that's it? that's the blog? that's what you get paid for? lame. you theater snobs are all the same - think you can write whatever you want and because you will it, you can't believe that normal people hate it. for pete's sake. have you SEEN Mamma Mia? Can't you write something about THAT?
Haven't seen the show, no, and yet, strangely it haunts my every dream.
When, dear god above, when are they going to give us "Mmmbop" the Hanson Musical and "Thriller" the Michael Jackson Musical and the modern classic "Cherokee Woman" the Cher musical? When Nasanji? Cuz a musical just ain't a musical unless its a ragtag bunch of familiar pop bullshit with a random storyline justifying the songs.
Hammerstein knew that. Rogers, Hart, all the old guys knew that. When did we wander so far off the path?
John Clancy is a partner in Clancy Productions, a critically acclaimed international theatrical touring and production company. He is an Obie award winning director, the Founding Artistic Director of Present Company, and a founding Artistic Director of The New York International Fringe Festival. He serves as the Executive Director of the League of Independent Theater, off-off Broadway's advocacy organization. He lives on the Lower East Side with his wife, Nancy Walsh.
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that's it? that's the blog? that's what you get paid for? lame. you theater snobs are all the same - think you can write whatever you want and because you will it, you can't believe that normal people hate it. for pete's sake. have you SEEN Mamma Mia? Can't you write something about THAT?
Haven't seen the show, no, and yet, strangely it haunts my every dream.
When, dear god above, when are they going to give us "Mmmbop" the Hanson Musical and "Thriller" the Michael Jackson Musical and the modern classic "Cherokee Woman" the Cher musical? When Nasanji? Cuz a musical just ain't a musical unless its a ragtag bunch of familiar pop bullshit with a random storyline justifying the songs.
Hammerstein knew that. Rogers, Hart, all the old guys knew that. When did we wander so far off the path?
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