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Rob Marshall and NINE: the Cynic’s Edition

Posted on November 28, 2009 by David Fick

Daniel Day Lewis tries to explain to Rob Marshall how NINE works dramatically and how so much of what seems to be happening to turn it into another Marshall-fest seems to work against that. Continue reading →

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Rob Marshall and NINE

Posted on November 28, 2009 by David Fick

My doubts are primarily in regard to whether Marshall’s concept will end up justifying all of the choices he’s made in the making of NINE. If, in the final analysis, it works, then it works and the cuts (and interpolations) won’t matter. Whether it does (and whether they do) is what we’re waiting to see. Continue reading →

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“Discouraging Words”: Lyrics for Musical Theatre

Posted on October 1, 2009 by David Fick

In 1998, Steven Winn wrote an article about lyric writing in contemporary musical theatre for the San Francisco Chronicle: Discouraging Words. The general thrust of his article is that “Broadway lyrics, with a few exceptions, have lost the wit and … Continue reading →

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NINE….

Posted on June 13, 2009 by David Fick

I was browsing through some old bookmarks and came across the trailer for Rob Marshall’s upcoming film version of Nine, Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston’s musical based on Frederico Fellini’s 8½: I really, really, really want this film to be … Continue reading →

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