# Edward Scissorhands--the ballet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-scissorhands-the-ballet/393972 "2007-02-28T03:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-scissorhands-the-ballet/393972/1 "2007-02-28T03:18:02Z")
[This is going to show at BAM soon.](http://www.bam.org/events/07EDWA/07EDWA_video.aspx) Has anyone seen this? I really liked this movie and I particulary liked the music. So I’m wondering if I should plunk down the big bucks to see this. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-scissorhands-the-ballet/393972/2 "2007-02-28T11:43:58Z")
One of my coworkers went when it was in Philly – one of his wife’s relatives gave them tickets. They were not the only folks who left at the intermission. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-scissorhands-the-ballet/393972/3 "2007-02-28T13:58:31Z")
$30-$80? I’d try to make it. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-scissorhands-the-ballet/393972/4 "2007-02-28T18:21:30Z")
Wow! I love the movie. I’ve never been a ballet fan, but even I would go to see this. This is what ballet needs to stay (become?) popular. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-scissorhands-the-ballet/393972/5 "2007-02-28T22:15:47Z")
I hope “Edward” doesn’t have to catch anyone! A couple times in the montage he’s sans scissors - a safety concern? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-scissorhands-the-ballet/393972/6 "2007-03-01T00:04:09Z")
I have wanted to see this since I first heard it was being made. The preview looks great! I went to a ballet version of Dracula a few years back that was excellent. I’m not a huge ballet fan, so having an interesting story I could follow, costumes, a dark theme, etc. really helped me enjoy the production. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-scissorhands-the-ballet/393972/7 "2007-03-01T00:53:32Z")
The first time I saw this movie, in the theaters, when the credits started to roll I turned to my date and said, “THIS needs to be turned into an opera.” I still think that would be better than a ballet, but I’ll take it. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-scissorhands-the-ballet/393972/8 "2007-03-01T01:18:58Z")
Ok, I’m pretty sure I’m going to go see it. I’ll write a review when I do. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-scissorhands-the-ballet/393972/9 "2007-03-01T03:51:21Z")
I didn’t see it when it was in LA, primarily for two reasons. First, I couldn’t convince anyone to go with me, and I don’t like going to the theater alone. Second, it’s by Matthew Bourne. His Swan Lake? Awesome. [A Play Without Words](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316052), however, was bizarre. But do report after you see it. If nothing else, it should be visually stunning. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-scissorhands-the-ballet/393972/10 "2007-03-01T13:15:40Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] I hope “Edward” doesn’t have to catch anyone! A couple times in the montage he’s sans scissors - a safety concern? [/QUOTE] Or possibly a dream sequence in which he is “normal”. I’ve seen poseter of this and thought it was a musical, and the idea of Edward singing was repugnant to me. I didn’t like that idea at all, but a _dance_ production makes more sense somehow. Like a picture book come to life: it somehow seems more suited to the fairytale than a musical would.