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Posted: 3/30/11 at 12:48am
Where to start? Holy God in heaven, where to start?! I bought tickets for myself and my friend who is probably one of Beth Leavel's biggest fans. I was excited to see a train wreck, he was excited to see her and he told me he was going to love this show. About 15 minutes into it he looks at me and mouths "Can we go"? We didn't go, but part of me really wanted to join the others who left continuously throughout the show tonight.
This is right up there with GOOD VIBRATIONS as the worst jukebox musical ever put on the stage. The fact that they sacrifice any kind of plot just to get more music that has absolutely nothing to do with the "story" shows the kind of ineptitude that went into the "scriptwriting". Seriously, who wrote this? A computer program? The story that's interesting here is NOT Florence Greenberg, it's The Shirelles. They went from being the most famous all girl group in the world to not being able to get a job. But every element of happiness, sadness, etc. in their story was cut out. Their entire story was cut out. When Florence hears the girls sing on the playground and immediately hands them contracts I burst out laughing. Magically two seconds later and six months later the girls are famous. What happened in between? It doesn't matter, they need to fit five songs in there! There's no time for plot or character development!
If you do go see this show, bring a flask and play a little drinking game. Every time Beth Leavel walks on the stage, says one line and walks off dramatically take a shot. You'll be drunk in 10 minutes. Walk on, walk off, walk on walk off, walk on, walk off. I'm surprised she didn't have whiplash by intermission.
And also a note for anyone in the future who wants to use real people as characters in your show: Make sure they SOUND LIKE THE PERSON THEY'RE PLAYING. Lesley Gore and Dionne Warwick did not sing their songs like they were making fun of what musical theatre sounds like.
Anyways, I have a headache from enduring this mindless piece of shlt. It wasn't even the kind of garbage you can walk out of and be glad you saw something so stupid. Everyone involved with it should be ashamed of themselves.
This is right up there with GOOD VIBRATIONS as the worst jukebox musical ever put on the stage. The fact that they sacrifice any kind of plot just to get more music that has absolutely nothing to do with the "story" shows the kind of ineptitude that went into the "scriptwriting". Seriously, who wrote this? A computer program? The story that's interesting here is NOT Florence Greenberg, it's The Shirelles. They went from being the most famous all girl group in the world to not being able to get a job. But every element of happiness, sadness, etc. in their story was cut out. Their entire story was cut out. When Florence hears the girls sing on the playground and immediately hands them contracts I burst out laughing. Magically two seconds later and six months later the girls are famous. What happened in between? It doesn't matter, they need to fit five songs in there! There's no time for plot or character development!
If you do go see this show, bring a flask and play a little drinking game. Every time Beth Leavel walks on the stage, says one line and walks off dramatically take a shot. You'll be drunk in 10 minutes. Walk on, walk off, walk on walk off, walk on, walk off. I'm surprised she didn't have whiplash by intermission.
And also a note for anyone in the future who wants to use real people as characters in your show: Make sure they SOUND LIKE THE PERSON THEY'RE PLAYING. Lesley Gore and Dionne Warwick did not sing their songs like they were making fun of what musical theatre sounds like.
Anyways, I have a headache from enduring this mindless piece of shlt. It wasn't even the kind of garbage you can walk out of and be glad you saw something so stupid. Everyone involved with it should be ashamed of themselves.
Updated On: 3/30/11 at 12:48 AM
