On Jul 1, 8:14=A0pm, David Levy <dl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jul 1, 6:39=A0pm, chromolume <jongoldb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > ...then I was musical director for a professional production of the
show=
in the
> > summer of 1996 - right during the Bill Clinton/Paula Jones lawsuit,
> > which of course cast an interesting "subtext" to the show.
>
> Was this at Boston's Public Theater? =A0I saw that production and liked
> it quite a bit. =A0(If I recall correctly, the other two productions
> that summer were a mediocre Guys and Dolls and a horrendous Into the
> Woods.)
>
> When I was in college, the Gilbert & Sullivan group chose to do Of
> Thee I Sing one semester as a break from their usual G&S fare. =A0(It
> was the only non-G&S show they did in the four years I was there...
> and I don't think they've done another one since.) =A0This was within a
> couple of years of the Public Theater show.
As a matter of fact, it was at the Publick (not Public) Theatre - and
thank you. :-)
(I would somewhat agree with your *****sment of the Guys And Dolls
production - which was actually the following summer. Especially in
terms of the very weak romantic leads. I do think the Into The Woods
was a few marks above horrendous, lol, but you're entitled to your
opinion!)
"Of Thee I Sing" seems a natural choice for G&S groups, IMO, given
that a lot of the score seems influenced by the G&S style.
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