“Fade in on a girl with a hunger for fame and a face and a name to remember.” So begins one of the most thrilling show tunes in recent memory. Interestingly enough, it’s not from a musical, at least not one on Broadway. It’s from “Smash”, one of the best shows to premiere in recent memory.
Here’s a musical that never really stood a chance. Even after seeing it and seeing how amazing it was, I knew that it was not meant to last long. If there’s a definition of “Too Good To Last” in the dictionary, “Lysistrata Jones” is the picture next to that definition.
“Carrie” is that special kind of bad. It’s a bad that causes it to be remembered throughout time as one of the worst things that ever happened to popular culture. What made it that special kind of bad, and why do I think that maybe it got less credit than it deserved?
