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Posted: 1/27/07 at 2:39pm

Hi,

Still busy with my analysis of ttb, I have some questions about the music in the show.

*I know the song sunday is originally from stephen sondheims sunday in the park. Are there any other directions to other shows (i know a lot from rent is also from other show songs).

I also have some other more music-analytical questions:
- How do the keys of the songs interact?
- Is there a structure to the tempos and musical styles?
- What relationship does the melody have with the meaning of the lyric?

If you can help me with anything please cntact me at nachtvlinder_queenie@yahoo.com

Thank you very much!

gr. Karina

re: Tick,tick, Boom

Posted: 1/27/07 at 6:07pm

Two songs from West Side Story are referenced in the song, "Why". They are "Quintet" and "Cool" - Larson uses snippets of them, such as; "Gotta rocket in your pocket" and "The Jets are gonna have their day - tonight!"

"Come To Your Senses" is from Larson's other show, I believe its name is Suburbia.

"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams." - Doctor Who

"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables

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Posted: 1/28/07 at 4:34am

I might be wrong, but I think the earlier show was Superbia, not Suburbia... Not that it really matters.

Call the understudy / I can't go on tonight / I'm drinking with my buddy / I'm getting good and tight / Before they raise the curtain I'll be higher than a kite / So call the understudy I can't go on tonight

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Posted: 1/28/07 at 7:03am

Thanks for your replies!

any other help is welcome.

gr. Karina

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Posted: 3/23/07 at 3:04pm

I just saw a local production of this show. This has probably been discussed, but are 'Michael' and 'Susan' real people in his life. Also, who was Caressa(sp?)? I felt like it was supposed to be Idina Menzel for some reason.

Anyone have a site to find out more?

This is Harvard, not a stripper bar...

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Posted: 3/23/07 at 3:16pm

Karessa is not Idina Menzel, since I don't believe that Larson met her until auditions for the off-Broadway production of Rent, and tick, tick...BOOM! was being performed in 1990. I think that she's just a stereotypical actress type.

The characters are probably closely based on real people but not entirely faithful, although I'm not sure about that. It seems pretty clear that Michael is based on Jonathan's real-life best friend, Matthew. I'm not sure if the Susan character represents one specific girlfriend.

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Posted: 3/23/07 at 3:33pm

I've never seen a production of this show, just listened to the cast recording, so tell me, does the song "Sugar" refer to either prostitutes or drugs? (Or am I completely wrong?)

"It's Phantom meets Hamlet... Phamlet!"

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Posted: 3/23/07 at 3:35pm

Neither. It's about real sugar.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

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Posted: 3/23/07 at 3:41pm

He's in a store buying twinkies.

#10

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Posted: 3/23/07 at 3:41pm

Hahaha! Guess that shows where my mind goes.

"It's Phantom meets Hamlet... Phamlet!"

#11

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Posted: 3/23/07 at 3:56pm

IT's Superbia. Suburbia is a play by Eric Bogosian.

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The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda "And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler

#12

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Posted: 3/23/07 at 3:58pm

Well, to be fair, there's also a line about he feels like a teenager who's buying condoms for the first time.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

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Posted: 3/23/07 at 4:06pm

Thanks, sweetestsiren, for the info. So what ever happened to the show 'Superbia'? Did it ever go beyond a workshop? I'm guessing maybe not since we've never heard of it since.

This is Harvard, not a stripper bar...

#14

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Posted: 3/23/07 at 4:10pm

Superbia is... sort of a musical version of the novel 1984. I believe something happened in terms of rights and copyrights which stopped the show from ever developing further.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

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