#1
Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:34pm
If you could produce exactly what broadway needs today what would it be?
What does Broadway need?
#2
Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:35pm
ME!
You aren't feeling overwhelmed are you?
#5
Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:56pm
And I am telling you...
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#7
Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:02am
Revival of WEST SIDE STORY and SECRET GARDEN and
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before...
After the Sky.
-Into the Woods (Jack)
#8
Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:04am
Mary Poppins!
Revival of FUNNY GIRL (now right now, but in a few years).
Revival of FUNNY GIRL (now right now, but in a few years).
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#9
Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:04am
You could drive a person crazy
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#10
Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:05am
RAGTIME. It needs to bring RAGTIME back!
#11
Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:14am
Amen!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#12
Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:28am
more revivals!!!
j/k
j/k
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."
#14
Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:52am
some new stuff from old people
new writers/lyricists
no more pop music shows (mamma mia, etc.)
and some revivals
new writers/lyricists
no more pop music shows (mamma mia, etc.)
and some revivals
need to defrag my brain.
#15
Posted: 10/28/04 at 1:40am
A really dark, twisted tale of distortion.
and Bernadette, pleasekaythanks.
and Bernadette, pleasekaythanks.
#16
Posted: 10/28/04 at 2:25am
broadway needs...
a score written by ME
starring ME
book by ME
directed by ME
and i'll go on mtv and promote my show
and on jon stewart
and dave chappel
and you know what?
i'll make theatre "cool" again
because *i'm* cool.
eat it.
on second thought, maybe broadway just needs a big hug.
a score written by ME
starring ME
book by ME
directed by ME
and i'll go on mtv and promote my show
and on jon stewart
and dave chappel
and you know what?
i'll make theatre "cool" again
because *i'm* cool.
eat it.
on second thought, maybe broadway just needs a big hug.
#17
Posted: 10/28/04 at 2:36am
A modern equivalent of Ethel Merman!
Dynamic, force-of-nature type leading actors.
Musicals based on substance over spectacle...
thus lowering the price of producing the shows...
thus lowering the price of tickets...
thus bringing a new audience into the theatre that years of inflation have priced themselves out of.
Two cents, tossed.
Dynamic, force-of-nature type leading actors.
Musicals based on substance over spectacle...
thus lowering the price of producing the shows...
thus lowering the price of tickets...
thus bringing a new audience into the theatre that years of inflation have priced themselves out of.
Two cents, tossed.
Word. Word, indeed.
#18
Posted: 10/28/04 at 3:30am
It's not a question of "need", really, but "want". Broadway doesn't "need" anything, but its "wants" are as cyclical as any other business. Right now, the trend is to big, mindless musical spectaculars, and if I had the opportunity and the talent available, I'd do something like a big, splashy musical adaptation of material that's just familiar enough to have potential: a musical based on PILLOW TALK, maybe.
"That duck was a sexual toy, and it was on display!" -- an unknown Nashville town leader
#19
Posted: 10/28/04 at 7:58am
Broadway needs some new musicals that can combine wit, genuine emotion, and a little showmanship. Lately we seem to have to settle for one out of three. If we get two out of three, we feel blessed.
Broadway also needs a genuinely funny comedy - like Neil Simon USED TO to write. There hasn't been a hit comedy since Tale of the Allergist's Wife.
Broadway also needs a genuinely funny comedy - like Neil Simon USED TO to write. There hasn't been a hit comedy since Tale of the Allergist's Wife.
#21
Posted: 10/28/04 at 9:55am
I think it needs a darn good revival of Sunday in the Park.
I don't think you were looking for a specific show, so I would say it needs people who are involved with projects because they believe in what they are doing, NOT because they are looking for a way to make money. *sigh*
I don't think you were looking for a specific show, so I would say it needs people who are involved with projects because they believe in what they are doing, NOT because they are looking for a way to make money. *sigh*
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#22
Posted: 10/28/04 at 10:19am
I would love to see a revival of SUNDAY IN THE PARK. I don't think it would do well, but I would still love to see it!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#23
Posted: 10/28/04 at 10:43am
B.B.Wolf...love your answer! My thoughts exactly!
#24
Posted: 10/28/04 at 11:03am
Broadway truly needs the vision and showmanship of Michael Bennett.
Would that another could come along.
Would that another could come along.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#25
Posted: 10/28/04 at 11:19am
Robbie baby, I'm right here.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
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