Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Springtime for Hitler - For Real

There is a new musical that opened on Broadway called "In My Life" and it is supposed to be bad. So bad, in fact, that Ben Brantley at the NY Times said it was as if Springtime for Hitler was brought into real life, i.e., a musical so bad that it would be an immediate flop. Though, Bialystock and Bloom did find that it became an immediate success..

Either way, there was a recent article about the media blitz surrounding "In My Life", as they attempt to drown out the highly negative reviews with advertising. And I found this wonderful little summary of the plot:

For those who haven't seen it, "In My Life" tells the story of a young singer suffering from a broken heart, a brain tumor and Tourette's syndrome who finds a girl whom he loves and who loves him. Little do they know that their lives are being observed - and fiddled with - by a transvestite angel named Winston and a slouchy, bicycle-riding deity named Al. There are more than two dozen musical numbers, including one involving break-dancing pirates, and no intermission.
Is it just me or does this sound like the musical to beat this year at the Tony's??

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

i believe that is the most awesome sounding show ever.

6:19 AM  

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