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| Posted by: carolinaguy 08:32 am EDT 05/23/23 | |
| In reply to: give me THE PIRATE QUEEN! - bmc 11:05 pm EDT 05/22/23 | |
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| I saw THE PIRATE QUEEN in its Chicago run as well. I confess to being a huge fan of LES MIS (which was my gateway drug into a love of theater) and MISS SAIGON. TPQ was a mess, though. Some of Schonberg's melodies ("She Who Has All," "Sail to the Stars," "I'll Be There" for example) were ravishing, but the story was preposterous and the love songs were so generic. (One was titled "Here on This Night.") In one sequence, Block gave birth belowdecks on a ship, then raced upstairs to join a sword fight. There was just no emotional center that worked, so everything fell flat. There were a lot of big choral numbers that were gorgeously sung, but the attempts at injecting some comedy were awkward. "Boys Will Be Boys" is no "Master of the House." | |
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| re: give me THE PIRATE QUEEN! | |
| Posted by: Zelgo 10:57 am EDT 05/23/23 | |
| In reply to: re: give me THE PIRATE QUEEN! - carolinaguy 08:32 am EDT 05/23/23 | |
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| "Block gave birth belowdecks on a ship, then raced upstairs to join a sword fight." Oddly enough, that part of the story is apparently true. |
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| re: give me THE PIRATE QUEEN! | |
| Posted by: Michael_212 11:33 am EDT 05/23/23 | |
| In reply to: re: give me THE PIRATE QUEEN! - Zelgo 10:57 am EDT 05/23/23 | |
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| Yeah, she comes out and stabs in the back a soldier who had just been merciful to her husband buy giving him a chance to surrender when he could have killed him. | |
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