And my long-standing predictions about the new production of Merrily at the Annenberg are already proving true - the Sondheim freaks are posting that it's the BEST, it's BRILLIANT, it WORKS, they WEPT - I want to vomit on the ground from these people. And they of course are saying "this needs to be on B'way! And of course someone like Ken Davenport will probably bring it, as he did with this director's Spring Awakening - and we know how that worked out, not that he cares - not his dough. I especially liked the comment about the BRILLIANT lighting, with lights swinging to and fro and back and forth, and around and around - I am so tired of moving lights that are actually USED as moving lights. I think lighting today, as with sound today, and sets today, is just pathetic compared to the true artists of old. And wait till the LA critics (and I'm guessing the lead critic of the Times) wet themselves to say this is the production that makes the show work. I will be hugely surprised if it doesn't garner across the board raves.
I just had to share, for the benefit of our Guests - the parody!
GOOD SEATS ARE GOING
Tune of GOOD THING GOING
It still starts out at the end,
I’ve seen it dozens of times,
So no surprise,
And that’s a reason I can’t believe my eyes
All the good seats are going
I click a date, then hit send
The first performance I try
Has no more seats
The next performance the message still repeats
All the good seats are going
And if fate says I can't go, life is over for me, there’s no doubt
All of the chatters they say, it’s an L.A. must-see, and sold out
A single, none for my friend
But still I grab it and hope one more will come
And as I grab it and pay I start to hum
I swear it’s so good knowing
The show lives on and on
All the good seats were going, now they’re gone
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