MargoChanning's Best of 2004 — Page 3

MusicMan - I believe Priest has adequately responded to the audience response question, so I'll just address your two other points.

Dramaturgy, as I understand it, simply boils down to the theatrical conveyance of thought, meaning or expression. I, personally, had no difficulty following or interpreting the author's intentions, so I can't quite see criticizing the dramaturgy myself. Yes, it used unconventional and heretofore unseen techniques (at least by me) but I hardly think creativity and invention qualifies something as 'inept'.

As to the score, what I heard was a thrilling distillation and examination of the musical idioms of the time period represented, which also happened to match the physical and emotional lives of the characters represented. I can understand, perhaps, not personally responding to the choice of musical vocabulary, but to call it amateurish seems more of a statement on your unawareness than the product that was produced.