#1
Posted: 4/23/08 at 12:10am
Hey all! So, I went to see "Cry Baby" tonight, and thought I'd share my thoughts.
First of all, I think my review can be summed up by the fact that it wont be very long. There's just not that much to say.
The show is not as bad as I've been hearing people say. That doesn't however mean it's good. Look at it this way. It's like when you're home on a weeknight watching T.V, flipping channels and some fun but slightly vapid movie comes on. Hey - why not watch it? It's fun, cute, and you wont mind if you get distracted by a phone call or get up to get a sandwich. That's "Cry Baby". It's fun and cute, and you'll probably forget most of it once you leave the theater. But certainly no "In My Life" or "Hot Feet". (yeah, remember THAT one?)
I would like to preface this by stating that I have never seen the movie. I went into this show blind.
The fact is, you've already seen "Cry Baby." Take the first act of "Grease" and stick on the second act of "Hairspray." In simpler terms, a "Good" girl falls for the "Bad" boy. "Bad" boy gets falsely accused of a crime, there's a big jail number, everyone escapes in time to make everything right at the county fair.
Everything is kind of forgettable. The songs are cute. They remind me of 20's fair - you know, built around one main schtick that repeats it over and over and over. Like the song "I did something wrong....once." But I didn't mind too much.
Costumes ROCKED! They were beautiful!
Let me just say this. THERE IS ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY to see this show. That reason is Alli Mauzey. Mauzey plays the psychopathic Leonora who is obsessed with Cry Baby. She is a GENIUS actress who has (undeservedly) only now gotten an opportunity to show what she can do.
Now if only the show had been about Leonora...
First of all, I think my review can be summed up by the fact that it wont be very long. There's just not that much to say.
The show is not as bad as I've been hearing people say. That doesn't however mean it's good. Look at it this way. It's like when you're home on a weeknight watching T.V, flipping channels and some fun but slightly vapid movie comes on. Hey - why not watch it? It's fun, cute, and you wont mind if you get distracted by a phone call or get up to get a sandwich. That's "Cry Baby". It's fun and cute, and you'll probably forget most of it once you leave the theater. But certainly no "In My Life" or "Hot Feet". (yeah, remember THAT one?)
I would like to preface this by stating that I have never seen the movie. I went into this show blind.
The fact is, you've already seen "Cry Baby." Take the first act of "Grease" and stick on the second act of "Hairspray." In simpler terms, a "Good" girl falls for the "Bad" boy. "Bad" boy gets falsely accused of a crime, there's a big jail number, everyone escapes in time to make everything right at the county fair.
Everything is kind of forgettable. The songs are cute. They remind me of 20's fair - you know, built around one main schtick that repeats it over and over and over. Like the song "I did something wrong....once." But I didn't mind too much.
Costumes ROCKED! They were beautiful!
Let me just say this. THERE IS ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY to see this show. That reason is Alli Mauzey. Mauzey plays the psychopathic Leonora who is obsessed with Cry Baby. She is a GENIUS actress who has (undeservedly) only now gotten an opportunity to show what she can do.
Now if only the show had been about Leonora...
Madame Morrible: "So you take the chicken, now it must be a white chicken. The corpse can be any color. And that is the spell for lost luggage!" - The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken
Updated On: 4/23/08 at 12:10 AM
