| re: Pefect first scenes ; SOUTH SPECIFIC |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 05:22 pm EDT 07/11/18 |
| In reply to: Pefect first scenes ; CLEAR DAY and CAMELOT - bmc 03:34 pm EDT 07/11/18 |
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Call me crazy, but like a lotta musical theatre kids, I'd never actually seen a production of SOUTH PACIFIC until the last LCT revival.
I left the theater calling it SOUTH SPECIFIC. I couldn't believe how well written the whole thing was.
And, more than anything, I couldn't believe how much exposition and music all happened in the FIRST SCENE. That thing is friggin EPIC, and I'm still amazed at how well it works considering our modern short attention spans. I honestly just sat there shocked that we heard four complete songs in one scene, and I REALLY couldn't believe that R&H put their best song right up front.
I still don't really know how they did it. Or why. I feel like anyone in their right mind would tell them to save Sam & Janet Evening for the end of Act 1. Then again... they surely understood that three reprises of a melody that good wouldn't bother any of us.
But such huge kudos to Logan and Hammerstein II. They were absolutely on the same page.
- GMB |
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