Comments | victoriana: Whoa.

victoriana

Whoa.

Mar 30, 2009 08:23

My Honors class has decided they want to write a musical. This is obviously insane, which is why I feel I must do it. That, and because I keep hearing the chibi-Scott Walters in my head shouting about the need for NEW theater that is rooted in the community it's created for. And because it's a great opportunity for them to do cool things with ( Read more... )

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chickenhat March 30 2009, 13:29:03 UTC

"Fame" is okay ( ... )

arseaboutface March 30 2009, 13:33:34 UTC

Singing' in the Rain and Rent. Failing Rent, due to it being chock-a-block full of sex and drug use, Phantom of the Opera.

I am so looking forward to hearing more about this.

moonchylde March 30 2009, 14:36:43 UTC

Singin' in the Rain is really more about the start of talkies and musicals in Hollywood. Rent I haven't seen but have heard marvelous things about it.

arseaboutface March 30 2009, 14:47:34 UTC

It's about the start of talkies, sure. But the two movies represent two wildly different styles of musicals--the one is about as classic golden age as it's possible to be without actually having been secreted from the glands of Richard Rogers, and the other is a gem of the modern rock opera age. If there's only space to watch two movies (which, given that we only have a week, I would think is the case), these two would be a good primer.

moonchylde March 30 2009, 14:35:45 UTC

Something from Rogers & Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Weber and probably one more, maybe a bit more modern/edgy.

I second Phantom of the Opera, and maybe Oklahoma! or South Pacific.

docjen March 30 2009, 15:27:43 UTC

totally off topic -

But you HAVE to see/read this:

'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'
by Seth Grahame-Smith
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102485068&ft=1&f=100

kugelblitz March 30 2009, 16:52:54 UTC

West Side Story.

Little Shop of Horrors.