Slog - Comments on Love and Redemption and Stuff http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff Imagine a musical about a small town in Louisiana in 1959—depressed farmers, sweet kids, ill-treated African Americans, a restless boy with a pompadour and a motorcycle, sinister evangelicals, and so on. Now imagine that musical written by Jim Steinman, the man who wrote and produced Bat out of Hell for Meat Loaf, and a past-his-prime Andrew Lloyd Webber. Whistle Down the Wind (playing at 5th Avenue Theatre until Dec 2; see Get Out) is precisely what you're imagining—technically accomplished but overwrought, nostalgic, and cloying. The band is dominated by a synth drum kit and four synthesizers, one of which, at... Copyright 2008 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:49:31 -0800 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:10:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Darrell A British musical about Louisiana in 1959 says it all.

]]> Darrell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c856896 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c856896 Theater Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:01:18 -0800 Comment by Dr. Seuss Screw Cats! Screw Phantom! Screw Andrew Lloyed Webber! Go see "Seussical the Musical" at Seattle Musical Theatre instead!

All your favorite characters (Horton, Mazie, Gertrude, Whos, and more!), amazing singing and a great theater to watch it in! Great for kids and adults alike. LAST WEEKEND TO SEE IT!

And then go see Dina Martina. But see Seuss first.

]]> Dr. Seuss http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857278 Theater Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:42:01 -0800 Comment by Seuss! I hear Seussical the Musical is way better. And more fun. And no "Cats" or "Phantoms" or over-wraught music hanging over you throughout.

]]> Seuss! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857282 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857282 Theater Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:43:07 -0800 Comment by spencer @1, you're right. I saw it on the west End in 2000, and it was laughable. For one thing, the accents were hilarious, but the show itself was just really bad.

]]> spencer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857367 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857367 Theater Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:04:43 -0800 Comment by bma Honestly, I can't believe that so many people would honestly want to take a ride on Andrew Lloyd Webber's biggest Cleveland Steamer to date. The music and singing were good and the set changes were interesting, but the plot was ham-handed, overly religious, and downright awful.

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857410 Theater Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:21:27 -0800 Comment by Hal Hello!

Music Snob here.

Todd Rundgren produced "Bat Out of Hell." Jus' wanting well-informed Slog readers to know da truth...

]]> Hal http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857525 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857525 Theater Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:55:02 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley You, Hal, are correct. Steinman co-wrote BOOH and co-wrote and produced BOOH II.

Sorry, everyone.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857573 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/love_and_redemption_and_stuff#c857573 Theater Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:10:41 -0800