On Your Feet vs School of Rock

Which one is better? And which one is more likely to be nominated for Best Musical?

Updated On: 12/4/15 at 11:13 AM

Nice to see you took your morning hate pill with your Hamilton crack

I hope we do not get hit in NY as it may interrupt the Hamilton schedule and as we all know that is all that is important these days. It should be interesting how you react to similar circumstances. Oh, I forgot, you are perfect.

Further to what I said above, I am more concerned about my wife's type 2 diabetes diagnosis and dealing with that than I am with Hamilton or any other Broadway show. This is real life & not fantasy land. I may now have to start going on thyroid medicine for a rapid pulse. Again, this is a tad more important than "the show". People have a way of not dealing with really important stuff . If this or any other show is the be all and end all for you and others, great.

Updated On: 12/4/15 at 11:52 AM

My daughter and I saw both over the Thanksgiving holidays. We were pleasantly surprised of how much fun we had at both. A lot would depend on you and your own tastes. School of Rock had lots of kids at the show (lots of them boys), the show is good for families. The lead is charming and does not do a direct Jack Black imitation, but does portray the character as a lovable loafer. The kids are very talented and shine as the prep school kids becoming a rock and roll band. The ALW score is not your typical ALW score. My daughter is not a ALW fan, but liked this score. We left humming a couple of the numbers. I would recommend this if you have kids or are a child of the 90's.

On Your Feet was my favorite of the two. I loved Gloria Estefan when I was in college, so I am a fan of her music. Actual m embers of the Miami Sound Machine are in the orchestra and the sound was authentic. The book of this musical is much better than Beautiful. The show is solid. If you are a child of the 80s and a fan of Gloria, I think this will be the show for you.

Overall, both of these shows are solid, fun, and entertaining shows. They are not Pulitzer prize contenders, but are well crafted.

Uhh, OK. Not sure how I said Hamilton was more important than you or your wife's health.

But if you want to strawman a victory by deflecting away from your Hamilton fixation, that's fine.

They both for sure can, but with Waitress, Tuck Everlasting, Bright Star, American Psycho, and Shuffle Along opening in the spring; shows that have been well received already, and of course with Hamilton having a slot already, it seems highly unlikely that they both will receive a nomination.

Updated On: 12/4/15 at 12:10 PM

Aida Revival said: "Kad, instead of posting to criticize my thread, why don't you at least answer the question."

Easiest way to avoid thread derailment, start with a thesis rather than "here's a topic I'm not going to weigh in on or present my thoughts about, but everyone else can start to discuss it now."

Does it really matter which shows lose to Hamilton? Sort of seems like worrying about the order in which the non-winners are voted off a reality TV show.

I still hope to enjoy a lot of these shows, American Psycho especially, but I don't see anything thwarting the juggernaut.

Did you change the original post? I don't remember the part about which one will be nominated when I answered your question. I thought it was a question in reference to which one should one attend.

To answer the question about a best musical nomination. They both are well crafted, quality musicals and are worthy of a nomination. But, we haven't seen the Broadway productions yet of the spring musicals, will Tuck Everlasting, Waitress, etal, live up to their out of town and workshop expectations? Hard to say at this point.

So they both might get the other slots after Hamilton.

I've made this disclosure before, and I'll make it again here, I'm not going to provide input on which one is better because I have previously worked with one of the shows.

However, I agree that the thought that these two will be competing for one spot is a little faulty. Waitress didn't get absolutely glowing reviews (some thought the music was one note), Tuck didn't get great reviews as well, Bright Star is out of the "usual formula" (though that's not a bad thing as Once and Fun Home were as well), and American Psycho and Shuffle Along are completely new. There is no guarantee that these other shows will or will not be viable options for the spots.

As for if these shows will improve after their out of towns, that is definitely a possibility. But you know what else had promise out of town and decent reviews? Amazing Grace.

asmith0307 said: "American Psycho and Shuffle Along are completely new."

American Psycho is a transfer from the West End, where I believe it was well-received.

I wonder if Shuffle Along will be considered new. I also don't fully understand why they are even doing Shuffle Along in the first place. I am excited for it because I love the actors in it, but it seems so random to me.

So there will be a two year gap between the London run and the Broadway run. Forgive me for forgetting. I've been through grad school since then.