Posted: 7/1/19 at 2:51pm
Posted: 7/1/19 at 3:00pm
Yippee, another bio jukebox musical... seriously when will this trend die out?
Posted: 7/1/19 at 3:05pm
Posted: 7/1/19 at 3:28pm
BritCrit said: "I don’t think anyone is surprised by this news - Dianond’s old arch-enemy Barry Manilow had a jukebox musical of his own before the sub genre was run into the ground. But bio-musicals like this feel very conventional, and I personally tend to gravitate towards more modern music..."
Manilow was Diamond’s arch enemy? Manilow had a jukebox musical? (I wouldn’t put Copacabana or Harmony under that genre). Does anyone know if this is correct?
Posted: 7/1/19 at 3:32pm
smidge said: "BritCrit said: "I don’t think anyone is surprised by this news - Dianond’s old arch-enemy Barry Manilow had a jukebox musical of his own before the sub genre was run into the ground. But bio-musicals like this feel very conventional, and I personally tend to gravitate towards more modern music..."
Manilow was Diamond’s arch enemy? Manilow had a jukebox musical? (I wouldn’t put Copacabana or Harmony under that genre). Does anyone know if this is correct?"
I was counting Copacabana as a Jukebox musical - but we had a very different understanding of the genre in 1994, and that wasn’t a bio-musical in the way this one is.
My claim that Barry Manilow is Neil Diamond’s archenemy is based on that infamous anecdote from the making of Diamond’s ill-fated remake of The Jazz Singer - it was claimed that he asked the orchestra to play Barry Manilow songs in order to make him angry enough to do key argument scenes...
Posted: 7/1/19 at 3:38pm
smidge said: "BritCrit said: "I don’t think anyone is surprised by this news - Dianond’s old arch-enemy Barry Manilow had a jukebox musical of his own before the sub genre was run into the ground. But bio-musicals like this feel very conventional, and I personally tend to gravitate towards more modern music..."
Manilow was Diamond’s arch enemy? Manilow had a jukebox musical? (I wouldn’t put Copacabana or Harmony under that genre). Does anyone know if this is correct?"
And, K.D. also producing HARMONY.
Posted: 7/1/19 at 4:08pm
My dad will be happy. Wonder if there'll be an out-of-town tryout.
Posted: 7/2/19 at 5:36am
Posted: 7/2/19 at 5:50am
The only really good Jukebox musical in the last 5 years was Lazarus (the David Bowie one) and the fact that didnt make it to Broadway is absurd.
Posted: 7/2/19 at 6:37am
The lack of response to this announcement should serve as a warning that this is not what people want. Sorry, Neil.
Posted: 7/2/19 at 10:49am
Here’s hoping they include the Barbra Streisand character as they both were classmates at Erasmus High School in Brooklyn and later recorded their famous duet “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” 2 decades later.
Posted: 7/2/19 at 11:18am
LightsOut90 said: "The only really good Jukebox musical in the last 5 years was Lazarus (the David Bowie one)and the fact that didnt make it to Broadway is absurd."
Wasn’t it slaughtered by the critics , I know the Australian ones hated it. Back on topic Diamonds music is quiet wonderful IMO
Posted: 7/2/19 at 12:43pm
Cyndawg said: "Who?"
I’m always amazed by these posts. Why would you want to display your ignorance?
Posted: 7/2/19 at 12:52pm
LightsOut90 said: "The only really good Jukebox musical in the last 5 years was Lazarus (the David Bowie one)and the fact that didnt make it to Broadway is absurd."
I feel awful I missed this off-B'way, I heard they recorded the London version so hope that comes out soon
Posted: 7/2/19 at 2:11pm
I felt much better about the possibilities here until I saw KD was one of the producers.
Posted: 7/2/19 at 2:55pm
I NEED THEM TO STOP!!!!!!! Have never liked a jukebox musical. I doubt Neil Simon will be the one to change that.
Posted: 7/2/19 at 2:59pm
Posted: 7/2/19 at 3:08pm
Broadwaybri2 said: "I NEED THEM TO STOP!!!!!!! Have never liked a jukebox musical. I doubt Neil Simon will be the one to change that."
Since he's been dead for almost a year, I agree.
Updated On: 7/2/19 at 03:08 PM
Posted: 7/2/19 at 6:47pm
Posted: 7/2/19 at 10:37pm
DoTheDood said: "Yippee, another bio jukebox musical... seriously when will this trend die out?"
I don't necessarily mind bio-musicals if they're entertaining but I have zero interest in a Neil Diamond show. Actually zero. That's rare. What demo are they targeting with this? Even though there's always a certain age group that remembers an artist's music most fondly, I can see how Jersey Boys, Ain't Too Proud, The Cher Show, etc. can sell to different demographics. Not this one.
If they're going to make bio-musicals, can't it be about people with interesting lives? What about Lena Horne or Nat King Cole or Nina Simone?
Posted: 7/3/19 at 12:38am
Some part of me feels like I have already had my Neil Diamond musical, in the form of The Other Josh Cohen ("Neil Life is Better Than Real Life", etc.). I know that it was not his music in that show, but i loved the show so much that I don't feel like I need to see another musical featuring Neil Diamond in some way, as it might not live up to the happy memories from Josh Cohen.
Now if they were to posthumously get permission from Neil Simon's estate to use one of his plays as the book, and then drop in the ND songs and make them fit the story, that might make me curious enough to go check it out. :)
Posted: 4/6/21 at 12:42pm
Posted: 4/6/21 at 12:45pm
This is a Ken Davenport production -- what could possibly go wrong??
