Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Sunday, October 01, 2006
"[L]et’s be honest: you need Jule Styne-type melodies to really merit an overture. And a big enough band to play them. Why do an overture unless you’ve got xylophones going crazy?"
Fortunately we've got masterworks all over Branson East. Who needs overtures? We should note Hello, Dolly! opened without an overture despite its presence on the cast album; on the other hand, it wasn't written by a Jerry Herman imitator.
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