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Distant_Cousin

Member Since 17 Apr 2007
Offline Last Active May 18 2013 09:28 PM
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In Topic: Merrily We Roll Along @ Menier & Pinter

08 May 2013 - 03:00 PM

View PostMS1995, on 07 May 2013 - 08:43 PM, said:

Yes, agreed! I love me some Sondheim, but so many of his fans think he is the only person who should be listened to and if you don't like him then you aren't clever enough!
Indeed, and I am a huge fan of Sweeney Todd, Company and Into The Woods!

In Topic: Merrily We Roll Along @ Menier & Pinter

07 May 2013 - 08:26 PM

View Postmallardo, on 07 May 2013 - 06:54 PM, said:

Of all the Sondheim shows THIS score is the one with the most idiomatically "popular" songs - deliberately so since the protagonists are songwriters trying to write hit shows.  If this score doesn't appeal then it's time to give up on Sondheim and admit your taste just isn't that sophisticated.

This kind of insidious snobbery does Sondheim fans no favours whatsoever.

In Topic: Merrily We Roll Along @ Menier & Pinter

07 May 2013 - 12:24 PM

View Postitsuckstobeme, on 06 May 2013 - 05:44 PM, said:

I couldn't disagree more, this is what musical theatre should be IMO
  What? - not very entertaining and very "worthy"??

In Topic: Merrily We Roll Along @ Menier & Pinter

07 May 2013 - 12:23 PM

View PostABowlerHat, on 06 May 2013 - 06:21 PM, said:

Yes, I think you must be one of the only people in the country who think that.
  My two friends thought the same - there's a touch of Emperor's New Clothes about it I feel...

In Topic: Merrily We Roll Along @ Menier & Pinter

07 May 2013 - 12:23 PM

View Postzyx123, on 06 May 2013 - 06:32 PM, said:

There's not a tune you can hum.
There's not a tune you go bum-bum-bum-di-dum.
   The irony was not lost!