tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118083.post114490571766515106..comments2023-09-23T03:27:35.377-07:00Comments on my life...in, around and about the theatre | blogging at you since 2001!: THE BEAUTY ISUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118083.post-1144920491610209082006-04-13T02:28:00.000-07:002006-04-13T02:28:00.000-07:00I'll keep this semi-short...simply because I want ...I'll keep this semi-short...simply because I want to get to sleep. ;)<BR/><BR/>First off...you have to...<B>HAVE TO</B>...see <I>The Light in the Piazza</I> when you go to NYC this time around. It's a beautiful show, and it wouldn't hurt to support Adam Guettel, as well as quality musical theatre that doesn't need to be a mega pop hit. I'm not knocking pop musicals...but there seem to be less and less classical-type musicals nowadays.<BR/><BR/>So, do I think that there's value to taped versions of musicals? To the musical theatre connoisseur...yes. I would love to see original performances captured on film for posterity's sake. However, to average joe on the street...probably not. To capture the attention of the greater public, they really need to see it in movie format. Wide camera shots of the entire stage keeps the viewer too far away from the action and close-up shots would just freak the casual viewer out -- what with all the stage make-up and exaggerated gestures.<BR/><BR/>That being said...I'm hoping for a better taped version of <I>Piazza</I> than all the scary Andrew Lloyd Webber junk. I thought Lincoln Center's taping of <I>Contact</I> was pretty good...so there's hope for the <I>Piazza</I> yet!scmusicalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10823355909809809907noreply@blogger.com