Tuesday, March 03, 2009
'Sleepless' to wake up Broadway
Variety: "Composer-lyricist Leslie Bricusse ('Stop the World -- I Want to Get Off') and book writer Jeff Arch, who penned the story and co-wrote the screenplay of the 1993 romantic comedy, are at work on a stage musical adaptation of the TriStar feature. Joel Zwick ('My Big Fat Greek Wedding') will helm."
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Again, it sadly seems that Broadway is heading towards the movie musical. Although I admit this one is a bit more on the scope of musicals I would like to see as opposed to the current releases of Shrek and Spiderman. However, I still would prefer to see some new theatre come across. It is great that Broadway is coming back to power, I just wish it wasn't like this.
I agree w/ Berger...it is sad that there is not as many new and original musicals. I feel these movie musicals are the easy way out for producers these days. However I do love MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING and i think it would be a great movie to adapt into a musical. I am excited to see what will become of this and if it will actually come to fruition.
It's puzzling to me that composers would rather make shows out of popular movies from over twenty years ago than create something original. Sometimes it's a really good idea, but I can't help but feel like this is a trend of laziness.
I think a lot of the new movie-musical trend has to do with people going in a direction that they know is going to work. With the economy like it is, nobody wants to go out on a limb to create an original that is going to flop because of lack of interest and funds. However, I would also like to begin seeing a few new musicals that haven't simply been pulled from a popular movie or book.
Fine. Fair enough. Broadway is going through a patch where instead of quality in music, text and concept we are settling for a commercialized product.
But enough bitching about it.
The only way this will change if, rising from schools like ours, young artists can reassess what the art form and what it can be. I am so tired of hearing talk of the "End of Broadway". Broadway isn't dead. It just needs some better direction. And frankly, that means us.
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