What Is Needed???

Admitting that there is really nothing new under the sun, I would like to see more original ideas, fewer revivals, fewer adaptations. Now, having said that, I understand that Bway is big business & it's easy to lose your shirt, so going w/ a known commodity is just intelligent investing. "Taboo" may be painful to watch for some (perhaps "most"), but it is new & that's a good thing. "Wicked" is still an adaptation of a book which is an adptation of a film idea. "Bounce" is pretty much new, even though it's a bio of sorts. "The Violet Hour" is new. Etc.

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"I would like to see more original ideas... fewer adaptations."

Of course, most of the best and/or most well-loved musicals were, in fact, adapted from other sources:

Books: Showboat, Pajamma Game, Phantom of the Opera, Damn Yankees, Man of La Mancha

Bios: Gypsy, Funny Girl, The Sound of Music, The King and I

Plays: Carousel, Oklahoma!, Hello, Dolly!, Chicago

Short Stories: Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, South Pacific

Articles: Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Pal Joey, Wonderful Town

Comics: Annie, Bird/Plane/Superman

The lists go on and on...

Original material would be refreshing. I still remember the wonderment I felt when, at the intermission of CITY OF ANGELS, I realized I had absolutely NO IDEA how the show ended. Wow.

I believe the other one is

man vs fate

but i could be wrong.

Maybe what theatre needs is people who can disagree respectfully & not effectively squash intelligent discussion by dismissing others' views out of hand. Ahem.

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Okay, well, we'll miss your input.

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Gee, whatever happened to Andrea Dworkin, anyway?

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