January 13, 2006
No Cash In Cash Musical
The director of the new Johnny Cash stage musical, "Ring of Fire," struggles to define exactly what the show is, but one thing is certain -- no one portrays the country music legend known as "The Man in Black."
"This isn't a biography," director Richard Maltby told reporters on Wednesday at a rehearsal for the show that starts previews on Broadway next month for a March 12 opening."It's 38 songs without connecting material, but it's not a revue," he said. "It has a story, it has characters," he continued, but no plot. "It's some other kind of theater piece, a play made up of songs. It's a book-musical without a book."
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The director of the new Johnny Cash stage musical, "Ring of Fire," struggles to define exactly what the show is, but one thing is certain -- no one portrays the country music legend known as "The Man in Black."
"This isn't a biography," director Richard Maltby told reporters on Wednesday at a rehearsal for the show that starts previews on Broadway next month for a March 12 opening."It's 38 songs without connecting material, but it's not a revue," he said. "It has a story, it has characters," he continued, but no plot. "It's some other kind of theater piece, a play made up of songs. It's a book-musical without a book."
Confused? All will become clear, Maltby said, when audiences see what he calls a classic tale of American life -- not Cash's own life but the story of an everyman who emerges from the songs he wrote.
Source: Yahoo
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I fucking hate shit like this. Why are they taking up space on a stage with this when we could just pop in a greatest hit CD.
At least "Mama Mia" and "Moving Out" have the bare bones of a plot.
Posted by: chuck at January 13, 2006 10:34 AM (Rf+MO)
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I actually saw this musical when it opened in Buffalo. Did you Chuck? Why the vulgarities?
The musicians were topnotch first of all. Are you a fan of Cash, CHuck? Of his addressing the issues of the downtrodden?
He is in the rock n roll hall of fame, is he not?
The musical tells the stories Cash tells VERY WELL and portrays the music VERY WELL.
Chuck, you are a fucking idiot. Tom
Posted by: Tom at January 13, 2006 07:04 PM (Yz2WP)
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