When he leaned over and started macking on the girl, may gaydar exploded.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
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quote by Beatrice Lillie: “Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'”
Oh, sweetheart -- you are not going to get any sort of real discussion going on here.
Let the writers write their show, and lets us keep hoping it shapes up.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
I like let me be your star as the opening number, because everyone knows Marilyn, wither a little or a lot, so having a number like such opening the show reflects upon the fact that we known somewhat of what is happening/ happened, instead of it trying to be like a musical that pretends no one knows the outcome.
In all seriousness though- what are the chances, if the show does well, that they would actually put up a full musical in NY? I mean theres a score being written by a reliable team and such so I just think that theres always a possibility a real show could come out of this
An opening number needs to tell the audience what the show will be about. Since we've heard so little on that subject, I don't know how to judge whether "Let Me Be Your Star" works at the top of the show or not.
It just seems more like an Act One Finale...but that would be a slow moving show...and Act Two would be really rushed. Maybe if the beginning was more upbeat or something it could work at the opening.
And why is the assistant being discussed? This is not about Smash, but rather about the Marilyn Musical. Go talk about it in the Smash thread.
It makes perfect sense at the top of the show, either as a starting point for the story or as a number to motivate a flashback of Monroe's life. Or it makes sense at the end of Act I if they are going to devote half the show to Monroe's pre-stardom life.
The problem remains that we have no idea what musical they think they are writing.
Which I assume is why these lyrics are so generic; Marc Shaiman and his collaborators usually write clearer details.
Hmmm...The story told as a flashback would be great.
Maybe at the end of the Overture the audience sees headlines and hears snippets of new reports about Marilyn's death and then spotlight on Marilyn and she sings Let Me Be Your Star.
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Posted: 2/24/12 at 08:41pm