I agree with you that I think America has lost its ability to appreciate music. But unfortunately a musical is a business, and if bores the audience no one is going to go despite how "technically" good the music is.
Besides, how do we define "good" music? If we are going to define it based on its difficulty, well then this show fails parlously, the melody's were typical musical fare, easy in range and easy to sing. I didn't pay much attention to the music structure.
But in my opinion good music should inspire and reach the soul. Even someone with no appreication for the technicalities of opera music can still feel inspired by an aria from a great opera, because the music has feeling and is beautiful. But the music from this show wasn't inspiring, it wasn't beautiful, it was just boring.
Just Boring
I agree with you that I think America has lost its ability to appreciate music. But unfortunately a musical is a business, and if bores the audience no one is going to go despite how "technically" good the music is.
Besides, how do we define "good" music? If we are going to define it based on its difficulty, well then this show fails parlously, the melody's were typical musical fare, easy in range and easy to sing. I didn't pay much attention to the music structure.
But in my opinion good music should inspire and reach the soul. Even someone with no appreication for the technicalities of opera music can still feel inspired by an aria from a great opera, because the music has feeling and is beautiful. But the music from this show wasn't inspiring, it wasn't beautiful, it was just boring.