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Hello Again- the musical

Mon, 29 Sept 2003, 05:34 pm
suzie2 posts in thread
does anyone know much about the muscial "Hello Again" written by
Micheal John LaChiusa? Or anything about him?
He also wrote the musical "The Wild Party" that is currently on Broadway........(not the version recently done by the academy)
It's fairly new so there isn't much on the net.....can anyone help?
Cheers
Suz

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suzieMon, 29 Sept 2003, 05:34 pm
does anyone know much about the muscial "Hello Again" written by
Micheal John LaChiusa? Or anything about him?
He also wrote the musical "The Wild Party" that is currently on Broadway........(not the version recently done by the academy)
It's fairly new so there isn't much on the net.....can anyone help?
Cheers
Suz
Walter PlingeFri, 10 Oct 2003, 08:51 am

Re: Hello Again- the musical

What do I know about the actual musical?
NOT MUCH!

What I do know...

"Hello, again" is based on Arthur Achnitzler's "Reigen" (also known as "La Ronde"), the same play which served as the basis for "The Blue Room".

The musical is basically a series of ten short scenes, which are all duets.
It starts (or should start) with a prostitute and a soldier, then the soldier and a chambermaid, the cahmbermaid and her young master... until it ties up at the end with a count and the prostitute.

I remember reading a review about it some years ago.
I think the musical style of each scene is reflective of a different and subsequent decade in the last century.

Looks to be very interesting, but then again, so is ANYTHING based on "Reigen".

I now know of about three films, another play, a ballet and a musical.
Hmm.. It's about time I tackled it again, maybe I should do the musical this time and not the play...
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