Superman in Dallas? — Page 4

I'm glad that the review that by far counts the most was so glowing. What I really hope is that DC is encouraged to let them use the actual names of the characters when this version becomes available.

I don't see this version becoming available to license unless they make it to Broadway. If they don't I can totally see them keeping a tight lid on the script until they're able to make all the money off of it that they possibly can. Until they do they'll keep it under lock and key just like several other regional revisals that never made it to New York.

"I'm glad that the review that by far counts the most was so glowing."

Why, exactly, is Variety "the review that counts the most"?

Sorry for the knee-jerk reaction, Scary, but one of the things that has prevented me from moving back to NYC is the unbearable snide provincialism that I experienced there on a regular basis when I did live there and that I have seen emerge in some of my friends. I object to the idea that NYC is the center of all things cultural and artistic in the US/world and that the opinions of the remaining 99.5% of the country don't really matter.

But don't dismiss our local critics - they are very insightful, and they know this company more intimately than a cursory glance by a regional reviewer might reveal.

"but one of the things that has prevented me from moving back to NYC is the unbearable snide provincialism that I experienced there on a regular basis when I did live there"

Plus we just don't want him back.

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The only reviews that matter are those that sell tickets, and Variety doesn't sell tickets.

ObiHave, I honestly think that DC wishes this show had never been made and that it would disappear forever, which is why I don't think this new version will go anywhere after it closes in July. In the larger scheme of things, it severely undermines the Superman brand by turning the character into a joke. But I think the Spider-Man musical is more reason for them to limit the show, rather than give it more freedom and access.

I will freely admit, I cannot stand the original 1966 musical, so I can't imagine that this is anything but an attempt to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I am planning on seeing the DTC production soon, just to experience what they have done, and I will report back on that when I do. I don't deny anyone's nostalgia for the piece, but I've often wondered if people are more in love with the idea of a Superman musical than they are with the actual 1966 book and score.

Here is a video of Matt Cavenaugh singing one of the numbers from the "Superman" musical.
"Superman" Performance

In cases like this Variety does matter because out of town producers looking to bring in the show (OR another show from the same theatre company) want to see industry opinion on it. It's not just about reviews selling tickets when you're deciding whether or not to back a transfer from out of town.

Sorry Matt is no Superman!

He has got to lose that Joe Kennedy thing!

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Is there a song list?
I'm curious what they did with the mad scientist's "Revenge" song, which was one of my favorites for crazy rhymes. I don't think it fits with the 1939 milieu or the new Society of Super Villains.

Oh, man, I'm so sad "I'm Not Finished Yet" and "Revenge" are gone, I love those songs and both actually had some kind of relevance to what there was of a story. I never cared for "A Woman Alone."

But I love the idea of Pa and Young Clark singing "Doing Good" and Lois and Clark singing "You've Got What I Need."

Here is a song list to the best of my knowledge:

"Did You See That" - Smallville Teens and Emily
"Doing Good" (snippet) - Pa Kent
"We Need Him" - Lois and Citizens
"Doing Good" - Superman
"Even Men Like You" - Lois and Superman
"It's Superman" - Lois
"Bunch of Happy People" - Daily Planet Staff
"The Woman for the Man" - Max Mencken
"Superman Oath" - Superman, Orphans, Matron Bumble, Torchy
"We Don't Really Matter" - Clark and Sidney
"You've Got What I Need" - Max, Villains, Marilyn
"Even Men Like You" (reprise) - Lois and Clark
"It's Superman" (reprise)- Clark
"Did You See That" (reprise) - Torchy, Reporters, and Cast
"You've Got Possibilities" - Sidney
"A Woman Alone" - Lois and Barflies
"It's Supernice" - Max and Citizens
"We Need Him" (reprise) - Citizens
Entr'acte
"So Long, Big Guy" - Max
"Strongest Man in the World" - Clark
"It's Up To Me" - Lois, Willie, Dr. Sedgwick
"Ooh, Do You Love You" - Marilyn
"Meanwhile" aka "It's Superman" (reprise) - Cast
"I've Never Felt This Way" - Clark
"Bunch of Happy People" (reprise) - Villains
"Pow! Bam! Zonk!" - Superman
"You've Got Possibilities" (reprise) - Sidney
"You've Got What I Need" (reprise) - Lois and Superman

Updated On: 6/30/10 at 01:20 PM