Thoughts on an Aida revival?

Just listened to this on the way to work this morning. I have always loved it but today I questioned why? I even thought to myself - not kidding - was this worth it the first time around? what would possibly encourage a revival? Maybe since it was first on Broadway more interesting shows have come to the surface for me pushing this down the list?

The design was what really made this show for me. I'm not ready for a revival if it won't be the same Bob Crowley scenery and costumes.

I know, technically, that's not a revival, but I'm still too emotionally attached.

Updated On: 5/9/13 at 04:34 PM

Aida revival? How so? It was never alive in the first place. AWFUL show.

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Aida isn't a perfect show by any means- but I wish Sir Elton John and Tim Rice had pushed forward farther to make it a pop opera instead of a book musical. It felt like it would suit the style well.

I LOVE it's score. I think it has one of the best pop scores in recent years.

^Those are the two songs that I always skip.

I like "Another Pyramid." My only issue with "Like Father, Like Son" is the use of the word "cocksure" and the way the song just randomly and loudly interrupts the scene instead of having a more organic underscoring that leads up to it. It's really the only upbeat song in the second act, but I wouldn't mind if someone reorchestrated it.

Or Jennifer Hudson's Broadway debut.

Did we learn NOTHING from reviving Jekyll and Hyde?

Well, Veronica would belt The Gods love Nubia like no else can.

Verdi's Aida maybe.
Elton John's? The score is lousy, the book laughable. It's a show better left forgotten.

I remember seeing this on Broadway with the original cast and finding the whole thing a schizophrenic mess. It started out very pleasant with the scene in the museum and then Amneris comes to life to take us back to ancient Egypt. And nothing visually from that moment on resembles ancient Egypt in the slightest. The modern day bookend scenes are LESS modern than the ancient Egypt scenes. Then you had Headley's fierce singing in between scenes of dialogue either spoken in crazy affected CAPITAL LETTERS or inaudibly mumbled. Bizarre immature and contemporary acting choices from Pascal. An avant garde fashion show. The HORRIBLE optical art prison backdrop. A love triangle literally depicted by lasers. And Sherie Rene Scott owning the show and pulling the rug out from the rest of the cast.

I didn't cry at the end because the opening clued me into the coda and I knew they would "find each other" again. In the less-modern modern-day museum. It was such a mess. Interesting at times, but a mess. I just wondered if the designers and creators were introduced to each other on opening night.

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Updated On: 5/9/13 at 07:16 PM