Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Here's a review of the new opera about Walt Disney -- 'The Perfect American' written by Philip Glass which debuted in London. My favorite description: <Walt grapples with a series of antagonists—from the artist Dantine, fired for trying to form a union and angry about having his creative output completely appropriated by Walt, to a chilling encounter with a Disneyland automaton of Abraham Lincoln, who won't stop speaking lines about freedom that were supposedly cut from its script> I love the notion of an AA Lincoln talking to Walt. "Look, you're the boss here, but Royal Dano sounds nothing like me.' <a href="http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/i/SB10001424127887324063304578524910797447722" target="_blank">http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/i...97447722</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Conceptually it sounds pretty interesting, but it sounds like they're inserting a lot of the modern image of Walt into his life. I might be interested to see it performed at some point, but I definitely don't think I'd make my way to London just to see it >>...and he orders his family to preserve his body by freezing after his death so that he can be resurrected.<< Reading this, I wonder exactly how much of the opera is factual, and how much is based in rumors and urban legends. Walt was cremated, which is about as far from frozen as you can get.
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Originally Posted By Yookeroo "but I definitely don't think I'd make my way to London just to see it" There's never been a play written or performed that I'd go to London just to see. And I like London.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The pre-show to 'The Perfect American' is a short, one-act, featuring 'Roy O. Disney' in 'Stuff My Brother Says' about the ups and downs of being the 'other Disney brother'
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder So if anyone beaks into "KILL THE WABBIT! KILL THE WABBIT!" will it be because of Oswald?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Jim in Merced stars in the new one-act play "ADMINed!" Jim shares Disney history and memories in this raucous, profanity-laden but very funny show as he battles the dreaded (and unseen) RED PEN. Featuring beloved Disney songs, liberally peppered with irreverent, blush-inducing asides, Jim does to Disney what Avenue Q did to Sesame Street -- and then some!
Originally Posted By leemac The reviews were mostly glowing when it debuted in Madrid but the London critics have disliked it - my libretto has come in for a pounding. I saw A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath in NYC recently (at the Soho Rep) and that was very entertaining indeed. Our four actors - Walt, Roy, Diane and Ron - but all of them were excellent. Diane is played by Amanda Quaid - Randy's daughter and she is excellent. I'd previously seen her in the exceptional Cock (called Cockfight Play in NYC). NYT loved this play too: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/theater/reviews/death-of-walt-disney-at-soho-rep.html?_r=0" target="_blank">http://theater.nytimes.com/201...tml?_r=0</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>my libretto has come in for a pounding<< Reminds me of my honeymoon.
