tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post4216065876162668873..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: "The Degrassi Set"Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-80838072198371550352007-10-03T13:49:00.000-04:002007-10-03T13:49:00.000-04:00You know what I don't get about all this decrying ...You know what I don't get about all this decrying (not just you, everywhere)?<BR/><BR/>The entire history of Broadway is crammed full of stupid pandering musicals. We just don't remember them as well because, well, they were stupid.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04035351641081220259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-61860812724693514642007-10-02T16:13:00.000-04:002007-10-02T16:13:00.000-04:00I can see another downside to "more young people g...I can see another downside to "more young people growing up on theatre, and thus more future audiences." A visiting Martian who looked at American movies might be able to think that Hollywood, by courting adolescents and young adults, is building a future audience for movies, but those of us who've been here longer can see that Hollywood <I>keeps</I> courting the young audiences and giving short shrift to older adults. The young audience is bigger, so they get played to.<BR/><BR/>The same thing could happen with efforts to draw well-to-do young people into Broadway-scale theaters. In other words, the audiences might grow up before the shows do.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I'm with Aaron Riccio with his suggestion that there's something different in <I>Grey Gardens, Spring Awakening, The Drowsy Chaperone,</I> and a few others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-86591445450071542612007-10-02T11:56:00.000-04:002007-10-02T11:56:00.000-04:00But what makes Legally Blonde any worse than Young...But what makes Legally Blonde any worse than Young Frankenstein? (I've seen neither.) They're both musical adaptations of films that don't need it; Young Frankenstein is just pandering to a larger audience (and people who are more likely to be moneyed to enough to see it). I'm less concerned with ditzy, glamorous shows than worried that people aren't willing to see NEW theater anymore, only franchised hits: <BR/><BR/>Xanadu, based on a film. Wicked, based on a book. Spamalot, based on a film. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, based on a remake of a film. Not to mention all the revivals (Les Miserables) and Disney properties. <BR/><BR/>I give credit to adaptations like Grey Gardens and Spring Awakening that CHANGE enough to be fresh, or dapper parodies like The Drowsy Chaperone, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Avenue Q. But NYMF seems filled with remakes of Jane Austen novels, and all we've got coming is In The Heights.Aaron Ricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003634532469211190noreply@blogger.com