Good Time Charley

[ChiChi]

Posted: 7/23/11 at 2:14am

I just downloaded this and I have to so I liked its bounciness. I was curious what other people thought of it. I don't know much about it.

[After Eight]

Posted: 7/23/11 at 8:22am

The original production had beautiful sets and costumes. They were the best thing about it. The show, on the whole, was weak. The tone was wrong, and the book was lame. I find the score fairly pallid, though it has a few good songs.

[charlesjguiteau]

Posted: 7/23/11 at 12:56pm

Saw the original as well. The problem was NO-ONE could believe a romance (however platonic) between Ann Reinking's Joan of Arc and Joel Grey's Dauphin. A jokey semi-anachronistic tone took over the whole show, so shifting from the cheerful playful scenes (Reinking teaching Grey about chainmail) into the battles in Act II that end in tragedy (or a life of regret) was really hard for the show to pull off. Ah, but there was wonderful music throughout.