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re: Last Ship last night

Posted by:	Delvino 07:25 pm EST 01/17/15
In reply to:	re: Last Ship last night - Shutterbug 06:46 pm EST 01/17/15

I saw it Tuesday, and share all posted enthusiasm. The score is just superb, the production exemplary in every way. My feeling on the book: in some ways it's a situation and not a story, though admittedly a rich one. The turns - an "occupy the shipyard," a death in act two, present opportunities for more impact on the throughline than are mined. Most of the plot per se is in the backstory, and then the final 10 minutes. But every scene holds emotional power presented in the songs, and they are glorious. I'm quibbling about post-performance ruminations. I stood and cheered in the theater, wet-eyed.

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