@musicals
kbin.social/m/Musicals
Includes Broadway, off-Broadway, the West End, other parts of the US and UK, and musicals around the world. Created by @Prouvaire.
Thanks for the shoutout! The community is growing slowly but steadily.
Glad to hear it’s growing. I’ve noticed you’re pretty much the only contributor, aside from my question the other day that pretty much duplicates an introduction question from your welcome post. I’m not too sure what to post as I don’t spend too much time staying up-to-date with the latest Broadway news—I mostly exist in my own little theatre community where I spend most of my time working on our current show.
Having your own little theatre community is cool. What show are you working on?
There’s a “90-9-1” rule when it comes to social media: 90% of people lurk, 9% contribute sometimes and 1% contribute regularly. I think the Fediverse musicals community needs to grow at least ten-fold, and maybe more, for it to reach critical mass, so it’ll take some more time till we get there. Will keep plugging away in any case (time permitting) with news links, until there are enough people for it to become more discussion-oriented.
Something Rotten!
I feel like the only humor the show has is sex jokes and theatre references. As someone who enjoys both, as someone whose favorite line in the show is “don’t be a penis, the man is a genius,” it gets grating. The references are especially grating in “It’s a Musical”. In that song, a few references are done elegantly, but most just sound like someone took random clips from their favorite musicals and set them in sequence with no regard to how well they flow together.
Also, the vocal music in the back of the libretto has some mismatches with the piano/conductor score. Incredibly irritating.
All the songs are catchy, though, and the Keyboard I part is pretty easy for me.
I try to contribute to the Fediverse for communities I care about, and am doing my best to post frequently without being annoyingly spammy.