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Daniel 07:08 am UTC 01/26/12 |
| In reply to: | "The Nutcracker" Or "Nutz" ???? - steven_stuart 06:28 am UTC 01/25/12 |
| Finally some interesting Stein-news for looking forward to...I hope for a CD release as well...Need some Stein-music on CD!!!! > Its very odd that "The Nutcracker" project was kept secret > for so long and now it has been announced by a medical > chap in Canada. Broadway World found out about it ages ago > but they promised to keep it a secret in exchange for > being the ones who could announce it first. And now a > doctor has beat them to it. The secret almost got out when > Kasim blogged about his "secret" project. I don't know if > anyone else remembers that. > > At the moment some people are calling it "Nutz". Do you > think that sounds better than "The Nutcracker"? > > Tremolor wrote: "Point taken, but I was going with the > theory that the new version might contain lyrics. It's not > that uncommom that classical instrumental songs are reused > in rock or metal and get lyrics." > > Yes. Tremolor is right. Jim's contribution is mainly > lyrics. > > The idea was originally Steve Leber's (the chap who used > to manage AC/DC and Aerosmith). He asked Elva who could he > get to write the lyrics and she said: "Oh, Jim Steinman > would be perfect." She asked Jim and he was very excited. > > As soon as I heard about it, I thought it was a brilliant > idea. Tchaikovsky meets Steinman. Wonderful. > > JD is right that Jim has made it quite dark, although in a > funny kind of way. He wanted to make Drosselmeyer a > murdering psycho but he has changed his mind and > Drosselmyer will now be just very sinister. > > At about the same time, Steve Leber hired Steve Margoshes > to do the arrangements (which are brilliant - he has made > a massive musical contribution to the project). > > Although, I have to disagree with the Canadian doctor who > said it was "heavy metal". Its a bit heavy in parts but > its mostly rock and power ballads with some hip hop thrown > in for break dance numbers. > > Sadly Steve Leber had to pull out of the show because of a > few Frank Wildhorn shows but Elva and Steve Rinkoff are > now producing it and a possible executive producer might > be coming on board this week. > > There is a big meeting at Jim's to discuss it all, > including Mandy Moore who will choreograph. > > I hear that the star of the show up in Ridgefield is > Terry. I have always loved that guy, especially in "Life > Of Brian" (which he also directed) and when I heard that > not only was he on board as the book writer but that he > might direct, I was thrilled. Jim says that Terry is one > of his idols. > > It was Frances Perry who introduced Terry to Elva. He is a > friend of her husband George (who is writing the official > BOOH book). > > One cool thing that happened was when Terry was drinking > with Ray Davies in their local Hamstead Heath pub and > Terry told Ray that he was working with Jim Steinman. Ray > replied: "I love Jim Steinman. He's a genius." Jim was > very happy when he heard this because he is a fan of The > Kinks. | |
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