THE FLY opera

[Scarywarhol]

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]

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.

[Scarywarhol]

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]

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

How was the nudity?

[Scarywarhol]

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]

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?

[BWNUT]

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]

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

[Scarywarhol]

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]

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

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

[Scarywarhol]

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]

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]

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

I guess I'll save my money then.

Thanks for the warning.

[Ed_Mottershead]

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.