Happy Halloween! We have the perfect show to dig into for spooky season - mostly because it's downright scary how bad this musical is! Frank Wildhorn's "Jekyll & Hyde" is a musical that, if there was a just theater god, would be forever relegated to the dustbin of Broadway history. There are many musicals I don't like but this is one I actively despise, partially for its innate flaws but also for its utter failure to achieve anything close to what it was aspiring for. Despite this -...
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Happy Halloween! We have the perfect show to dig into for spooky season - mostly because it's downright scary how bad this musical is! Frank Wildhorn's "Jekyll & Hyde" is a musical that, if there was a just theater god, would be forever relegated to the dustbin of Broadway history. There are many musicals I don't like but this is one I actively despise, partially for its innate flaws but also for its utter failure to achieve anything close to what it was aspiring for. Despite this -...
#87: Promises, Promises and the cultural divide with Jesse Rabinowitz
Chasing Phantom
36 minutes
7 months ago
#87: Promises, Promises and the cultural divide with Jesse Rabinowitz
"Promises, Promises" had a dream team of talent, both backstage and onstage. Neil Simon, Hal David, and Burt Bacharach are the big three, but it was also directed by Robert Moore ("The Boys in the Band" off-Broadway, "Woman of the Year") and choreographed by Michael Bennett. It was also based on an incredible movie, "The Apartment." What could go wrong? Nothing did go wrong, really: the show was very popular and its best song, "Never Fall in Love Again," was a big radio hit. But it's another ...
Chasing Phantom
Happy Halloween! We have the perfect show to dig into for spooky season - mostly because it's downright scary how bad this musical is! Frank Wildhorn's "Jekyll & Hyde" is a musical that, if there was a just theater god, would be forever relegated to the dustbin of Broadway history. There are many musicals I don't like but this is one I actively despise, partially for its innate flaws but also for its utter failure to achieve anything close to what it was aspiring for. Despite this -...
