But one mustn’t forget that sunset boulevard was the only new score musical opening on broadway in the mid 90s.
This is false. Unless by "mid 90s," you just mean the 1994-1995 season. In both the seasons before and after that, you had more new musicals, including ones with new scores. I mean, in the season right after Sunset Boulevard you had Rent, Bring in Da' Noise, Bring in Da' Funk, Big, and State Fair, among others. I count 7 new musicals that season (1995-1996). And I'd say at least two of those were radical (for the time) takes on the genre, and one which was a smash, "can't get a ticket" success (neither of which I would say about any of the new musicals from this past season).
To your point, we did have a lot more new musicals last season - there were actually 15, not 10. And 11 of those had new scores. But the 94-95 season was a bit of an outlier - certainly not representative of the "mid 90s." |
