| re: THE TAP DANCE KID Last Night |
| Posted by: DavidEsq 11:18 am EST 02/07/22 |
| In reply to: re: THE TAP DANCE KID Last Night - reed23 08:21 am EST 02/07/22 |
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I was lucky enough to see the original (albeit when I was 13) and remember really liking it. As I reflect I think it was something that had flashes of amazing stuff that sticks with you connected together with a lot of forgettable stuff. (I barely remember any of the flashy production numbers - it was the more intimate stuff that sticks out). But there is no doubt which are the top two things I remember: Four Strikes Against Me with Martine Allard and Samuel E. Wright's version of Soliloquy, Rose's Turn or whatever else you want to call it. The number was even more powerful as he did not sing a note in the production prior to that song (which dramatically made sense).
I haven't seen the Encores version but I think there would have been a lot of potential with what they could have done with this as so much of the feeling of the story and the issues addressed still resonate but by all reports - they really blew it. |
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