Re: BOUNCE off-Broadway

I saw the original NYTW version and again in Chicago - I actually liked the

former much better, although the second act wasn't complete.

The problem I had with the Chicago version was that the book was
unfocused.


"robert armstrong" <ElBob-O@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I just didn't like any of the songs.
>
> The beginning and end of the show imply that the story revolves around
> two people who disagree continually, and yet the two brothers in the
> story are apart from each other for over a decade (most of the show's
> running time). One of the brothers is revealed to be gay, and yet this
> point is never addressed as a possible reason for one family member to
> reject another in early twentieth-century America.
>
> Jane Powell had little to do; the purpose of having a "name" actress as
> the mother is unknown (okay, that's what out-of-town tryouts are for).
>
> When Jerry Herman's Mack & Mabel was revised there was some substance
> worth fighting for. If my personal opinion is valid -- that Bounce has
> neither enjoyable music nor a workable story from which to begin
> revising -- is there any reason except the creators' obsessive
> pridefulness moving this project forward?
>
> Bob A
>
> "Aside from that, Mrs. Kennedy, how did you enjoy the motorcade?"
>