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Post by Jon on Mar 6, 2023 15:01:13 GMT
What is Disney's obsession with having new directors every time they do a new musical. Like why not choose Julie Taymor. She has her issues big ones in fact. But at least she has a vision. Aladdin could have been shorter but it did have some excellent sets, costumes and songs. The choreography was also good. Was Frozen better than Aladdin? Having a new creative team for a new show is standard practice. You clearly don't know how theatre works.
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Post by viserys on Mar 7, 2023 6:47:12 GMT
That's a bit abrasive, Jon.
Creatives often work with the same director across several shows, if they get along well. ALW brought Hal Prince back for Phantom after Evita and then Trevor Nunn for Aspects of Love after working together on Cats and Starlight Express.
Julie Taymor created the by far most successful stage adaption of any Disney musical, while so many other shows either tanked completely (Little Mermaid anyone? Should have been a slam dunk, could have been an amazing feast for the eyes, was neither) or used fairly conventional unexciting staging.
From all I've heard so far about Hercules, it could definitely have benefitted from a bigger "vision" of how to tell a tale set in Ancient Greece. And Julie Taymor hasn't done a big musical since the Spider-Man fiasco, I think, why not give her another chance at a big musical after so many years (if she wanted to)?
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Post by Jon on Mar 7, 2023 15:46:57 GMT
That's a bit abrasive, Jon. Creatives often work with the same director across several shows, if they get along well. ALW brought Hal Prince back for Phantom after Evita and then Trevor Nunn for Aspects of Love after working together on Cats and Starlight Express. Julie Taymor created the by far most successful stage adaption of any Disney musical, while so many other shows either tanked completely (Little Mermaid anyone? Should have been a slam dunk, could have been an amazing feast for the eyes, was neither) or used fairly conventional unexciting staging. From all I've heard so far about Hercules, it could definitely have benefitted from a bigger "vision" of how to tell a tale set in Ancient Greece. And Julie Taymor hasn't done a big musical since the Spider-Man fiasco, I think, why not give her another chance at a big musical after so many years (if she wanted to)? I understand what you're saying but to describe hiring a new director for a new project as an obsession is frankly absurd.
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Post by thebroadwayboy on Mar 12, 2023 22:54:36 GMT
That's a bit abrasive, Jon. Creatives often work with the same director across several shows, if they get along well. ALW brought Hal Prince back for Phantom after Evita and then Trevor Nunn for Aspects of Love after working together on Cats and Starlight Express. Julie Taymor created the by far most successful stage adaption of any Disney musical, while so many other shows either tanked completely (Little Mermaid anyone? Should have been a slam dunk, could have been an amazing feast for the eyes, was neither) or used fairly conventional unexciting staging. From all I've heard so far about Hercules, it could definitely have benefitted from a bigger "vision" of how to tell a tale set in Ancient Greece. And Julie Taymor hasn't done a big musical since the Spider-Man fiasco, I think, why not give her another chance at a big musical after so many years (if she wanted to)? I understand what you're saying but to describe hiring a new director for a new project as an obsession is frankly absurd. sure but you need to know what works for your company. There are people in theatre that work for Disney who really understand it. And there are other directors who have no idea.
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Post by thebroadwayboy on Mar 12, 2023 22:55:13 GMT
That's a bit abrasive, Jon. Creatives often work with the same director across several shows, if they get along well. ALW brought Hal Prince back for Phantom after Evita and then Trevor Nunn for Aspects of Love after working together on Cats and Starlight Express. Julie Taymor created the by far most successful stage adaption of any Disney musical, while so many other shows either tanked completely (Little Mermaid anyone? Should have been a slam dunk, could have been an amazing feast for the eyes, was neither) or used fairly conventional unexciting staging. From all I've heard so far about Hercules, it could definitely have benefitted from a bigger "vision" of how to tell a tale set in Ancient Greece. And Julie Taymor hasn't done a big musical since the Spider-Man fiasco, I think, why not give her another chance at a big musical after so many years (if she wanted to)? But even the team from Aida would work
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Post by tom08 on Jun 20, 2023 11:33:37 GMT
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Hercules
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Post by partytentdown on Jun 22, 2023 13:09:21 GMT
Bit weird they are calling it a world premiere when it's very much just been on in the US... Unless they've started completely from scratch?
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