Poll
Thu, 12 July 2001, 01:38 pmWalter Plinge44 posts in thread
Poll
Thu, 12 July 2001, 01:38 pmI have a couple of queries regarding the current poll. Firstly, it asks us to vote for our favourite "broadway" musical. By saying "broadway" I assume that means that angled strip in NYC around which most of the NY theatres are. So, does that mean we are being asked "Which of the current musicals on Broadway now (or recently) do you prefer?"? If so, I don't get it because there ain't too many of us here in godzown what get to go to too many "broadway" musicals. The voter base would be very small.
If the question should have been a more general "Which of these is your favourite musical?", why is there not somewhere for Leah and me to vote "None"?
If the question should have been a more general "Which of these is your favourite musical?", why is there not somewhere for Leah and me to vote "None"?
RE: Poll
Fri, 13 July 2001, 08:11 pmWalter Plinge
Um,
It's referring to the Elton John/Tim Rice musical Aida which is roughly based on the Verdi opera. It's been running on Broadway for over a year and (god knows how) won the Tony Award for Best Original Score last year.
Given that ignorance, your statement about the "phony emotions, superficial plot, and for the most part tacky tunes catering for the lowest common denominator" of musicals is a little hard to take.
Maybe in 1940 (that's the point, they were musical comedies for the masses), but the form has moved on since then.
Have you heard of musical theatre creators like Sondheim, Michael John LaChuisa, Rodgers & Hammerstein (at their best), Jason Robert Brown, Hal Prince, Kander & Ebb, George C. Wolfe, James Lapine, William Finn, Adam Guettell?...I could go on and on.
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The poll is actually flawed. 'Aida' by Verdi is in fact an opera not a musical. I also doubt as to whether 'Aida' would be performed on the Broadway strip. It would probably be performed at the Metropolitan in New York.
Voters should also have been given the opportunity to vote 'none', as some people (like me for instance) has an extreme dislike of musicals, with their phony emotions, superficial plot, and for the most part tacky tunes catering for the lowest common denominator.
It's referring to the Elton John/Tim Rice musical Aida which is roughly based on the Verdi opera. It's been running on Broadway for over a year and (god knows how) won the Tony Award for Best Original Score last year.
Given that ignorance, your statement about the "phony emotions, superficial plot, and for the most part tacky tunes catering for the lowest common denominator" of musicals is a little hard to take.
Maybe in 1940 (that's the point, they were musical comedies for the masses), but the form has moved on since then.
Have you heard of musical theatre creators like Sondheim, Michael John LaChuisa, Rodgers & Hammerstein (at their best), Jason Robert Brown, Hal Prince, Kander & Ebb, George C. Wolfe, James Lapine, William Finn, Adam Guettell?...I could go on and on.
Cary wrote:
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The poll is actually flawed. 'Aida' by Verdi is in fact an opera not a musical. I also doubt as to whether 'Aida' would be performed on the Broadway strip. It would probably be performed at the Metropolitan in New York.
Voters should also have been given the opportunity to vote 'none', as some people (like me for instance) has an extreme dislike of musicals, with their phony emotions, superficial plot, and for the most part tacky tunes catering for the lowest common denominator.
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