In this week's issue of The Eye, Lauren Brown discusses After Work, a program in New York through which adults can pay a fee (equivalent to a gym membership) to be part of full-scale musicals. While we think this is a great way to keep the arts in your life after graduation, there are some musicals this group of people should not produce.
Annie
This wouldn't work on many levels. Firstly, the orphanage full of women just wouldn't be as depressingly cute. It would read as a brothel, and "Hard-Knock Life" would just be horrifying. Furthermore, an old, bald man taking in an older woman and giving her the life she always wanted is so cute when Annie is a kid, but if she's an adult, it gives off “Pretty Woman” vibes. Also, she calls him Daddy Warbucks. Need I say more?
