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re: Some things I should to my response

Posted by:	enoch10 12:06 am EST 01/22/15
In reply to:	Some things I should to my response - AlanScott 10:18 pm EST 01/19/15

>> don't you expect to hear decidedly stronger singing than you get from some people here, at least in roles that were written to be performed by people who can really sing normally, yes. i think i gave this a pass because it seemed to be about so much more than that. also, even the singing that didn't knock me out moved me. that's what this production really has going for it. i was deeply and profoundly moved. i don't disagree with any of your reservations. i wouldn't challenge you on a single one. they just didn't bother me. nor did the dreaded doyle-esque playing of the instruments. i swear if i had known about that ahead of time, as much as i admire fiasco, i might have passed. i'm so glad i didn't. it brought home to me that it really isn't the technique i object to. it's doyle's insistence on underlining that's what he's having them do. it comes off as clumsy. not with these guys. i was as close to being into-the-woodsed out as i have ever been when i walked in there. on top of that for it to have to rise above everything it had to to move the way it did is some kind of miracle. the worst part of it? it is impossible for me to watch INTO THE WOODS without crying at the end. it just isn't going to happen. i was sitting really close and one of the actors was watching me. i fought it but once the chin started quivering she started playing right to me and ... down the tears came. at least i kept it quiet. so, i am really curious. if anyone was there thuesday night. did you notice anything, umm, interesting going on when the baker's wife and the prince came up from behind the couch?

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