rec.arts.theatre.musicals

On 10 Feb, 00:30, "Harlett O'Dowd" <...@>
wrote:
> On Feb 9, 6:58=A0pm, NewportsRe...@ (Steve Newport) wrote:
>
> > And from what I hear ANYTHING GOES, an even older show with more topical=

> > references, is one of the most popular shows among high schools. I will
> > confess that I've heard "Haig and Haig" changed to "Cutty Sark." BFS. Of=

> > course, the earlier part of the line "that hypethyroid I was with.." is
> > also funny.
>
> Yep, this brings us back to the FSD and AGYG debacles. If you want to
> write new work, write new work. If you want to to revive an older
> work, do a little research to ensure the audience GETS the jokes.* And
> if that requires changing "Brenda Frasier" to "Shirley Temple," fine -
> so long as you get permission from the rights holders.
>
> But playwrights who pick the bones of old work in order to get work
> are, well, vultures.

One somewhat wonders how Guare would feel about some management
deciding to revive "Six Degrees of Separation" and hiring another
writer to revise his script, adding material about the Detroit Riots
to reinforce the theme of racism in the play.

--
Stephen