When I was little I was blown away by the movie productions of West Side Story, The Music Man, and others I saw on the big screen (we even had a theater in Boulder that showed older musicals like American in Paris and Brigadoon on the big screen in Technicolor, so much better than B&W TV)....
And I went to a lot of live musicals (my Mother used to take me to all kinds of live theater, my Father would take me along to movies, I was known for being quiet and enthralled). I just haven't found the recent attempts to bring Broadway to the movie screens to be as enthralling.
Actually I just bought the DVD of Kevin Kline's 'Pirates of Penzance' (I had owned the video ages ago and hadn't ever moved on to the new formate). That failed at the box office but partly because they put it on pay per view at the same time it was released in theaters, it was a colossal problem that angered distributors.... Studios claim that no one loves musicals anymore but I do think they cause most of the problems by not casting Broadway singers & dancers.....
Re: Book of Mormon, I'm lucky that the Chicago road company has some affordable ticket prices, but of course they are selling out (my tickets are for next March!)... AND luckily I can stay with my brother so that won't be an expense either.
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Date: 2012-06-16 04:27 pm (UTC)And I went to a lot of live musicals (my Mother used to take me to all kinds of live theater, my Father would take me along to movies, I was known for being quiet and enthralled). I just haven't found the recent attempts to bring Broadway to the movie screens to be as enthralling.
Actually I just bought the DVD of Kevin Kline's 'Pirates of Penzance' (I had owned the video ages ago and hadn't ever moved on to the new formate). That failed at the box office but partly because they put it on pay per view at the same time it was released in theaters, it was a colossal problem that angered distributors.... Studios claim that no one loves musicals anymore but I do think they cause most of the problems by not casting Broadway singers & dancers.....
Re: Book of Mormon, I'm lucky that the Chicago road company has some affordable ticket prices, but of course they are selling out (my tickets are for next March!)... AND luckily I can stay with my brother so that won't be an expense either.