So now, how did the Filipino stage production do?
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Whitmore and her posse in the church in the movie version. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” was sung by Franz against his father in Act II of the stage version, but was sung by Mrs. Whitmore (Zeta-Jones) respectively against each other in the latter part of the movie version. Regina sings both “We Built This City” and “We’re Not Gonna Take It” as protest songs in the first part of the stage version, but these were sung by Lonnie (Russell Brand) and Mrs. Some songs were sung by different characters in different parts of the story.
There were several songs which did not make it to the film at all like “Cum On Feel the Noize,” “The Final Countdown,” “High Enough,” “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” “Oh Sherrie” and the very cheesy “The Search is Over.”
The character of bohemian activist Regina was totally not in the film as well. I guess bad Germans do not really make good movie material nowadays. The stage characters who wanted to demolish the Bourbon Room were a German father and son, Hertz and Franz Kleinmann, who wanted to build their own Foot Locker store in that space. The roles of the Mayor Whitmore and his wife Patricia (Bryan Cranston and Catherine Zeta-Jones) were not in the stage version. In the stage version, that seduction song was sung by Jaxx with Sherrie in the men’s bathroom. The role of Constance (the Rolling Stones magazine reporter), while only a bit role in the stage version, was very much expanded in the movie (with Malin Ackerman), and she was even given the song “I Want to Know What Love Is” with Stacee Jaxx. (In an exclusive interview with RAPPLER, Mig Ayesa compares the musical to a rock concert.)
While the stage version is very busy and felt rather disjointed compared to the film, it still has a charm of its own, especially since it is performed live. The movie is kind enough to protect Sherrie’s innocence and naivete, so unlike the stage Sherrie who is considerably less prudent. The movie, while it has scenes of sexual, drunken and drugged debauchery, is surprisingly still a more sanitized version of the rowdier stage version, which really crisp, spicy language. The movie version, on the other hand, is all about Tom Cruise as rock icon, Stacee Jaxx, as every other character would all fly beneath his big shadow. The love story of Drew and Sherrie is clearly the central focus of the stage version. We could not help but compare this stage musical with the movie we had just watched. But egocentric Jaxx’s visit wreaks havoc on the love story of our young couple.Ĭan Dupree save the Bourbon Room? Can Drew get Sherrie back? To generate much-needed funds, Dupree invites rock star Stacee Jaxx - who started his career at the Bourbon Room - to hold a big concert there. This rock establishment, run by Dennis Dupree and his friend (and the play’s narrator) Lonnie, was in unfortunate financial straits. We caught the show right on its opening night at the RCBC Auditorium last June 15.Įxcept for a few plot points, the story of the play was, of course, basically the same as what we saw in the film: Young musician Drew meets young singer Sherrie at the Bourbon Room, located in the Sunset Strip of Los Angeles. MANILA, Philippines – Last June 14, my wife and I caught the first day of the local showing of the movie version of the hit Broadway musical, “Rock of Ages.” I do not know if it was quite the coincidence that the local stage production of “Rock of Ages” by Atlantis also opened that week.
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