OlBlueEyes said: "And yes, my comments about Kelli also stand. She has a wonderful voice but she's often cast wrong. HATED her in Bridges. Not her - she was just not an Italian housewife plopped into Missouri or wherever it took place.
Bridges, Skip, was the one show of Kelli's beginning withSouth Pacific that I didn't see. I had advance warning. When the book was a big deal, a copy of it was hanging around the house with my mother and I start
OlBlueEyes said: "You could well be right about this Kiss Me, Kate. It seemed a little odd to me when the ensemble dance number leading off the second act got far more applause than anything else. This was the first preview.
Kelli can't keep getting strong reviews just by showing up. Well, maybe she can if Ben Brantley writes the review.
I almost saw the Brian Stokes Mitchell - Marin Mazzie revival, but it fell through so I don't have that to compare it
OlBlueEyes said: "Bless me Father, I have sinned. I didn't think that Skip was giving a serious review. He was just trying to rattle our chains. I mean, he went through the whole cast of this Kiss Me, Kate and didn't like anybody except Corbin Bleu and he hadn't been very good either. Hewent down the list of all the director's revivals, and didn't like any. She Loves Me, On the 20th Century? And except for Pajama Game and Br
WhizzerMarvin said: "Skip, I agree that Legally Blonde is underrated and the best of the bunch. There are some clunkers in the score to be sure (Blood in the Water anyone?) and no one is going to confuse it with Passing Strange or Sunday in the Park, but it wasn’t trying to be those shows either.
The lyrics are often clever and fun, almost all of Elle’s material is well-written and some of the melodies are infectious earworms.
broadwaysfguy said: "respect and curious about all reactions and views even moreso when they differ radically from mine. im seeing the show friday
given skip that you also trashed two revivals many others i respect (and myself)thought were very well done(she loves me and on the 20th century) what revivals have you thought were grear in the past few years?"
Don't go by me. I've missed some major revivals. <
poisonivy2 said: "Skip23 said: "poisonivy2 said: "WHoa. Last I checked this was a message board, not a gathering of Musical Theater professional critics and music professors. Everyone's "credential" is that they are fans of musical theater. That's it. A teen getting so excited to see Wicked for the first time has the same "credentials" as anyone else if they bought a ticket and saw a performance. In this case, someone articulated the reas
poisonivy2 said: "WHoa. Last I checked this was a message board, not a gathering of Musical Theater professional critics and music professors. Everyone's "credential" is that they are fans of musical theater. That's it. A teen getting so excited to see Wicked for the first time has the same "credentials" as anyone else if they bought a ticket and saw a performance. In this case, someone articulated the reasons they felt a performance was lacking which by t
WhizzerMarvin said: "A musical is either an adaptation or original. There is no “essentially” original musical. Light in the Piazza was not a well-known film at the time at the time the musical came out (if it ever was),but that doesn’t stop it from being an adaptation. Light in the Piazza is neither an original musical nor an “essentially” original musical. It is an adaptation.
The statement I quoted that I disagreed with was that every singl
When you hop onto a message board where a group of people are exchanging views of a major musical revival with a stellar cast and just describe in detail, with no introduction, why this show is, uh, much worse than average, many would consider it a great lack of civility to everyone else who has offered opinions. Not that this board is especially known for civility, but we keep hoping.
Scott Ellis sinks another one. IMHO, his sketchy direction has sunk She Loves Me, 20th Century, Company, Steel Pier, 1776, Picnic and many others. He's a third tier kinda guy.
What a disaster! Worse than Disaster!
I'm reading that they're trying to update the show to make it more relatable to current audiences. In doing so, they've drained all the fun, outrageousness and show-biz out of the show. Po
I think the strength of the show is in the music. Buy the cd or stream. I’m not a fan of the constant movement and obvious lighting. And the plot basically falls apart in the second act.
And without the original cast, you could get a few clinkers when it comes to performances.
Jordan Catalano said: "They need to start by completely cutting the part of the son and focusing on the daughter (after the make her even a little bit likable) and her relationship with her mother and Joanne and the other dude she likes. Almost everything else in the show just doesnt work and feels like theyre trying to beat you over the head with social issues, one after the other after the other."
GATZ Jan 26
2019, 02:23:49 PM
I dont get it. One long drone. The acting didnt add anything to the story. Especially when the actors arent cast to type.
What? So they prove they can read it all the way through? Like watching someone run a marathon. Boring and pointless.
