But it seems unlikely that the filmmaker's ardent fans will find any revelations in this dutiful stage facsimile of one of his most respected films.
A grave warning for cultish devotees of the movie and its several sequels: while the musical is "inspired" by the film, it is by no means a stage facsimile of it.
The problem with attempting to recreate a facsimile of a film on stage is that, inevitably, celluloid does it far better.
A1 In an election that produced no winner, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder provided a facsimile of one, bounding to a stage to raucous applause, his hands clasped above his head in a victory gesture.
The immediate object, then, is not some additional object distinct from the dynamic object but is merely some informationally incomplete facsimile of the dynamic object generated at some interim stage in a chain of signs.
What's interesting about these productions is that, just as Julie Taymor's stage version of the Lion King refused to offer a facsimile of the Disney movie but sought to investigate the story's theatrical possibilities, they are faithful to the spirit of the book but not tied too closely to it.
Ms. Taylor-Corbett's "Grosse Tarantella," by dim contrast, offered only emotional facsimiles, the dancers smiling and mugging as they flitted about the small stage (too small for Mr. Hanna's dynamic jumps and turns), executing handsome balances, swooping lifts and pitifully fake collisions.
Or rather: 'Me moind is now turrned hawrr.' But is this Shakespeare or is it a quasi-Elizabethan staging of The Archers For 10 years, the Globe, an obsessive facsimile overseen by Mark Rylance, has specialised in conjuring a theatrical time-warp.
This facsimile of a collaged book project reminded one not only of Cornell's interest in the stage, specifically the ballet, but how much the American stage lost when Cornell wasn't hired to create his unique atmospheres for any number of professional productions.
After the release of the Montreal band's debut album, many acts wanted to be Arcade Fire – Coldplay borrowed their stage gear and sound, while the Maccabees' album Wall of Arms was all but a facsimile of Funeral.
