#1
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:43pm
Stephen Schwartz isn't crazy about current "Sweeney Todd"
#2
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:44pm
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"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#4
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:48pm
Patti does, actually. It was reported here that when Schwartz saw the show, he was sitting rather close to the stage and walked out. Patti shot a nasty letter off to him and he apologized.
#5
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:49pm
Stephen Schwartz is my new idol!
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#6
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:50pm
Should anyone be shot for not liking a show?
If so, there would be a lotta dead people around HERE.
If so, there would be a lotta dead people around HERE.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#7
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:50pm
Go Wicked!
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-Felicia Finley-
#8
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:52pm
no comment...
#9
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:52pm
So I guess this means we won't be seeing Elphaba play a really amplified synthesizer while Fiyero bangs on the drums anytime soon?
#10
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:53pm
I thought this SWEENEY staging was intriguing and clever. Still, I prefer the classic Prince ("big") version.
#11
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:54pm
Galinda on the French horn.
Morrible on the harpsichord.
It could work!
Morrible on the harpsichord.
It could work!
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#12
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:56pm
If only there was room on the cherry picker for a marimba...
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#13
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:00pm
Awww, now Sondheim is gonna feel foolish when he shows up at Wicked in his red tracksuit...
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#14
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:00pm
I'm sure the feeling is mutual.
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#15
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:01pm
Schwartz is a self-important, self-obsessed hack.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#16
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:12pm
With fun hair!
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
#17
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:16pm
"...when Schwartz saw the show, he was sitting rather close to the stage and walked out..."
Did he really and truly walk out during SWEENEY TODD? Just imagine how much ego it would take for a composer to actually do that!
Did he really and truly walk out during SWEENEY TODD? Just imagine how much ego it would take for a composer to actually do that!
#18
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:21pm
What a mature stand to take by walking out on a show. Honestly, he can have any opinon he likes but I certainly don't see Mr. Sondheim going around saying what shows he likes and doesn't. I never liked Schwartz or his insignificant music and lyrics(terrible!!) and this makes me dislike him even more.
update...
Muscle, why do you feel its necessary to say "Go wicked" as if it is some sort of a victory? Should I be shouting "Go Into the Woods" as it is the ONLY show Sondheim ever wrote? (insert saracism)
update...
Muscle, why do you feel its necessary to say "Go wicked" as if it is some sort of a victory? Should I be shouting "Go Into the Woods" as it is the ONLY show Sondheim ever wrote? (insert saracism)
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Updated On: 4/25/06 at 05:21 PM
#19
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:23pm
It was reported here that when Schwartz saw the show, he was sitting rather close to the stage and walked out. Patti shot a nasty letter off to him and he apologized.
Is there a link to this? I'd love to read that.
Is there a link to this? I'd love to read that.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#20
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:24pm
I kind of lost respect for him when Wicked lost the Tony for Best Musical and he went on and on and on about it in public. I can understand being disappointed about it, but move on, your show is making over $1 million a week.
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#21
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:27pm
Sondheim rips on other shows and composers all the time :P
I doubt Patti LuPone let her letter become publicized.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinions. Personally I think the guy who wrote the article is the one coming off as self important here. Someone disagrees with him and he writes an article about it? What's up with that?
Personally, I often agree with the detractors, although I couldn't imagine why Schwartz would have walked out.
I doubt Patti LuPone let her letter become publicized.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinions. Personally I think the guy who wrote the article is the one coming off as self important here. Someone disagrees with him and he writes an article about it? What's up with that?
Personally, I often agree with the detractors, although I couldn't imagine why Schwartz would have walked out.
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#22
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:27pm
He's probably being a little bitter since he's basically the Martin Scorcese of the Tony Awards with twice the mouth and half the talent of other winners.
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
#23
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:33pm
Sorry to thread hijack, but I remember when sister and I were talking about "Wicked", and she asked if the show won any Tonys, and I told her that Idina Menzel won one (but that should have belonged to Kristin Chenoweth, but then again, I can only judge by the cast recording), but that the show ultimately lost to "Avenue Q", and she started laughing and laughing, saying that a show must be really pathetic if it lost to "Avenue Q" (She's no "Avenue Q" fan.). It was funny, in an "You-gotta-be-there-to-feel-it" kinda way.
But back on topic. I don't see what the big deal is. We walk out when we don't like shows, if Stephen Schwartz doesn't like a show, he shouldn't be forced to sit through it.
But back on topic. I don't see what the big deal is. We walk out when we don't like shows, if Stephen Schwartz doesn't like a show, he shouldn't be forced to sit through it.
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#24
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:33pm
Wow.
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Kill the beast! Murder him! Crucify him!
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#25
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:34pm
Wasn't Patti in Schwartz's Baker's Wife? It would make sense then that she was upset when he left.
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Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
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Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
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