I went to the show this weekend with my Mom and sisters and we all loved it! the singing, dancing were all first rate and i even cried twice! the costumes and sets were amazing! i gotta think that Laura is a shoe-in for a Tony, Santino too. Everyone who sang a note or danced a step was first notch too, especially Phumzile Sojola (lord pinkleton)who i never even heard of before. whoever the casting director is should be very proud.
The crowd was a nice mix of old/young, though i cant understand why you would take a 2 year old and i saw a bunch of them and they cried during the scary scenes, kinda annoying. the audience response though... from laughter, to oooohs and ahhhs seemed to be louder then any show ive seen in recent memory. and most of the women in the audience (including my sisters and I) wore tiaras or sparkly headbands. It was like a big party!
After seeing it, alot of the complaints that have been tossed around here seem really silly if not downright dumb.
1) the set are cheap...especially the trees... I did not think that at all We were right up front and agreed it all looked pretty magical
2) Santino is not handsome enough. he is soo cute! plus, funny and what a great voice! we all thought he was perfect
3)finebydesign who kept yapping that the show whould be a failure, they couldnt sell, they curtained off seats in the balcony, well every seat was filled and i didnt see any curtains in the balcony.
4) Too Modern, PC. this didnt bother me at all and i usually cant stand when politics are thrown in your face, or when they feel they have to modernize a show for todays audience. Alot of the modern stuff was really funny! The town crier got a bit annoying after awhile though(my Mom said he sounded like Stalin lol) but it wasnt throwned in your face
A couple of tiny complaints... they really shouldnt sell the ticket behind the conducter. my sister got stuck behind him and it was soo distracting and shes tall, it kind of ruined it for her. and horsemens costumes were a way too revealing! Leave something for the imagination guys!
I have a feeling this will run for a long time. Im sure Laura is in such demand that she will not stay for over a year, and i cant imagine anyone, anywhere being any better then her.
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