| re: My take on INTO THE WOODS |
| Posted by: Revned 01:11 am EST 11/18/22 |
| In reply to: re: My take on INTO THE WOODS - theaterisok 12:35 am EST 11/18/22 |
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Thanks for the kind response and for taking the time to read my long post!
Dating myself here, I did see and love the original, both onstage and on TV.
I understand what you’re saying, but in both of the cases you mention, I feel there are significant distinctions.
I remember Kim Crosby stumbling and falling and skidding across the ground as Cinderella. But in the revival there are added somersaults that I don’t remember Crosby doing. Just one example of a joke being coarsened by being taken too far.
To my eye, the approach to the princes was markedly different. Westenberg and Wagner were more grounded, and delineated the characters with a much lighter touch. The wit was more subtle and the musical staging of “Agony” was much simpler and more elegant, without the flamboyant gestures and showy choreography Creel and Karl are doing. They also wore very handsome uniforms, which created a more romantic and dignified effect than the garishly colorful fop costumes used in the revival. |
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"Agony" 1987 |
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