Seattle Pippin (with rewrites)- Page 2

[gustof777]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 10:43pm

I hate the "not so bad for a musical comedy" ending...ick!! It didn't fit with the themes and the mood of the show and was soo abrupt...i love the ending with theo singing because its creepy and VERY effective

[joniray]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 10:49pm

jasobres, it's no secret that the composer character in All That Jazz was poking fun at John Kander, not Schwartz. Some friends of Kander still shake there heads and say "What a nasty, nasty stab" when it's brought up and apparently John was really upset/offended/hurt by the "portrayal."

And on the main subject, I heard Schwartz say a few years ago "It's well known that Bob and I did not originally see eye to eye on Pippin, but in hindsight I can see that he was absolutely right in his choices." That makes me wonder why Schwartz would continue to mess with it unless it was simply to update it.

[jv92]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 6:13pm

Joniray-
Actually, the songwriter character is based moreso on Fred Ebb. John Kander is slightly based on the man who plays the piano. Ebb was much more of a performer and slightly flamboyent, while Kander was and is to this day, slightly more mild mannered.

[SimpleJoysHaveSimpleVoice]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 7:59pm

thank you michael.

but now I have to go spend $$$ to get the book.

i should have stayed out of the thread, it would have saved me money. but how could I stay away from talking about Pippin?

i desire to see Michael Arden performing it on broadway before i die.

[sadiem100]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 10:18pm

Chester3- Who are you in the show????