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| Posted by: mikem 12:11 pm EDT 05/01/24 |
| In reply to: (and by the way Wayman…) - ShowGoer 08:19 am EDT 05/01/24 |
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I also felt that Here Lies Love didn't work as well in the Broadway Theatre as it did at the Public. I think it's partially because the audience was so much larger that it kind of felt like we were being herded around rather than it feeling immersive like it did at the Public, at least for me.
(spoilers)
And I also thought the ending didn't work nearly as well. At the Public, the audience is standing and running around for the show, then at the end, the Marcoses are gone, and we all sit and it's kind of peaceful. I guess there was no obvious method for having the audience sit at the Broadway Theatre, but I think the effect of the end was really blunted by this change.
ShowGoer, I'm kind of surprised that you don't think Here Lies Love is any more of a musical than Illinoise. My understanding is that the songs for Here Lies Love were written to tell a story, and I don't think it's a whole lot different from a lot of sung-through musicals. What elements do you wish that it had that it doesn't? |
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