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Little dancer

Posted by:	dramedy 10:57 pm EST 11/18/14

The score is lush but also rather bland. It works for the show and sets the period, but definitely nothing to sink your teeth into at the end of the night unlike ragtime that also set the period but was memerable. I think the biggest flaw is that the little dancer (Marie played by tiler peck, who towers over the other dancers) dances beautifully and acts well in the part, but never ever sings. How can you have the lead character of a musical never sing a note. The adult Marie (rebecca luker) shadows the young Marie throughout the musical and gives song to the character. So when her musician lover sings his love to her, there is no duet. I found it hard to get emotionally involved with the little dancer with this gapping hole in the character. In contrast, the ballerina in on the town does sing. There is a lot to admire on stage including boyd Gaines, who gives a lot of depth to degas. Lots of ballet dancing, although the stage is very high at the eisenhower and one needs to be farther back to see the toe shoes. It is a lush score played by the orchestra that is actually in the pit and not hidden away.

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Thread:	Karen Ziemba? - seeseveryshow 12:47 pm EST 11/19/14 (4) re: Karen Ziemba? - allineedisthegirl 01:00 pm EST 11/19/14 re: Karen Ziemba? - seeseveryshow 12:49 pm EST 11/19/14 (2) some of us don't think Contact was a musical in the first place - dramedy 01:39 pm EST 11/19/14 re: Karen Ziemba? - MikeR 12:54 pm EST 11/19/14 I believe .... - jdm 05:59 am EST 11/19/14 (7) re: I believe .... - BroadwayTonyJ 10:39 am EST 11/19/14 (4) do you know who else was nominated - dramedy 11:18 am EST 11/19/14 (1) re: do you know who else was nominated - BroadwayTonyJ 12:06 pm EST 11/19/14 wow, you expect many people to know the show - dramedy 11:06 am EST 11/19/14 (1) re: wow, you expect many people to know the show - BroadwayTonyJ 12:15 pm EST 11/19/14 re: I believe he said "On the Town" ... - flaguy 07:08 am EST 11/19/14 (1) I was responding to ... - jdm 10:07 am EST 11/19/14 re: Little dancer - FrankF 11:37 pm EST 11/18/14 (1) There is no comparison with rocky - dramedy 06:56 am EST 11/19/14 re: Little dancer - Ann 11:11 pm EST 11/18/14 (16) re: Little dancer - tpdc 09:15 am EST 11/19/14 (14) she did - dramedy 09:39 am EST 11/19/14 (10) Maybe it's your frame of reference, but Tiler Peck is listed online as 4' 10" - Ann 09:47 am EST 11/19/14 (6) That's probably from when she was in The Music Man - audrey-in-ca 11:32 am EST 11/19/14 (1) That makes sense - Ann 11:48 am EST 11/19/14 that is surprising - dramedy 09:59 am EST 11/19/14 (3) re: that is surprising - Ann 10:10 am EST 11/19/14 (2) spoiler - dramedy 10:23 am EST 11/19/14 (1) re: spoiler - Ann 10:25 am EST 11/19/14 re: she did - tpdc 09:46 am EST 11/19/14 (2) it got a good response last night (Spoiler maybe) - dramedy 10:08 am EST 11/19/14 the actual Degas statue is named Little Dancer of 14 Years - dramedy 10:03 am EST 11/19/14 The score - Ann 09:22 am EST 11/19/14 (2) my friend said the exact same thing about Disney feel to the songs - dramedy 09:34 am EST 11/19/14 re: The score - tpdc 09:29 am EST 11/19/14 I think the jokes are still in - dramedy 11:29 pm EST 11/18/14

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