I’ve only seen three musicals on Broadway, Ben. Man of Lamancha, Fiddler on the Roof, and Beautiful:the Carole King Musical. It’s quite an experience. I was able to see the Book of Mormon on YouTube (a bootleg recording) with a favorite actor of mine, Ben Platt (your namesake). It is gritty, of course. Or maybe I should say “coarse” of course. I loved it. Anything or anyone can be an object of worship. We see that to the nth degree these days. I think one message from the play is that the purveyors of biblical “truth” have a fluid? message. Amidst all the humor, the point is clear. Given the right circumstances, people will believe anything.
Sorry for the delayed reply! The end of August always gets a little hectic for me.
I've been eager to go back to Broadway since! I've had much more of a tolerance for theater as an adult. The first time I went to Broadway, I've gotta admit that Wicked didn't to a whole lot for me and most of my peers.
Glad to hear you at least got to see it on YouTube! The writing is the real genius of it, so I imagine that gave you a lot of the experience. I'm surprised I never made a point of doing that myself truthfully. And spot on about the moral behind the musical. It's riotous, but definitely has that quintessentially incisive societal commentary.
I’ve only seen three musicals on Broadway, Ben. Man of Lamancha, Fiddler on the Roof, and Beautiful:the Carole King Musical. It’s quite an experience. I was able to see the Book of Mormon on YouTube (a bootleg recording) with a favorite actor of mine, Ben Platt (your namesake). It is gritty, of course. Or maybe I should say “coarse” of course. I loved it. Anything or anyone can be an object of worship. We see that to the nth degree these days. I think one message from the play is that the purveyors of biblical “truth” have a fluid? message. Amidst all the humor, the point is clear. Given the right circumstances, people will believe anything.
Sorry for the delayed reply! The end of August always gets a little hectic for me.
I've been eager to go back to Broadway since! I've had much more of a tolerance for theater as an adult. The first time I went to Broadway, I've gotta admit that Wicked didn't to a whole lot for me and most of my peers.
Glad to hear you at least got to see it on YouTube! The writing is the real genius of it, so I imagine that gave you a lot of the experience. I'm surprised I never made a point of doing that myself truthfully. And spot on about the moral behind the musical. It's riotous, but definitely has that quintessentially incisive societal commentary.
Thanks as always for reading!
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