regularly scheduled programming.
#53Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 10:20amWhat about Memphis? I know it's pretty derivative (it definitely reminded me of Dreamgirls, Hairspray, etc.), but is it actually based on a specific work?
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#54Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 10:29am[title of show]? Now here this? Is it still original if it leans toward being autobiographical?
#55Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 6:14pm
Matteo, whether one likes it or not (I very much admire it; my husband finds it unbearably painful), I think it's obvious that NEXT TO NORMAL is a work of passion about which its creators cared very much. (It's also not exactly a "commercial idea" for a musical.)
Of course, it's possible the creators of BRING IT ON are just as passionate about their show. But I kinda sorta doubt it. (I haven't seen it and will be happy to be corrected if I am wrong.)
#56Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 6:59pm
I haven't been following Bring It On much, but I'm sure the creatives didn't do the show for the check. Along with the check (cause I ain't crazy), Amanda Green and Tom Kitt, Jeff Whitty, and Lin Manuel Miranda probably got involved because it would be a fun and cute thing to write.
In defense of the artistic merits of Bring It On and other musicals inspired by or adapted from existing properties, no creative wants to get involved in any project they don't have faith in or that don't have their hearts. Of course, you just can't compare “life's work” like Next to Normal to Bring It On, but there's still heart involved in the later.
#57Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 7:24pmIf you haven't been following it, how can you be sure the creators didn't do it for the check? Everybody has to make rent.
#58Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 7:31pm
Each of them should be able to cover rent from the royalties of their previous work.
(Not that there's anything wrong with working for a check.)
Updated On: 9/8/12 at 07:31 PM
#59Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 7:42pm
It's not that I find it a moral failing to work primarily to earn a paycheck, it's that it doesn't usually make for a very inspired show.
I may be premature in suggesting BRING IT ON is such a project, but I have no idea why you are so sure it is not. "Fun and cute" (your words) are not the same as inspired.
#60Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 8:07pm
I assumed, possibly incorrectly, that money wasn't the main motivating factor from the five minutes of research on the project I did and the fact that these are young writers with pedigrees. They should be more than available to work on whatever suits their fancy (for whatever reason). Not that I'm trying to imply that after you become acclaimed, you stop working for the money.
Whether a work of art has to be inspired to have merit or heart is a whole 'nother topic of discussion.
Updated On: 9/8/12 at 08:07 PM
#61Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 9:07pm
While you are researching, read ME AND JULIET. Then let's talk about writers with pedigrees.
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Okay, I was inspired by you to do some research of my own. I've watched a couple of numbers now.
I am not the target demo and I didn't find the original film interesting enough to adapt EXCEPT for cash.
But that doesn't mean I can speak for the writers or that you need to agree with me.
Updated On: 9/8/12 at 09:07 PM
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#62Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 11:03pm
"The Last Five Years" is also autobiographical.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#63Musicals based off of NOTHING else
Posted: 9/8/12 at 11:03pm
"The Last Five Years" is also autobiographical.
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