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Thread #96278   Message #1886538
Posted By: M.Ted
16-Nov-06 - 07:49 PM
Thread Name: Dylan show bombs on Broadway
Subject: RE: Dylan show bombs on Broadway
I am not sure what middle class -middle age sensibilities Twyla Tharp plays to--the show is a modern dance piece--modern dance isn't exactly on the table next to the Rice Krispies in most homes, and this piece is edgy, at that.

And it is as funny as Dylan is funny, which is pretty funny. Also, in the Dylanesque fashion, it juxtaposes the funny with moments that are not funny at all.

And, Desdemona, if you can have a Broadway show called "Urintown", and if you can have a Broadway show about Florence Foster Jenkins, if you can have a show about Eva Peron, if you can have musical about IRA terrorists--you ought to be able to find a place for Dylan, too--