when ACT did Urinetown and Phantom
Wow, I'm not sure I can think of two more dissimilar musicals.
Wait till they bring out the mashup, Phantom Urine.
Wash: I'm not leaving her side, Mal. Don't ask me again. Mal: I wasn't asking. I was telling.
'Out Of Gas'
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billytea - Jan 12, 2013 3:27:28 am PST #23383 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Jessica - Jan 12, 2013 4:00:28 am PST #23384 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That craven toilet maven....of the niiiiiiiiiiight
I think most people *on* Broadway at the time had respect for the mega-spectacles because they knew how much damn work the people in them were doing. Even if you hate everything about the music in Cats, it was impossible to say the people who created it onstage every night weren't incredibly talented and working their butts off.
juliana - Jan 12, 2013 7:25:45 am PST #23385 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
when ACT did Urinetown and Phantom
Wow, I'm not sure I can think of two more dissimilar musicals.
Sure you can! Assassins and South Pacific! Secret Garden and Debbie Does Dallas!
I grew up immersed in traditional musical theatre, so any disdain I expressed for the art form was always a sort of rebellion.
Amy - Jan 12, 2013 8:11:40 am PST #23386 of 30000
Because books.
I don't get why musical theater is considered lesser. I grew listening to all of my mom's albums -- stuff like Jesus Christ Superstar and Oliver! and Brigadoon and My Fair Lady and The King and I -- and I love it. I hate snobbery.
Jesse - Jan 12, 2013 8:13:33 am PST #23387 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I can't decide between Zero Dark Thirty and Silver Linings Playbook to see today. Zero Dark Thirty is in the big fabulous theater, but I'm not sure I'm in the mood.
What to do??
le nubian - Jan 12, 2013 8:14:13 am PST #23388 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Silver Linings Playbook
Jesse - Jan 12, 2013 8:20:05 am PST #23389 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, thanks! So that's decided.
SuziQ - Jan 12, 2013 8:37:13 am PST #23390 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
when ACT did Urinetown and Phantom
And this morning I realize I mis-spoke (typed?). It was Urinetown and Sweeney Todd. Though if Phantom ever played on the ACT stage, I'm sure my dad would be a fan.
I'm currently listening to the Broadway cast recording of Les Mis AIFG.
§ ita § - Jan 12, 2013 8:51:31 am PST #23391 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
LeN, you've got the Hulk article in there twice. Search on "is gordon willis" to find the second beginning.
It's an interesting piece, and it's somewhat amusing that the way in which he (?) is presenting it is getting in the way of some people from connecting with the content. Some might even call it irony.
le nubian - Jan 12, 2013 8:52:54 am PST #23392 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
thanks! I will edit it.