"Zanna, Don't!" now licensable

*gasp* all four chords of Zanna Don't can now be licensed??? Do they include the amateurish lyrics??

Amateurish doesn't equal not complicated. It equals bad. There's a reason Zanna Don't isn't finding its day on Broadway.

woop this is good news, id love a high school to have the guts lol, and yeah i think its beautifully simplistic, i personally preer the vocal arrangement over the music and lyrics, but its all very powerful behind the basic playful structure.

Updated On: 4/11/07 at 10:51 AM

I actually throughly enjoy this show. No it's not complex, not it's not the deepest thing (I've seen cupcake icing deeper than Zanna), but it's fun. It's fluff. It's original. It has heart, and a message. In the long run, doesn't that matter more?

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"Amateurish doesn't equal not complicated. It equals bad. There's a reason Zanna Don't isn't finding its day on Broadway."

You have no idea what you're talking about, sondhead. The music is neither "amateurish" (which by the way is not a word) nor bad. Zanna didn't find it's way to Broadway because the story is not developed enough and doesn't have as much depth as it would need to get put on a Broadway stage. The music is wonderful. Tim Acito does an amazing job of writing the character arcs into the music. Just because it sounds bubble gum on the outside, when closely listened to it is clear that Zanna's music is full of heart and emotion. Also, the characters are more complex than you think. Figuring out how to play Zanna as more than your average gay teenager is quite the task, but certainly doable. You should listen closely to the music again sometime.
-BJH

Yeah, this show has been licensable since Theatrical Rights debuted about 6 months ago.

I heard it is very expensive to get the rights...a regional theater that I know wanted to do for their next season...and even they they have profits to do it, it just seem not so affordable after all. So they passed.

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"When did amateurish stop being a word?"

Oh I forgot, that's one of those words that was actually adopted into the English language because people didn't know to use "amateur" as an adjective as well as a noun. You've got to love the butchering of the English language that goes on here in the U.S.

Webster's dictionary also recognizes "doh" as a word. Yes...as in the Homer Simpson "doh". Webster's dictionary recognizes most words commonly used, even if they weren't widely recognized words before. They constantly update it to include bastardizations of other words. So before going around calling people "peons" perhaps you should brush up on the subject. The word amateurish was added to the dictionary because it became a commonly used misuse of the word amateur. Don't argue with me, I'm a grammar Nazi.

Someone one change the thread title to Linguistics 101, and I'll pour a saucer of milk for these kitties to work out their issues...

Sorry...bad day. Someone please dump a bucket of cold water over my head. Didn't mean to be an ass, Kringas.

I saw the book "Heather Has Two Mommies" the other day at B&N. (You only get that reference if you have seen/ heard the show and/or music).

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