Re: New Season-Musical Theatre West

Date: 13 May 2003 10:32:54 -0700
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre.musicals
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email-address-deleted (gatsby) wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
> My "gay" friend fully agrees with you re: "Song on the Sand" and "Look
> Over There"
Yet lovely as the tune of "Song on the Sand" is - the conceit of the
lyric, that Georges can't remember the words ensures that we have a
love song for two men where there isn't one concrete image in the
lyric.
This, I believe, is an example of what Mr. Newport and others who have
been disappointed in the show mean by its being too calculated and
safe to be a great or groundbreaking musical, although it is certainly
a crowdpleasing one.
I'd have been happier with the conceit of "Song on the Sand" had
Herman written a new act 2 (opening) love song instead of reprising
the same tune all night long.
That said, I felt the bus & truck tour 7 or so years ago with Lee Roy
Reams played a lot more *real* than the Broadway production. IIRC
they hugged at the curtain before walking off into the sunset hand in
hand.
And for what it's worth I couldn't care less what your gay "friend"
thinks of the show. I would, however, be interested in *your* take on
the material.