WISHIHADATONY - "Often folks confuse affection for a recording with actual memories of what took place onstage."
I have quite vivid memories of what took place on stage and it was breathtaking. Most notable were Willamania and extended opening sequence, the rope tricks and comedy of Give a Man Enough Rope, the beautiful moon during My Unknown Someone, the hilarious dog antics during the Wild West Show, the abrupt ending of We're Heading for a Wedding (I'll never forget the girls hiking up their gowns to exit the back of the staircase shaking theirs heads in disgust), the charming family song The Big Time with clever hat choreography, the jaw-dropping (and funny) Custer's Last Stand living tableau (cut from the tour), the gorgeous Ziegfeld Follies sequence (like going back in time), the obvious show-stopper Our Favorite Son, the torch song 11 o'clock No Man Left For Me, the gorgeous parade of Ziegfeld girls and costumes during Presents for Mrs. Rogers (and poignant ending of the number with the Wall Street crash), and the simple yet effective Without You reprise and Never Met a Man finale.
Maybe it could be perceived as boring, but I honestly can't see how.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
