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Rob 12:02 am UTC 08/13/10 |
| In reply to: | Is There Any Hope Left In Hell? - steven_stuart 11:53 pm UTC 08/09/10 |
| Thanks for answering (some of) my questions. I can understand there being a gagging order on specific details, but I have to say that I don't see the reason why you're unable to confirm if a director is on board (I'm not asking you to name him or her) unless there isn't one. Which is worrying. I'm glad to hear that your mum is working on the musical every day (in between her Cliff Rihard commitments of course) but I do wonder what sort of work she is doing. Is there any chance she could turn her attention to the "official" website and maybe do something to turn around the pissed off fans who are waiting for an email 9 months after the site was launched? Surely it's not beyond the wit of the creative team to come up with something to whet the appetite? Here's a little template they can use free of charge: "Thank you for your interest in Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell. The musical is expected to debut somewhere in London, sometime in the future. It may or may not include songs from Jim Steinman's impressive back catalogue, and it may or may not include songs and monologues specifically written for the show. It may or may not have a director and it may or may not have an art director (but not that Gerald Scarfe - oh no, not him. Or that Jane Asher). It may have motorcycles. And acrobats. Or it may not. Oh, and fire was mentioned once. Maybe. Steve Margoshes might be playing the piano. We might have an orchestra. Then again Jeff Bova has promised to bring his Casio keyboard so maybe we won't need actual musicians. You can do wonderful things with those electronic keyboard thingys these days. Did we mention there might be bikes?" I hope that helps take some of the load of the creative team's shoulders. I can well understand what a bugger it must be to actually respond to their own advertising drive. I mean what a drag - you put an advert in the Evening Standard and suddenly every bugger and his dog signs up to your official website. And they actually expect the odd update! Oh, and Caveman is the walrus - coo coo a choo. Seriously, if they're still trying to work that one out then there truly is no hope in hell or anywhere else. > There is lots of hope in hell and yes, my mother is busy > working on BOOH every day. She does other things (like the > merchandising for Cliff Richard) but Bat is her obsession. > It has been for several years now. As far as directors > and venues go, there is a gag order on me. I am not > allowed to say anything. I can only give the same kind of > answer that JD gives. Its a bit frustrating at times. > > I can't remember who controlled the "official" site but I > believe that those behind it are long gone. I have to > disagree that the Evening Standard ad was "ground > breaking". Hopefully its a mistake that won't be > repeated. > You ask if more ads are planned and the answer is of > course but lets hope that there is some kind of machine > behind any future ads. I feel bad for people who signed up > at the so-called "official" site. I don't think any of > them recieved the promissed newsletters. > > If you want more information about the ad, please go to > Batmusical and talk to the mysterious poster known as > Caveman. We think we know who he is but we are not > absolutely sure. He somehow knew the wonderful piece of > inside information concerning Frances asking Jim to turn > his music down. The other day Caveman was complaining that > many of his posts were deleted, so I'm not sure if that > particular one is still up. > > BTW, do you have any idea who Caveman is? Or why he posts > on Batmusical but not this board. Its not Meat Loaf. He > wouldn't have known the price of the Evening Standard ad > or the true story about Frances asking Jim to turn his > music down. | |
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