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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.
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.
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