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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: dooey 09:04 am EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - Teacher64 04:49 am EDT 08/06/14

Not looking to get into an argument, but I just wanted to chime in and offer an alternate opinion.

I saw it with my wife and teenage daughter and all three of us were thoroughly enchanted by the entire show. We found it totally engaging and brilliantly staged. We loved the score and found the book very engaging, even after knowing the film well. My daughter keeps saying how she can't wait for a cast recording, and truth be told, I'm looking forward to it as well. The score definitely had a modern pop sound, but it really seemed to work because of the style and staging of the show.

I had a few quibbles here and there: "Believe"--fun song, but staging seemed kind of silly--just some dancing bees and some lame projections. "Circus"--I kept expecting it to build into a full carousel, but it never really did.

We LOVED how stylized and quirky everything was. The servants were fabulous. I thought the dog was kind of silly, but the audience members seemed to love it; it WAS consistent with Nana in PETER PAN, so I accepted it.

And we thought the HOOK number at the end of Act I was astonishing. Actually, song after song seemed to "wow" us. So fun and clever and moving and wonderfully staged! Dang--now I want to see it again!

Sorry you didn't enjoy it as much as we did.


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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: Teacher64 10:08 am EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - dooey 09:04 am EDT 08/06/14

I am glad you liked it. The show did get a standing ovation at the end, but then these days, what show doesn't? And a lot of talk I heard while walking out was in the "It was OK" mode.
I really don't believe the show will make it to NY in its current incarnation. But then, that is what out of town tryouts are for, right? They are going to need to do a lot of work on this show before it comes to NY; "tweaking" is simply not going to do it.


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re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers)

Posted by: lowwriter 09:58 am EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Saw FINDING NEVERLAND tonight (long and spoilers) - dooey 09:04 am EDT 08/06/14

I went with two friends on two separate days over the weekend and they both enjoyed the show as much as I did. (Though I had reservations which I noted in another thread below.)

Because I love the film I thought my reaction might be a little skewed but I talked to several people during intermission and afterwards at both performances to make sure my reaction wasn't off. The audience members I spoke to praised the cast and the show though one fellow agreed with me that the choreography could be improved upon.

Now that I'm away from the show I do think the number with Mary adjusting the room at the beginning of the show doesn't add very much.


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