Gopcharles said: "Was privileged to see Carousel last night. It was excellent, powerful, beautiful. Whatever problems it may have had a few weeks back may have been rectified or were not apparent to me. No songs were cut."
My favorite part of theater is how people can have completely different take aways from the same show, even the same show. I am very glad you enjoyed it so immensely last night.
I just wonder what about the production you found to be powerful, excellent, and beautiful? Of course the dancing, which is among the best I've seen on a Broadway stage, but if you were to take that away, the production felt limp and lifeless to me. I go to the theater to be moved and to feel, and I could not have been less moved last night.
Re: Addipia94, I hope you enjoy the show, too! The bigger problem isn't going to be Jessie and Joshua finding chemistry - they're professionals and very talented at what they do. But they are both directed to play the roles so two dimensionally, there is zero opportunity for them to grow closer unless the directorial concept changes.
Joshua Henry has the most work to do, as his take, or whatever we're calling it, on his character, is just so larger than life it makes no sense, and dwarfs Jessie's subtle take. And then both are thrown to the wind when Lindsay Mendez steps on stage.
What I'm trying to say, is only so much work can be done in previews if the director is willing to step in and change his vision, or in this case, create a vision - and I just don't see that happening. The clear focus of this production is the dancing, and they NAIL it. Everyone else just seems like they showed up to the first day of tech with the script memorized and were told to "stand there."
Updated On: 3/8/18 at 01:28 PM
