Will “ Ballroom “ ever be revived? — Page 2

joevitus said: "It's always baffling to me that the whole idea of Ballroom was to reassemble the team that made A Chorus Line and strike gold again--but without retaining composer and lyricist of that show. I don't know of Hamlisch refused or he had been difficult to work with and so Bennett didn't want to work with him again (I've heard a rumor that Jonathan Tunick did a lot of the heavy lifting for that show, have no idea the veracity of it). Ballroom has basically one good song: 50 Percent. It's a beloved song. But one song doesn't equal a strong score. And what's the point of reviving a musical with a forgettable score?"

Maybe that's why the Bergmans and Hamlisch had gotten together to revive the musical in 2011-12, before he passed away ? Maybe they intended to drop weaker songs and replace them with new tunes written by these three ?

David10086 said: "joevitus said: "It's always baffling to me that the whole idea of Ballroom was to reassemble the team that made A Chorus Line and strike gold again--but without retaining composer and lyricist of that show. I don't know of Hamlisch refused or he had been difficult to work with and so Bennett didn't want to work with him again (I've heard a rumor that Jonathan Tunick did a lot of the heavy lifting for that show, have no idea the veracity of it). Ballroom has basically one good song: 50 Percent. It's a beloved song. But one song doesn't equal a strong score. And what's the point of reviving a musical with a forgettable score?"

Maybe that's why the Bergmans and Hamlisch had gotten together to revive the musical in 2011-12, before he passed away ? Maybe they intended to drop weaker songs and replace them with new tunes written by these three ?"

Ah! Maybe so.