Tale of Two Cities musical: $18 million budget? Wow... — Page 2

Well, obviously it's meant to be the next Les Miserables. The last song is hilarious. "I can't re-CAAALL" = "Tomorrow COOOOMES".

Marguerite, you're right, it's pretty much the same song O.o Bald faced ripoff, yay!

I'd still go see it. It's pretty music. I like Broadway elevator music. Besides, I like this book. I think Great Expectations could possibly make a good musical, but with a better composer. Mostly to make Miss Havisham sing.

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What ever happened to being clear why you dislike something? It's easy to write things off and dismiss them without a second glance. I can't bear to hear someone say something is not good (That is putting it kindly with the way some around here talk.) and then not say why. Your meaning is not clear, and can turn someone off to a show that they might enjoy. (Ex. Iflitifloat loved Prymate though many other board members detested it. If she
had listened to other board members opinions, she would never have seen it.) Is it too much to ask for some intelligence in a critique? I do have to say there are intelligent reviews of shows on this board by a few posters, but they are by far in the minority. It seems to me it is easy to jump on the bandwagon and quickly say a show is not good and not have their opinion challenged, but it is much harder for someone to give positive remarks about a show without being rebuffed for not being clearer in what they like about it. Now I am not asking anyone to change the way they live or to change their opinions because that is one thing I feel everyone has the right to have no matter how different from my own. But please let's do so with intelligence and constructive criticism. (This show is not on Broadway yet and you can bet they check everywhere for the public's reaction as to what changes need to be made.) This hits home for me as I admittedly love A Tale of Two Cities, but it is something that irritates me when I hear it about any show. I know I can't force anyone to listen to me, but I do request a few things.

1. Please keep in mind that if a show has not opened on Broadway yet, it is by no means frozen and a lot can still change. Just because something does not meet your standards now doesn't mean it won't later.

2. Never let someone else's opinion of a show stop you from seeing it. You may just find that you love it even though it did not suit someone else's taste.

I am pretty tired as I write this so feel free to try to hack away at my logic if you can. I am as for sound logic and an intelligent argument as anyone.

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Other than "A Christmas Carol", this is the only Dickens work I like. It's not the greatest story ever, but I have somewhat of an interest in the time period it depicts and it's an OK read.