New Broadway Musicals
Thu, 24 June 2004, 05:12 pmWalter Plinge15 posts in thread
New Broadway Musicals
Thu, 24 June 2004, 05:12 pmI made this post earlier today on one of the other boards, but I think it got lost somewhere in all the stuff about young actors...
OK, the basic trend of previous posts was, why do we do the same old musicals all the time.
So... a little test for everyone, these are all the musicals currently running on Broadway:
How many of the 21 do you know?
Brand New Musicals:
Caroline, or Change
Wicked
Avenue Q
Hairspray
Aida
Rent
Bombay Dreams
The Phantom of the Opera (original production still running!)
New Musicals based on pre-existing songs:
The Boy from Oz
Mamma Mia!
MovinÂ’ Out
New Stage Musicals adapted from films:
The Producers
The Lion King
Beauty and the Beast (original production still running!)
Non-Broadway Musicals making Broadway debut:
The Frogs
Assassins
Little Shop of Horrors
Revivals:
Fiddler on the Roof
Wonderful Town
42nd Street
Chicago
Personally, not counting what IÂ’ve seen on Tony broadcasts, I know a little bit about all of them, but I can only admit to knowing 11, only one of which came from the first category, and that was Phantom. But IÂ’m working on it!
Paul Treasure
OK, the basic trend of previous posts was, why do we do the same old musicals all the time.
So... a little test for everyone, these are all the musicals currently running on Broadway:
How many of the 21 do you know?
Brand New Musicals:
Caroline, or Change
Wicked
Avenue Q
Hairspray
Aida
Rent
Bombay Dreams
The Phantom of the Opera (original production still running!)
New Musicals based on pre-existing songs:
The Boy from Oz
Mamma Mia!
MovinÂ’ Out
New Stage Musicals adapted from films:
The Producers
The Lion King
Beauty and the Beast (original production still running!)
Non-Broadway Musicals making Broadway debut:
The Frogs
Assassins
Little Shop of Horrors
Revivals:
Fiddler on the Roof
Wonderful Town
42nd Street
Chicago
Personally, not counting what IÂ’ve seen on Tony broadcasts, I know a little bit about all of them, but I can only admit to knowing 11, only one of which came from the first category, and that was Phantom. But IÂ’m working on it!
Paul Treasure
Re: New Broadway Musicals
Fri, 25 June 2004, 08:48 amWalter Plinge
Jess Limb wrote:
>
> Does having heard of them count?? If it does then I get 14
> (or 13 if I'm confusing "Aida" with opera of same name). I'm
> definitely surprised that I know more than you, Paul (O, Wise
> One!). I've only heard the "Rent" sound-track, but I found it
> really great music. You should try & get hold of it.
Nope, only having heard of them doesn't count. The only one on the list I hadn't heard of was Movin' Out, which apparently is a Mamma-Mia/We-Will-Rock-You-esque musical using Billy Joel's music.
Aida is the same plot as the opera but with music by Sir Elton John
To my shame I don't know Rent, I've heard about two songs and that's it!
> I didn't get involved in previous posting, but submit idea
> that "old" musicals are staged because they pull crowds. If
> general population don't know/haven't heard of something,
> they will be more likely to stay home.
But what about all the musicals that everyone has heard of and still no one does? When was the last time you saw Camelot or Brigadoon or Sweet Charity?
There is also the case of shows like Assassins, when it was first done at the Quarry, only the diehard Sondheimers had heard of it. It has now had two productions in Perth (not counting WAAPA) and is actually starting to acquire a following. Won't be too long before its a genuine draw card.
There has to be a way that we can 'educate' our patrons about new musicals, so they aren't afraid to come. The question is how?
>
> Does having heard of them count?? If it does then I get 14
> (or 13 if I'm confusing "Aida" with opera of same name). I'm
> definitely surprised that I know more than you, Paul (O, Wise
> One!). I've only heard the "Rent" sound-track, but I found it
> really great music. You should try & get hold of it.
Nope, only having heard of them doesn't count. The only one on the list I hadn't heard of was Movin' Out, which apparently is a Mamma-Mia/We-Will-Rock-You-esque musical using Billy Joel's music.
Aida is the same plot as the opera but with music by Sir Elton John
To my shame I don't know Rent, I've heard about two songs and that's it!
> I didn't get involved in previous posting, but submit idea
> that "old" musicals are staged because they pull crowds. If
> general population don't know/haven't heard of something,
> they will be more likely to stay home.
But what about all the musicals that everyone has heard of and still no one does? When was the last time you saw Camelot or Brigadoon or Sweet Charity?
There is also the case of shows like Assassins, when it was first done at the Quarry, only the diehard Sondheimers had heard of it. It has now had two productions in Perth (not counting WAAPA) and is actually starting to acquire a following. Won't be too long before its a genuine draw card.
There has to be a way that we can 'educate' our patrons about new musicals, so they aren't afraid to come. The question is how?
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