BWW TV: Chicago At The Hollywood Bowl — Page 3

Exactly. Shakespeare's existing plays are all stolen bootlegs, not officially released copies of the script. Hence the variances.

Very mixed review from Variety.
http://variety.com/2013/legit/reviews/review-chicago-hollywood-bowl-1200568904/

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I was at the show last night. It was pretty tight. All of the players were very good without being particularly distinctive or definitive. With the exception of Lucy Lawless who not only has a very VERY unpleasant upper vocal register...her acting was pretty sub par! Samantha Barks was in fine voice, but isn't much of a dancer, which is not really what one looks for in a Velma Kelly. And Ashlee Simpson completely earned her star performance among a cast of starrier names. She even had the requisite raspy Gwen/Reinking talking/singing voice! Great ensemble, the Cell Block Tango got cheers when announced, so the girls were amped up to give stellar readings. And Stephen Moyer has a surprisingly good crooner voice (that went flat a couple of times). Drew Carey was endearing and funny while still being somewhat amateurish as Amos. The Bowl is a wonderful venue, its always a pleasure to see something there. The two jumbo-trons help you register faces and are actually directed with different camera shots live-edited.

I was also at the performance last night. I thouroughly enjoyed it and thought the cast was very strong. The audience was very hyped up and I think everyone on stage fed off the energy.

I thought Samantha Barks and Lucy Lawless were standouts. I was pleasantly surprised by Ashlee Simpson, having never seen any of her acting. Stephen Moyer was superb - I loved the little nod he gave to True Blood. as was Drew Carey.

It was definietly one of the better staged musicals at the Bowl. All in all, a nice evening under the stars in Hollywood.

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Updated On: 7/28/13 at 01:58 PM

During the line "They'll let you get/Away with murder" he hovers behind a chorine's extended neck.

I thought the show was amazing. Sitting in the 1st row of section H, the HD screens were a God-sent. I felt everyone was in good form. To me it felt Carey's humor didn't carry well from were I was sitting. It kind of fell flat at times. And I agree, it seemed most of the direction and choreography was "borrowed" from the existing Broadway show. I looked through the program and didn't see any credit given to Reinking.

Nevermind, Queen Latifah needs to play Mama Morton!!!!

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I am simply pointing out the fact that I am, indeed, correct when I say it is not allowed.

It is also to show that the group posting the amateur videos of the production did not have permission to do so.

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Here's some of my pics from the show. It was pretty good.

http://imgur.com/a/928UZ#0

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Oh fer craps sake, yes they do stop people. They stop as many as they can, but with 17,000 people in a huge venue, it's very difficult to stop them all.

But go ahead and continue to blather on, even after I've proven it to you.

And continue to pull out your flash cameras to prove what an idiot you are considering a flash doesn't work past 4 feet...

And then post them here for everyone to see.


Because it MUST be okay, right?!

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Now, of the major cast members, who amongst them would be a good addition to the Broadway cast? Whether they'd be interested in that is another story.

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