Cabaret
Thu, 5 Oct 2000, 10:35 amWalter Plinge15 posts in thread
Cabaret
Thu, 5 Oct 2000, 10:35 amIs this the only show less-than-imaginative theatre groups can come up with? Surely there are other less performed pieces that you could be enticing theatre-goers with? Come on - set the scene...
RE: Cabaret
Fri, 6 Oct 2000, 11:21 amWalter Plinge
Welcome to Perth!
The fabulous city where no-one ever does a musical unless its been done before, or they made a really good film of it.
I mean, how many fabulous musicals have NOT been done over the years (ie Camelot, Sweet Charity, Mame...) and how many have had so many productions that we practically know the thing back-to-front without trying (Fiddler, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady...)
Even some really challenging works are staring to become old hat (THREE productions of Assassins in six years?)
Where's the new stuff?
Where's the old stuff that should not be forgotten?
Why do we keep going down the same paths over and over and over again...
When compared to other stuff going on, Cabaret isn't so bad. Yes, it's been done this year already, but when was it last done before that?
Maybe what we need to do is start holding regular gatherings where people bring along their favourite unknown musicals and get other people to know them as well.
My list of favourite 'unknown' musicals:
Falsettos
Candide
Anyone Can Whistle
Once Upon a Mattress
One Touch of Venus
Das Barbecu
Nine
Passion
Pal Joey
Need I go on...
The fabulous city where no-one ever does a musical unless its been done before, or they made a really good film of it.
I mean, how many fabulous musicals have NOT been done over the years (ie Camelot, Sweet Charity, Mame...) and how many have had so many productions that we practically know the thing back-to-front without trying (Fiddler, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady...)
Even some really challenging works are staring to become old hat (THREE productions of Assassins in six years?)
Where's the new stuff?
Where's the old stuff that should not be forgotten?
Why do we keep going down the same paths over and over and over again...
When compared to other stuff going on, Cabaret isn't so bad. Yes, it's been done this year already, but when was it last done before that?
Maybe what we need to do is start holding regular gatherings where people bring along their favourite unknown musicals and get other people to know them as well.
My list of favourite 'unknown' musicals:
Falsettos
Candide
Anyone Can Whistle
Once Upon a Mattress
One Touch of Venus
Das Barbecu
Nine
Passion
Pal Joey
Need I go on...
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