tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post31962602643795504..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Doctor Faustus, the MusicalJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-26291239767248377852009-07-27T13:32:58.569-04:002009-07-27T13:32:58.569-04:00As a big Mannian who loves this novel, I've go...As a big Mannian who loves this novel, I've got to say that you should definitely pursue this and try to make something of it; I've also felt that "Faustus" would be an interesting musical, though it's such a dense book of ideas that I wonder if its themes - some of which are to me still unresolved - could be licked in a theatrical format; I don't even know if Mann licked it in his novel (it's sort of the literary equivalent to "Apocalypse Now"). But this little scene that you've written is quite wonderful.EffySawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913627248614552981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-87577945546548076462008-01-23T22:41:00.000-05:002008-01-23T22:41:00.000-05:00Very amusing. As an alternative, I'd recommend Cha...Very amusing. As an alternative, I'd recommend Chapman/Idle's "Medical Love Song."Michael Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455879088769484151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-15844950717820021542008-01-23T22:14:00.000-05:002008-01-23T22:14:00.000-05:00They did try mounting a musical version of Faust. ...They did try mounting a musical version of Faust. It closed out of town and they rewrote the show to include a clever number about triplets and a hillbilly number starring nanette fabray...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045537/" REL="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045537/</A>Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454661750819637765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-1523087072017093502008-01-23T18:41:00.000-05:002008-01-23T18:41:00.000-05:00Ha!That's very funny. Good work.Ha!<BR/><BR/>That's very funny. Good work.Anthony Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170406011301084809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-51897679382866306862008-01-23T17:50:00.000-05:002008-01-23T17:50:00.000-05:00Back in college I tried writing a rock-opera versi...Back in college I tried writing a rock-opera version of Goethe's Faust. Never got very far--only laid down one track to tape, which mercifully I have since lost--but it was fun to try.<BR/><BR/>What version of the Faust tale is the Randy Newman musical based on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com