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Pudding 09:13 am UTC 07/30/07 |
| In reply to: | re: The ULTIMATE Steinman "what-if" IMO is... - rockfenris2005 08:31 am UTC 07/30/07 |
> Hmm, interesting. OK. Richard Stilgoe did "Starlight > Express" with ALW and that was huge. But Charles Hart was > relatively new to it all. Steinman, on the other hand, had > "Bat Out Of Hell" and "Total Eclipse Of The Heart". Most > everyone knew what they were by 1984. Didn't they? I think > everyone would have known if Jim was involved with > "Phantom" whereas Hart and Stilgoe seem to have joined the > hall of obscure librettists who did half the work on the > most famous musical works of all time. A lot of people to this day don't know Jim Steinman is, yet, they might have heard of one of his songs, but they don't know who he is. Presuming that Phantom would suddenly catapult him into mega-stardom and an household name is a little naive. He may or may not have garnered popularity through Phantom, but the flip side of the coin is, would Phantom be what it is today had Jim wrote the lyrics? > That would have been phenomenal. But I think it would have > lasted the same as "Jekyll & Hyde". I don't think it would > have caught on and become a cult hit like it did in > Germany. But we'll never know. I just wish Braunsberg > would stage "Vampires" in London Jekyll & Hyde is crap IMO, boring! boring! boring! Tanz was never given a fair chance on Broadway, because they ripped the still beating heart right out if and stomped on its soul. The two Vampire musicals that followed Lestat and Dracula were complete boring drivel. Yes, Tanz in London is the way to go, then hopefully Vega, followed by LA and Toronto. | |
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