Re: The Who on Broadway - How difficult could it be if Kiss can do it?

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

Pete is possessive, that's why.  Notice that Gene and the boys are bringing 
in outside talent to do the show for them, and it may or may not even 
include Kiss songs.  That sounds like they're only licensing the Kiss brand 
name for some sort of joint venture.  Wonder who's backing the show?

Meanwhile, Pete wants to use his own songs and he wants to write the book 
and he wants to have the fun of doing it and seeing the name "Pete 
Townshend's (oh, yeah--and The Who's) QUADROPHENIA" up there in the lights 
and he's damn sure not going to let anybody else have any control of it.  
This has the advantage of artistic integrity, of course, but the 
disadvantage of making investors difficult to find who are willing to accept 
the terms.


keets


>I see that Kiss is planning to mount a musical theater procuction.
><http://www.sonicnet.com/news/archive/story.jhtml?id=1451271>
>
>I like this quote from Gene Simmons:
>" 'Mamma Mia!' has the right spirit. It's not really about Abba, it's more
>about the music and what it does to people.  Clearly, some of this will be 
>biographical, but we'd like to concentrate more on the magic and what it 
>all means. When you really think of it, 'The Music Man' is less about this 
>guy who comes into town and starts playing music, and more on the effect it 
>had around him. That's what we're striving for."
>
>If Gene can do this and grasp the concepts so handily, what is stopping 
>Pete from getting Quad moving?