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, 01:05 pmHi all,
Paul Treasure wrote:
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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.
Hear, hear!
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...)
Errrrr...all of those mentioned have been done sometime in the last decade...and I reckon that GUYS AND DOLLS doesn't get done enough!!! Love that show!!!
Even some really challenging works are staring to become old hat (THREE productions of Assassins in six years?)
Funny how trends go - someone entreprenurial (or with lots of money) has a go at a show like Assassins and others see it and like it and say, 'I could do that' and voila! One show done 3 times in six years...though I reckon anything Sondheim could be done over and over again...I'd go!
Where are the productions of FOLLIES and PACIFIC OVERTURES - I DARE anyone to do these shows!!! Mind you, following Paul's logic, Follies is due for a re-run...
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?
Errrr...1995/6 - one of those...the infamous Diana Waldron, producer.
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.
Sounds good - sort of a hoi polloi version of the Wagner Society for Musical Theatre.
My list of favourite 'unknown' musicals:
Falsettos - I've heard whispers about this one being done...
Candide - Playlovers almost did it a couple of years ago...
Anyone Can Whistle - Oh, dear...can't say it's a favourite...
Once Upon a Mattress - GASP!
One Touch of Venus - Don't know it
Das Barbecu - Don't know it
Nine - You and whose millionaire friend...?
Passion - Tooooooooooooooooo hard! Mainly for the audiences...
Pal Joey - ummmm...a bit era specific, but OK.
Just some random thoughts!
Jason
Paul Treasure wrote:
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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.
Hear, hear!
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...)
Errrrr...all of those mentioned have been done sometime in the last decade...and I reckon that GUYS AND DOLLS doesn't get done enough!!! Love that show!!!
Even some really challenging works are staring to become old hat (THREE productions of Assassins in six years?)
Funny how trends go - someone entreprenurial (or with lots of money) has a go at a show like Assassins and others see it and like it and say, 'I could do that' and voila! One show done 3 times in six years...though I reckon anything Sondheim could be done over and over again...I'd go!
Where are the productions of FOLLIES and PACIFIC OVERTURES - I DARE anyone to do these shows!!! Mind you, following Paul's logic, Follies is due for a re-run...
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?
Errrr...1995/6 - one of those...the infamous Diana Waldron, producer.
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.
Sounds good - sort of a hoi polloi version of the Wagner Society for Musical Theatre.
My list of favourite 'unknown' musicals:
Falsettos - I've heard whispers about this one being done...
Candide - Playlovers almost did it a couple of years ago...
Anyone Can Whistle - Oh, dear...can't say it's a favourite...
Once Upon a Mattress - GASP!
One Touch of Venus - Don't know it
Das Barbecu - Don't know it
Nine - You and whose millionaire friend...?
Passion - Tooooooooooooooooo hard! Mainly for the audiences...
Pal Joey - ummmm...a bit era specific, but OK.
Just some random thoughts!
Jason
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