| re: THE MUSIC MAN Last Night | |
| Last Edit: Roman 11:48 am EST 02/10/22 | |
| Posted by: Roman 11:45 am EST 02/10/22 | |
| In reply to: THE MUSIC MAN Last Night - sergius 11:28 pm EST 02/09/22 | |
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| I liked it. Didn’t love it. The scenic design is drab. DRAB. I don’t understand the red barn wall — it really shuts us off from the stage. It’s not welcoming. Hugh is miscast and doesn’t quite pull it off. He’s trying real hard to make it look effortless. Too hard. He’s very pretty but there isn’t much a performance in his performance. It’s Hugh being Hugh rather than Hugh playing Harold Hill. Sutton is giving a fantastic and very funny performance, though vocally she’s all wrong (which I think even she has acknowledged). But her charm and funny portrayal more than makes up for it. She’s a winner. Iowa Stubborn is a disaster. It’s our first view of these Iowa characters and the staging of it brings the energy Rock Island began to a halt. The tempos of the songs are slower, it seemed. Can anyone with a better ear confirm? Seemed slower to me, which took some zest out of the piece. As do the rewritten lyrics. Marian The Librarian is 5-minutes of absolute joy and the highpoint of the show. The extended applause from the audience was well-earned. Man, I could watch that again and again. And woe unto those who decided to cut “It’s You”. The song isn’t even two minutes long! Why go through the trouble of staging a revival of The Music Man and cut this charmer? I don’t understand this decision at all. It may add nothing to the plot, but man is it charming. Why on earth would you take a charmer outta the show? It actually kinda pissed me off. Like Thanksgiving dinner with no gravy or pumpkin pie. It’s a fine production, with its highlights. And the audiences will eat it up (if only to justify the scandalous amount they paid for tickets). But man this could have been so much better. It certainly is NOT worth what they have the nerve to ask us to pay for tickets. But The Music Man is tried and true. If only they tried a little more. |
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