#1
Posted: 4/12/07 at 7:40pm
Wow!
They're still working out a few bugs in LM at the MTC, particularly in the first act...but it doesn't really matter, there was magic on that stage!
I was told they just had their first real run-through last night, apparently due to an abbreviated, not-for-profit, rehearsal budget. Again, it doesn't really matter. If true and if this is just the 2nd real run-through of the show, it makes it all even more amazing.
The bugs are minor and understandable. It seems like a few cuts to come (1:20 1st, with room to cut) and scene change technical issues in the 1st act. They had some sort of "quick" change problem that resulted in Donna Murphy being delayed offstage for an entrance (by a looong minute or so).
First act is a bit of a play with music. Second act is the reverse. It is slighly unbalanced (like Grey Gardens) between the acts with the 2nd act "stronger" if that is the word. Although I think once the "fixes" are in and the glitches are out of the 1st, it may be exactly what it needs to be to set up the 2nd act.
In the other highlights category.. before the show, Hal addressed the audience (after a rousing, spontaneous, ovation) and mentioned that in the history of that theatre, it was the FIRST musical ever to be staged in the house. It was a star studded audience for an invited dress (heck, for most openings!). Lauren Bacall, Joel Grey, Alfred Uhry, Hal Prince all standing and happily chatting down in the center aisle for 5 minutes after the curtain.
I haven't even mentioned the lead performances! Suffice it to say, "wow" doesn't quite do it justice.
They're still working out a few bugs in LM at the MTC, particularly in the first act...but it doesn't really matter, there was magic on that stage!
I was told they just had their first real run-through last night, apparently due to an abbreviated, not-for-profit, rehearsal budget. Again, it doesn't really matter. If true and if this is just the 2nd real run-through of the show, it makes it all even more amazing.
The bugs are minor and understandable. It seems like a few cuts to come (1:20 1st, with room to cut) and scene change technical issues in the 1st act. They had some sort of "quick" change problem that resulted in Donna Murphy being delayed offstage for an entrance (by a looong minute or so).
First act is a bit of a play with music. Second act is the reverse. It is slighly unbalanced (like Grey Gardens) between the acts with the 2nd act "stronger" if that is the word. Although I think once the "fixes" are in and the glitches are out of the 1st, it may be exactly what it needs to be to set up the 2nd act.
In the other highlights category.. before the show, Hal addressed the audience (after a rousing, spontaneous, ovation) and mentioned that in the history of that theatre, it was the FIRST musical ever to be staged in the house. It was a star studded audience for an invited dress (heck, for most openings!). Lauren Bacall, Joel Grey, Alfred Uhry, Hal Prince all standing and happily chatting down in the center aisle for 5 minutes after the curtain.
I haven't even mentioned the lead performances! Suffice it to say, "wow" doesn't quite do it justice.
