| re: CAMELOT This Afternoon - SPOILERS | |
| Last Edit: toros 11:16 am EDT 04/09/23 | |
| Posted by: toros 11:11 am EDT 04/09/23 | |
| In reply to: CAMELOT This Afternoon - den 09:22 pm EDT 04/08/23 | |
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| I enjoyed this revival of Camelot very much. Despite the size of the stage (and I admired the design), it's an intimate show. The two opening songs are small and charming, not big and bombastic. They set the tone for the entire production. The sound design is excellent, and I appreciated that the music wasn't blasted. This show doesn't need that. The relationship between the three leads has been altered, with some success. The challenges of an arranged marriage are foregrounded, and since Arthur sees Guinevere as a "business partner," she looks elsewhere for "satisfaction," although she's in love with the King (this could have been clearer, rather than just revealed at the end). Giving her song, "I Loved You Once In Silence," to Lancelot assists this shift - she never says she loves Lancelot it this revival. The T. H. White book, on which the original production is based, is filled with playful anachronisms, so Sorkin's updates seemed appropriate, although his need to underline every political parallel felt patronizing. And I did not miss the magic. The second act of "Camelot" always went off in various directions without a clear dramatic build, and while a lot has been changed, the problems persist, and I agree that the Morgan Le Fay sequence disappoints. After its powerful opening image, the show starts subtly, moves at a deliberate pace, and ends quietly. This flies in the face of the size and grandeur that many audiences expect in a show about a legendary kingdom, but Camelot is a unique musical, and has its own distinct charms, most of which are on display in this production. | |
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