Owen22 said: "EricMontreal22 said: "Oh, I think those are great points. Although, does Jake Shears have much traction in the US outside of gay audiences? Scissor Sisters had some MASSIVE hits in the UK (I was living there when their first album was absolutely everywhere) but... (It didn't make much impact when he co-wrote the score for Tales of the City the Musical which I saw in SF and... I seem to be in the minority, but thought the score was one of the aspects of that mess that worked.)"
Tales of the City WASN'T a mess, that's what was so sad. I can't remember who wrote the book, but they somehow got almost all of that story in without the say, Lestat-like "let's hit every point or this big ass narrative but not explore any character or real motivation". What the problem was, was the score which was beyond mediocre and that, again, lays at the feet of Jake Shears (well, partially) I don't understand why these untalented musical theatre writers keep failing UP!"
I’m not sure why Shears keeps getting opportunities in theatre. Tales From The City score was mediocre at best. Jake could not sing the Kinky Boots score. It was truly embarrassing to watch-flat and couldn’t hit any of the money notes. His voice would just break. His solo albums have been duds. I tried listening to both and they never grabbed me. He's really coasting on the modest success of Scissor Sisters or Elton must really like him. I don’t know how he was in Cabaret but I guess you can distract from your voice with that role.
Autumn actually sounds more like Tammy Faye and laughs like Tammy in real life. A high pitch bellowing laugh. I wonder if she’s better than Katie.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
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