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| March 22 evening performance | |
| Last Edit: seeseveryshow 03:01 pm EDT 04/06/23 | |
| Posted by: seeseveryshow 02:52 pm EDT 04/06/23 | |
| In reply to: Jordan Donica out of Camelot and Sorkin’s changes - lowwriter 10:22 am EDT 04/06/23 | |
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| Christian Mark Gibbs filled in for Jordan Danica on March 22, and he was brilliant. Couldn’t imagine the role played any better. No problem with sound from second row center section 300 seats. Loved the show, and didn’t mind the Sorkin updates. I don’t think most audiences will know or care about a few generally irrelevant anachronisms. I had one minor note that I passed on to a production associate: the investiture scene thrones, which were curiously positioned downfront with their backs to the audience, blocked our view of the investiture, and the start of Arthur’s speech that followed. I thought the scene should have been presented with the thrones more upstage and facing the audience. Maybe that’s now been fixed. Overall, it’s a terrific night in the theater. A handsome production, beautifully staged and performed, with an update that provided some character development, and gave dimension and resonance to the story. Would I have preferred a faithful reproduction of the original Burton/Andrews/Goulet production? Yes! However, it is noted that the memorable original orchestrations have not been touched. Highly recommended. |
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| re: March 22 evening performance | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 08:07 pm EDT 04/07/23 | |
| In reply to: March 22 evening performance - seeseveryshow 02:52 pm EDT 04/06/23 | |
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| I’m in LA, and not going to see this unless it tours, but having anyone in an Arthurian piece—be it legendary, as in various literary sources that comprise the Matter of Britain, or be it more gritty and historical, with Arthur as the late 5th century Romano-British warlord—that mentions Voltaire is going to have me muttering darkly in my seat. Voltaire? The eighteenth century dude, the driving force of the Enlightenment? WTF is Voltaire doing in bloody Camelot? Laura in LA |
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| re: March 22 evening performance | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:22 pm EDT 04/07/23 | |
| In reply to: re: March 22 evening performance - showtunetrivia 08:07 pm EDT 04/07/23 | |
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| Friends who were there two days ago and who didn't like it said that they didn't hear any mentions of Voltaire. So perhaps they have wisely dropped those. | |
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| re: March 22 evening performance | |
| Last Edit: melvotaw 06:03 pm EDT 04/07/23 | |
| Posted by: melvotaw 05:50 pm EDT 04/07/23 | |
| In reply to: March 22 evening performance - seeseveryshow 02:52 pm EDT 04/06/23 | |
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| When I saw it this past Wednesday matinee with Mattias, it was SUCH a disappointment. I don't mind the contemporary lines so much, but if first, there's no love between Guinevere and Arthur, and then no heat/eroticism between Guinevere and Lancelot, what are we even there for? And then, she says she doesn't really love Lancelot but "oops, I loved you, Arthur, all this time and acted like I didn't care about you at all; sorry for screwing a guy I didn't even love and causing a war in the process"? Honestly, that's just f***ed up. Take out the magical elements if you must, but leave at least enough of the romance that we give a crap about the characters. | |
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| re: March 22 evening performance | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 01:08 am EDT 04/07/23 | |
| In reply to: March 22 evening performance - seeseveryshow 02:52 pm EDT 04/06/23 | |
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| They are still positioning the throne seats with the backs to the audience. In The King and I, a piece of scenery blocked part of the Shall We Dance number from view so scenery obstacles are nothing new in Sher directed shows. There are also high bars on the left and right ends of the stage near the audience seats so if you sit in the front in the far sections of the orchestra your view of the stage may be obstructed. | |
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