THE FLY opera

[Scarywarhol]

THE FLY opera#1

Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:45pm

Do y'all think this has any chance of reaching the East coast? I'm dying to see it.

theflytheopera.com

[BroadwayBaby6]

re: THE FLY opera#2

Posted: 9/8/08 at 12:26am

I saw THE FLY today and wish I could get my money back - it's godawful. The music is mediocre, the staging is static and the libretto is embarassingly bad.

"It does what a musical is supposed to do; it takes you to another world. And it gives you a little tune to carry in your head. Something to take you away from the dreary horrors of the real world. A little something for when you're feeling blue. You know?"

[Scarywarhol]

re: THE FLY opera#2

Posted: 9/8/08 at 12:37am

That's too bad, I remember Howard Shore's score from the movie being quite good. Were the Fly costumes still disgusting to the point of kick-assery? I can be a shallow sumbich so if they could possibly put anything as awesomely grotesque as the movie on a stage, it would still be worth it for me.

[CurtainPullDowner]

re: THE FLY opera#3

Posted: 9/8/08 at 9:34am

How was the nudity?

[Scarywarhol]

re: THE FLY opera#4

Posted: 9/9/08 at 1:17pm

After reading the New York Times' mixed-to-negative review this morning I actually kinda want to see it more...

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: THE FLY opera#5

Posted: 9/9/08 at 1:22pm

I've been offered $89.00 tickets and I'm trying to decided if I should see it or not. I already am seeing 9 to 5 and Walking with the Dino's this month...

Think I should go for it?

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[BWNUT]

re: THE FLY opera#6

Posted: 9/9/08 at 6:53pm

"...I can be a shallow sumbich so if they could possibly put anything as awesomely grotesque as the movie on a stage, it would still be worth it for me."

"In Le Monde ... Renaud Machart ... lamented, somewhat oddly, that the movie’s gory close-ups of decomposing flesh could not be reproduced on stage." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/arts/music/05fly.html?fta=y

[Mr Roxy]

re: THE FLY opera#7

Posted: 9/9/08 at 6:59pm

Fly Me To The Moon
Come Fly With Me

Ah the fly in the oinment.

The Fly is open

Etc Etc Etc

Poster Emeritus

[Scarywarhol]

re: THE FLY opera#8

Posted: 9/9/08 at 7:20pm

BWNUT, I was sorry to read that, but in the New York times today there was a picture that confirms that they go prettty far with it anyway.

[stupidbeans]

re: THE FLY opera#9

Posted: 9/9/08 at 7:23pm

what the hell was that. If that ever moves to broadway I will die

"And We Have A Shepherd's Pie Peppered With Actual Shepherd On Top" - Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd

[Scarywarhol]

re: THE FLY opera#10

Posted: 9/9/08 at 7:29pm

Well, it's an opera, and it's getting mixed reviews, so I don't think that is any possibility. It does seem to be an awfully huge underaking/investment for a show that's running like a coupla days in Paris and L.A.

[Andy2]

re: THE FLY opera#11

Posted: 9/11/08 at 12:21pm

I saw it last night...not good at all! Cheese dialogue with the audience laughing in the wrong places, the music was awful and the poor cast was doing their best to sing thru an uninspiring score. My least favorite opera and I am very open minded.

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: THE FLY opera#12

Posted: 9/11/08 at 12:23pm

I guess I'll save my money then.

Thanks for the warning.

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[Ed_Mottershead]

re: THE FLY opera#13

Posted: 9/11/08 at 12:25pm

I didn't think there was a bass/baritone alive that looked like that guy in the NYT. If his voice ever runs out, there's several other things I believe he could do to make money. He-he.

BroadwayEd