ROCKY Broadway hit of the 2014 Season — Page 2

I would imagine, since they are saying the climactic scenes are 20 minutes, and considering the logistics of setting up the ring set, that 20 minutes is not the length of the fight, but also includes what I would guess would be lengthy introductions of Rocky and Apollo as well as the conclusion of the fight, Rocky shouting for Adrian and a rousing final sequence.

Besides, for a story where the conflict isn't even to win the fight but to "go the distance" - a shortened fight wouldn't be very satisfying, would it? I think this sounds about right for what they'd have to do.

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This show HAS to e a Huge hit, there's no middle ground here. Though there are no Star salaries, the technical aspects and advertising are going to riase the weekly nut. And it's in a Massive house. I hope it works out for all involved. The name ROCKY itself should be a large draw.

Finale in Germany
audience take to stage/commentators
Rocky Entrance Music
Appolo Creed entrance song
Fight which includes Eye of Tiger, Rocky Theme, a reprise of another song that Adrian
End part of fight (very exciting with ring spinning as they fight
Finale as Adrian runs on stage

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You mean as opposed to opening cold in New York under daily scrutiny? With every note, every dance step, every lighting cue ripped apart on a nightly basis online in previews? Where people damn the show and deem it worthless from the very first preview? From everything we've seen do far, the producers seem to have done it right.

The ring doesn't come off the stage, at least it didn't in Germany

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Ah, the old "some things CANNOT make good musicals" argument. Despite Little Shop of Horrors proving that bad, campy movies make good musicals, Sweeney Todd horror, Spelling Bee spelling bees and Wicked incredibly dense literature, people keep saying "some things just can't sing under any circumstances."

I heard that very quote from a colleague of mine as he sat in the makeup chair becoming Shrek.

It not called ROCKY THE MUSICAL. It is called ROCKY BROADWAY. And if you don't like the idea then don't go see it because no one except your mother cares what you think!

Dented146 you are so correct about ROCKY. It is not a story of a fight. It is a story about a underdog fighter who finds redemption not through power in the boxing ring but rather through the power of love.

Try to forget those horrid sequels and go back to the original story when Stallone could actually give a good performance and Talia Shire stole the film as Adrian.

I have a friend who has friend (yes, it is one of those stories) who is a rehearsal musician on Rocky Broadway and says that Margo Seibert is going to give the surprise performance of the year.

Rocky is not a fight film, that had little to do with the story. It's a love story of two lonely lost people. In fact if you remember the film and spoiler... and shame on you if you haven't seen after 38 years, it has a happy ending despite Rocky losing because it ends with Rocky and Adrian literally finding each other again in the crowded ring.

"Actually, if you go back and comb through the blitz of media interviews you'll find that Stallone's inspiration to write the movie was the Ali/Wepner fight and he considered that the "main story." So while to some the inspiration and focus behind it is the love story, that's an objective view. I err on the side of the writer in this case. It was intended to be an American sports film first and foremost. "

Exactly. Think of the classic scenes in the movie and it is all about the upcoming fight and the actual fight. Rocky running up and down the steps in Philly. Rocky in the meat factory punching the huge slabs of meat. The exciting action packed fight and the banter between Rocky and Apollo Creed. Finally, like you said I think the writer of the story/movie knows best.