Gary Griffin's Follies- Page 3

[twinbelters]

Posted: 10/5/11 at 11:20am

I saw this last night, and it was wonderful!

[AC126748]

Posted: 10/5/11 at 11:29am

When you have time, can you say a little more? Pretty please?

[twinbelters]

Posted: 10/5/11 at 11:56am

Gladly, but for now, Caroline O'Connor is amazing. All of the performances are top level.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/5/11 at 12:56pm

And Brent?

[twinbelters]

Posted: 10/6/11 at 1:19pm

I am afraid I do not have much time today to write the review I would like to, but Brent Barrett was great vocally--could have been stronger, performance-wise, especially at the end. His scenes with Phyllis crackled, but I felt the end of "Live, Laugh, Love" should have escalated and crescendoed, where Brent felt it should be more of an internal moment. He sounds GORGEOUS, though, and I doubt there have been more beautiful interpretations of "The Road You Didn't Take" and "Too Many Mornings."

It was a lot to take in and I'm still digesting. There was an intermission, I will say. The orchestra was good despite being on the intimate side of the spectrum. The second act burst into the grand Follies sequence had a lot of people thrown and there was a lot of unexpected, uncertain, laughter during that, which was interesting.

For a first preview, it was beautiful. I can only imagine how it will be in a couple weeks into the run when the lighting design, performances, and staging truly gels.

Hollis Resnik killed with "I'm Still Here", I might add. "Mirror, Mirror" was the show-stopper you expect it to be, even with two less women.

Young Ben is dreamy, and I enjoyed the performances of the young foursome.

A scattered assessment, I know, but that's how things are rolling today. I shall be seeing it again, I suspect.