well...
I was so psyched to see it and have to admit I was disappointed.
the only performer I was like "I don't get why they cast her on bway" was the actress playing Meg (who's name I can't BELIEVE I can't remember!). I am convinced I saw her on an off night, becuase, while not bad, she didn't offer anything to the show or the role. She was kinda there, adn I've come to expect more from bway performers, especailly those featured. I'm sure there was more there that I just didn't see that night.
The show as a whole..disappointed. It was, all-in-all, a so-so version of the book. Anyone unfamiliar with it (the book) amy not have completley understood. It seems like they jumped around a lot and hit some highlights but left out most of the throughline.
The chemistry was so amazin betwen Laurie and Jo, and so very lacking between Jo and the Professor (not sure if it was the actors aor the way the material was written, though I lean towards the latter) that I was so let down when she ended up with the Prof. Thinking back to her time on stage with Laurie, it was so much more alive and passionate, and the Prof and their exchanges so very dull and unchallenging to Jo as a woman and individual that it sent the message, I felt, that she'd settled.
The music was also...just there. It didn't serve to move much of hte story along, or give much more insight than the scene preceding the song, y'know?
It wasn't horrible or antyhing, but it was far from amazing. It was alright.
As someone who'd expected great theatre, I was disappointed.
If I show you the darkness I hold inside, will you bring me to light?
