POP QUIZ: Robert Webb
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QUIZ TAKER:
Robert Webb, 55, musical director and conductor of the new Swine Palace production, “Hair.”
WHAT I’M LISTENING TO:
National Public Radio — “I haven’t been listening to the radio a lot lately because I left my car back in New York, but when I do listen I listen to a lot of NPR. Whatever they’re playing.”
WHAT I’M WATCHING:
“Lost” — “It’s suspenseful and it’s a little bit creepy and sci-fi without being overtly sci-fi.”
WHAT I’M READING:
The script for “Spring Awakening” — “It won all the Tonys when it was new. It’s like ‘Hair’ in many ways.”
WHERE I’M SURFING (WEB SITE):
CNN.com — “It seems more balanced and middle of the road than its competitor.”
BONUS QUESTION:
Many of the songs featured in “Hair” — like “Aquarius,” “Sunshine” and “Hair” itself — are immediately recognizable to people of almost any generation. What is it about this music that still has so much broad appeal?
“I think it is a couple of things. One, it has hooks and it has melodies — I think that grabs people a lot. Then there is the fact that some of these songs were on the equivalent of the Top 40. This was the last Broadway show that ever happened to.
“Also the lyrics are really, really beautiful. In some cases, they lifted the lyrics right out of Shakespeare. One of my favorite pieces of the show is late in the second act called “What a Piece of Work is Man” and the entire lyric is quoted right out of Shakespeare.”
— John Boyd,
Advocate staff writer
Robert Webb, 55, musical director and conductor of the new Swine Palace production, “Hair.”
WHAT I’M LISTENING TO:
National Public Radio — “I haven’t been listening to the radio a lot lately because I left my car back in New York, but when I do listen I listen to a lot of NPR. Whatever they’re playing.”
WHAT I’M WATCHING:
“Lost” — “It’s suspenseful and it’s a little bit creepy and sci-fi without being overtly sci-fi.”
WHAT I’M READING:
The script for “Spring Awakening” — “It won all the Tonys when it was new. It’s like ‘Hair’ in many ways.”
WHERE I’M SURFING (WEB SITE):
CNN.com — “It seems more balanced and middle of the road than its competitor.”
BONUS QUESTION:
Many of the songs featured in “Hair” — like “Aquarius,” “Sunshine” and “Hair” itself — are immediately recognizable to people of almost any generation. What is it about this music that still has so much broad appeal?
“I think it is a couple of things. One, it has hooks and it has melodies — I think that grabs people a lot. Then there is the fact that some of these songs were on the equivalent of the Top 40. This was the last Broadway show that ever happened to.
“Also the lyrics are really, really beautiful. In some cases, they lifted the lyrics right out of Shakespeare. One of my favorite pieces of the show is late in the second act called “What a Piece of Work is Man” and the entire lyric is quoted right out of Shakespeare.”
— John Boyd,
Advocate staff writer
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