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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
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On 2007-09-16 21:32, CJRichard wrote: No, they don't. Do you remember the line in Amadeus where Salieri tells Mozart that he doesn't let the audience know when to clap? That's Rodgers and Hammerstein: they let us know when to clap--and cry, and laugh, and sing along. That's why I call it kitsch. It's not music for intellectuals. Now, Andrew Lloyd Webber--see, that's stuff for intellectuals. It's pretentious, effete nonsense. You can't even play your banjo along with it. A banjo in "Cats"? I mean, really! I would bet $500 that Andrew wears bikini underwear. But I can play my banjo along with "Oklahoma". You betcha! Jeff |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On 2007-09-20 04:21, stoneunhinged wrote: Oh God no! Not the image! Andy Loud Webby in bikini underwear! Arrrrgh! Question is, can you play your banjo to Sondheim?
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Sondheim? Banjo? I suppose I could play some stuff from West Side Story, but he didn't write the tunes to that, did he?
Into the woods? Nope. But I suppose I could use my ukulele if I were sitting on a beach with Bernadette Peters. Jeff |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On 2007-09-15 10:39, Chrystal wrote: God, if it does then I fit into the "brain <dead>" category for all the stuff <I've> misread! Quote:
On 2007-09-21 08:34, stoneunhinged wrote: "Sweeny Todd" on the banjo! Give it kind of a "Deliverance" slant!
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Eddie Garland Inner circle Hells Kitchen, New York City 4207 Posts |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On Sep 17, 2007, CJRichard wrote: I think the LAST., "old style musical," would be "Hello Dolly," (1969). Wonderfully campy, over the to, production that the studio took a BATH on!
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
This really made me think. I couldn't think of any 'traditional' musicals since 1970 on, so I finally went to a site that listed musicals (of most any type), by decade. Here are some of the more interesting ones that are, or could be called, traditional:
Fiddler on the Roof 1776 A Little Night Music - w/ one of my most hated songs, "Send in the Clowns" Grease - pop, but to me has the feel of a traditional musical Xanadu - pop, but traditional feel (to me) Annie Popeye - w/ Robin Williams. Haven't seen it, probably won't Pirates of Penzance - Linda Ronstadt and Kevin Kline Yentl - forgot all about that one. Newsies Evita Cats (1998) Les Miserables - 2012, geez, has it been 10 years ago??? The Greatest Showman West Side Story (2021 - I didn't include remakes, but thought I would mention this one) Cyrano (2022 - saw a preview of this in the theater but don't know how traditional it is - the trailer seemed that way, but my memory could be off) The 80's was the start of the Disney musical craze (The Little Mermaid, etc...) Awards for most interesting title for a musical goes to "Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire" and "Nudist Colony of the Dead". Doubt those are traditional, but loved the names!
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On Oct 7, 2022, landmark wrote: True, but I believe the "old school" musical was dead by then, and THIS was a (failed) attempt to revive the corpse! God. I SAT through this thing. I remember a shot of Auntie Mame WAITING for her cue before dancing across the room! I also figure they MUST have run out of money toward the end, as the book ends with Mame holding a party exactly the way she was when Patrick Dennis firsts meets her. THIS version, they find her and their son in a hanger, and she convinces them to take the boy to Europe. (He STILL gets the same speech, but it just doesn't work as well.)
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Wravyn Inner circle 3479 Posts |
Chessmann, you gotta give them some credit, I mean take a look at the budget for Nudist Colony of the Dead...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudist_Colony_of_the_Dead |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
Dead old threads being dug up in this graveyard, is a real tribute to The Rocky Horror Show.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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Wravyn Inner circle 3479 Posts |
Let's do the Time Warp
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
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On Oct 9, 2022, Wravyn wrote: Shot in Super 8mm!! And that plot summary! "Sunny Buttocks Nudist Colony is shut down by Judge Rhinehole and his band of religious zealots for offending the local community. The nudists decide to protest by entering into a suicide pact, vowing to return one day to terrorize the people who took over their land. Five years later, a bunch of kids are sent to the ex-nudist colony, which has now been transformed into a religious retreat. True to their promise, the nudist corpses rise from the grave, seek revenge on the zealots who condemned them and sing big production numbers, as the campers begin to experience an attrition problem." What a cast list! In truth, any cast with Forrest J. Ackerman (of "Famous Monsters of Filmland" fame) can't be all bad. Deborah Stern as Shelly Mammarosa Tony Cicchetti as Art Shoe Rachel Latt as Mrs. Druple Braddon Mendelson as Peter Trickle Jim Bruce as Billy McRighteous Barbara Dow as Mrs. Mammarosa Heather McPherson as Fanny Wype Peter Napoles as Juan Tu Steve Wilcox as Lou Jobee Juan Tanamera as Gus Unteide Forrest J. Ackerman as Judge Rhinehole Dave Robinson as Reverend Ritz
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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