Observe the friendly natives
Observe the friendly natives
#0Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 6/30/04 at 11:18pmWhy didn't the fantastiks ever make past off-broadway?
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CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#1re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 6/30/04 at 11:21pmProbably because, even though it's A WONDERFUL show, it probably isn't suited to an on broadway setting. (sort of like Hedwig and the Angry Inch).
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#2re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/1/04 at 8:14amBecause the show belongs in an intimate setting. In 1960, the concept of an eight character musical with no "stars", no scenery and just a piano and harp for accompaniment would have been a disaster on Broadway.
#3re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/1/04 at 5:43pmwell, im not suggesting they would take the show exactly how it was and stick it on broadway. Im sure there was some tweaking potential. was there some other reason. Like was there some producer or writer who didn't want it on broadway?
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#4re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/1/04 at 5:46pmintimacy - simple as that. And I thought the film version proved that point ALL too well
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#5re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/1/04 at 5:48pm
Just a question, how long did it run? 30 or 40 years? I just loved that show!
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MargoChanning
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#6re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/1/04 at 5:50pmNo. It was just too small an intimate of show for the Broadway of 1960, when most shows still had a singing AND a dancing chorus, a 30 piece orchestra, tons of sets and costumes and big stars in the leads -- audiences wanted their money's worth for their $8 or whatever the top price was at that time. And remember the reviews for it from the Times etc... were decidedly lukewarm -- it wasn't considered a big deal at the time. Only after it had run for a few years (completely under everyone's radar) did any sort of buzz start about it.
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#8re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/1/04 at 6:01pm
Bobo -
You like the Fantasticks, and you hate Anything Goes?
Strange, strange child.
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Updated On: 7/1/04 at 06:01 PM
#9re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/1/04 at 6:05pm
stop right there missy. Anything goes is a hodge podge of anoying songs with NO PLOT! And the jokes ARE NOT FUNNY! the story must stand by itself. The whole reason i got into broadway cause i love the idea of music highlighting a story. I abhor the idea of trying to write a story into pre-written songs.
no offense...
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#10re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/1/04 at 6:08pm
Anything Goes has some of the most wonderful music ever to be included in a musical.
It's really too bad that you can't recognize the brilliance of Cole Porter.
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#11re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/1/04 at 6:09pmits too bad you are WRONG!
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#12re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/1/04 at 6:14pm
Brilliant argument.
But you can't fight Anything Goes.
It's hummable.
HA!
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#13re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/1/04 at 8:15pm
Thanks Jon! I had a feeling it was something like that.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#14re: Observe the friendly natives
Posted: 7/2/04 at 2:31pm
They're ALL hummable!
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