Aida at north shore music theater
#0Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:09pm
i went to see north shore's production of aida, usire of what to expect. having seen the show on broadwya i was interested in how the show would translate to the theater in the round.
it was amazing. The venue serves the show very well, providing an extremly intimate feel that makes the show all the more powerful.
montego glover as aida is a revalation. an insipred and powerful performence. I've seen saycon and toni broaxton on broadway and ms.glover far surpassed both combined. she has a very passionate take on the role and makes little quirky hand gestures and brings some really funny moments to aida while at the same time maintaining her integrity and adding layer upon layer to the challenging character. beutiful.
brad anderson was the best radames ive seen(ive seen adam pascal and will chase) he had a few weak moment but really captured radames and the conflict the character feels, without trying to hard. and he really looks the part to me, for some reason the other two ive seen havent really struck me as looking the part.
amneris (janine la manna) amazing vocally, acting started off a little too forced a little too dumb, its a challenging part and by the end she had a grasp on it acting-wise. i did not like her wigs at all. but vocally she was amazing and she did have some strong acting choices and moments.
zoser: i think this is the character i hate most in the history of musical thetaer. no motivation ofr his evil. so one-sided, no development and the worst songs in the show. A for effort, but i'm just not a fan.
the staging: Brilliant. instead of the sterile white exhibit in the b'way production this meuseam is more abstract, it was a sandy area with jugs and artifacts that two familys and a tour guide looked through. the tomb was a pyramid and the reincarnated aida and rademes were little children, which left the audience unaware of the fact of the reincarnation, but at the end it was very clear. ameneris entrance at the begginging was beutiful, really cool. the entire show is brilliantly and cleverly transfered to the round, really nice ideas are implemented and the simplicity makes it work nicely. the costumes are BEAUTIFUL, really gorgeous. my only issue with the staging was amneris in written in the stars, she was visible to the audience, intentionally. i really missed that gasp of shock from the audience when they discovered she saw it all, but i guess there's no place to hide her really in that setting...
if anyone is in mass and can get tickets, i highly recoment it, it is the show at its most passionate, most theatrical, and most brilliant form.
#1re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:15pm
When I first heard about this, and was still really upset (well, moreso than I still am) about the Broadway production's closure, I actually contemplated taking a trip up to MA to check this out - just to see it once more. Then, pathetic idiot that I am, I saw the production photos and ruled it out because it wasn't the same, and like it or not, I hate change. I suppose it was rather unrealistic for me to actually think I'd be able to get up to Massachussetts for this anyway, but this all is beside the point.
Thanks for posting. I really enjoyed reading that, and I'm so happy to hear that some incarnation of the show is still alive and kicking, and albeit not too far from home.
#2re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:17pmGreat review! I think I may be going to MA soon, so I'd love to see it!
#3re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:19pmWho's going to replace IDina Menzel in WICKED?
#4re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:21pm
Honey, I love you, but no.
#5re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:24pmSorry - I should have known not to try and sabatoge an AIDA thread.
jmnpublications
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/04
#6re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:30pm
Glad to hear a BWW'er saw the show. My review has been posted and will go live soon. I agree about Montego Glover - captivating and immensely talented. The production was very strong, and the crowd went wild the night I was there. I encourage anyone who has the opportunity to go see this show.
Jan Nargi
#7re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:34pm
That's right, you should know better, munkustrap. *points to icon*
It's still a very delicate subject.
#8re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:35pmI got yelled at for last night. You didn't even get ot SEE the half of what I posted after you left.
#9re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:37pmAnd yet I'm still dying of exhaustion. I'll have to go look around later, though. 'Twas entertaining.
#10re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:38pmHe took it down.
#11re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 7:44pm
Figured as much.
Okay, so. AIDA.
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#12re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 8:30pmIs Aida still playing there? I should see it. I wanted to, when I first heard it was going to be there, but I don't have any money for tickets. I'd have to beg my mother. But, NSMT is only fifteen minutes away, so maybe I could convince her...hmm.
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#13re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 9:03pmI want to see it, but tix are a little on the pricey side for me, and its about 45 mins away... I dont know lol
musicaltheatreman
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/03
#14re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 9:24pmdidda you said that amneris entrance at the begining was cool? could you please explain how it was cool?? thanks :)
ShineOn
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
#15re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 10:00pm
I think I'm going to try to get tickets for next weekend...
glad you enjoyed it!
~Stewart Gilligan Griffin
#16re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 10:22pm
I saw AIDA at NSMT this weekend also
I am a friend of Ms. Glover so take this as u wish
She is a Force
When she jumps like a child in her Lover's arm's
I guivered
#17re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 10:48pm
Does AIDA have a tour going? I want to see AIDA, but Im not travelling to MA and I never got to see it on Broadway
#18re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 10:56pm
so the wasy the stage is set up at NSMT is its a thetaer in the round with trap door in it, there is one spot of the audience where there would usually be an isle but for the sake of entering, etc. there's a ramp and small barriers so it becomes the tunnel that leads backstage. for every show ive seen there it has been left open and the actors walk out through there. for Aida they put platforms on top of it. so when the meuseam started it was closed and then the measeam people all exited as the every story music picked up. the platform covering the entrance slid to the top of the entrance and revealed a blinding light and smoke through this walke dout amneris, very cool. set up the whol "im going to narrate the story now" feel.
i dont know if that makes sense, HARD to describe, but brath taking and very cool effect.
#19re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 10:57pmTour starts soon, I think, Viva.
#20re: Aida at north shore music theater
Posted: 11/8/04 at 11:20pmWahoo! There's hope for me after all!
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