Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!adolph From: adolph@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark Adolph) Newsgroups: net.theater Subject: Re: Musicals, specifically Rogers & Hammerstein Message-ID: <301@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Jan-85 13:38:37 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.301 Posted: Wed Jan 2 13:38:37 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Jan-85 23:45:59 EST References: <274@pertec.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 27 *** YOUR MESSAGE *** > What I'd like to discuss is what makes the R & H formula work? I know > in the back of my brain that I have been exposed to several of their > works in the past, but I'm having trouble recalling, and some I'm > afraid I may've mixed up with other playwrights/composers. Does > anyone have a list? Which is your favorite, and why? Have you > seen different productions of the same play? Working on Cinderella > this fall was fun, but SoM is my all time favorite. Unlike many > productions, I like *all* the musical numbers, and with an adult's > insight into the situation of Nazi-occupied Austria, I find the > story more than merely entertaining. A related question is whether The Sound of Music, if released today, would be as popular, or is it so listenable/watchable because the music is SO INCREDIBLY familiar. I mean, although I really like "16 Going On 17", it really is quite a corny song when you get right down to it. By the way, I saw a production of this several years ago in a dinner theater in the round. Very interesting the way they used such minimal set pieces, none of which was more than a few feet tall so that no view would be blocked. I think it worked quite well. -- Mark A. ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!adolph "We'll cross out that bridge when we come back to it later"