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Taboo Question:
What are the differences between the Londa Cast as the new Broadway one? I hope Leigh Bowery was in the London Cast!

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What about the music?

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On another Taboo related subject, they had a full color page ad in yesterday's New York Times. The ad while colorful sort of points out what is wrong with the musical in its NY version. The ad has pictures of all the main characters, but doesn't really make it clear exactly what the musical is about. That's the problem with Taboo it has a lot of colorful, freaky characters but they don't really fit together to tell a coherent story that the audience cares about.

Yes, although I appreciate why Touched was dropped, as the scene it was written for doesn't exist in the NY version. I mourn the loss of Pie In The Sky most. That one would still have relevance in the show as it is now, last song before the finale (imo)

Hows the new music?

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It was reallly reallly wrong to cut Pie In The Sky and Touched By The Hand Of Cool

I like all of the new songs but especially The Fame Game. I dunno why but I found myself singing the chorus for days after only hearing it once in the show. I hope there will be a Broadway Cast Recording.

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Updated On: 1/6/04 at 07:34 PM

Actually, I thought the Times color ad was overdue, a grabber, and like the TV commercial, makes the show look viable and very alive. Without Rosie in the news, or crepe-hangers at previews, it's hard to keep it in the public eye.

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I love Come On In From the Outside and Sexual Confusion...thanks for letting us know which songs were new!

I did see Taboo in London, when it was in previews, and I don't remember which scene Touched by the Hand of Cool was used in, would someone please enlighten me? I love the version on the demo cd...was it always in the London version? I know they made some changes there after I saw it, for instance Billy, the Marcus character, didn't actually have any physical relationship with the Boy George character in the show I saw, it was just a rumor started by Leigh. The only songs that really stood out for me when I saw it in London were Give Me a Freak, because I thought Paul Baker was terrific, Guttersnipes (which is still one of my favorites!), Il Adore, and then Independent Women, just because I thought that number was so cheesy! Oh, and Karma Chameleon at the curtain call, of course.

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Thanks for all the help!
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Updated On: 1/7/04 at 03:07 PM