Posted: 6/19/19 at 8:08am
Posted: 6/19/19 at 8:14am
wow, having not seen the show i would have expected it to have been included from the start
Posted: 6/19/19 at 8:15am
Justin D said: "wow, having not seen the show i would have expected it to have been included from the start"
It really should have been included from the start IMO.
Posted: 6/19/19 at 10:00am
Posted: 6/19/19 at 10:11am
A flop-sweat move if ever there were.
Posted: 6/19/19 at 10:11am
Didn't Shrek add "I'm a Believer" at curtain call towards the end of the run?
Posted: 6/19/19 at 10:21am
nasty_khakis said: "Didn't Shrek add "I'm a Believer" at curtain call towards the end of the run?"
Yes, they did. Since this song is also going in at curtain call, it seems they're taking a similar tactic. It also reminds me of Billy Elliot's end days, when they cut the majority of the swearing, and the West Side Story revival did something similar when they cut some of the Spanish. Mary Poppins also replaced that terrifying "Temper, Temper" number, though I think they ran a few more years after that.
Posted: 6/19/19 at 10:27am
I still can’t believe producers didn’t secure the rights to the song prior to mounting the production. Its one thing for a Mean Girls not to use Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, and Legally Blonde not to use Perfect Day, but Pretty Woman is literally gets its title from the song, or at least thats what 90% of the general public thinks. At this point we’ve also had multiple screen to stage adaptations with iconic musical moments and/or songs audiences find synonymous with the film be used successfully in the stage adaptation. Rocky used both Eye of the Tiger and Gonna Fly Now, seamlessly in its score, Ghost might of used a little too much Unchained Melody, but Spongebob used Best Day Ever, and School of Rock used its title song. I will exclude Beetlejuice from the argument as it opened after Pretty Woman, but this is one of the biggest producing blunders in recent memory.
Updated On: 6/19/19 at 10:27 AM
Posted: 6/19/19 at 11:22am
Posted: 6/19/19 at 12:07pm
What a silly move. I wonder if they will encourage audience members to film this on their phones and post it to social media (like SIX). It will likely confuse tourists who will think it contains other songs from the movie soundtrack. IMO Samantha Banks singing "It Must Have Been Love" would have been magical.
Posted: 6/19/19 at 1:52pm
Posted: 6/19/19 at 1:56pm
I wonder what difference the producers think this will make.
Posted: 6/19/19 at 2:00pm
bdn223 said: "I still can’t believe producers didn’t secure the rights to the song prior to mounting the production. Its one thing for a Mean Girls not to use Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, and Legally Blonde not to use Perfect Day, but Pretty Woman is literally gets its title from the song, or at least thats what 90% of the general public thinks. At this point we’ve also had multiple screen to stage adaptations with iconic musical moments and/or songs audiences find synonymous with the film be used successfully in the stage adaptation. Rocky used both Eye of the Tiger and Gonna Fly Now, seamlessly in its score, Ghost might of used a little too much Unchained Melody, but Spongebob used Best Day Ever, and School of Rock usedits title song. I will exclude Beetlejuice from the argument as it opened after Pretty Woman, but this is one of the biggest producing blunders in recent memory."
Reminds me of the out of town tryout of First Wives Club where they couldn't get rights to "You Don't Own Me" but instead got rights to "Stop! In the Name of Love"
Posted: 6/19/19 at 4:31pm
