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Posted: 5/25/08 at 1:12am
This is my first attempt at writing a review on these boards, so go easy on me.
It seems like people are already going ape **** over SAVED, and I couldn't see what those people saw. They could have done amazing things with this, but it fell short..at least for me it did. It's NEXT TO NORMAL all over again.
There was a large young crowd tonight..high school or early college. Very Legally Blonde response (a lot of LOL + clapping and screaming, if you know what I mean. No offense to anyone that might offend). Most of the audience went nuts for it. I thought the girl sitting in front of me was having a seizure or something because she was so into it.
I didn't find the show particularly funny. There were funny moments and some funny lines, but generally I did not laugh. There wasn't really any wit. Mostly just obvious-funny.
Most of the songs were weak and not memorable, but I did like the Christian Jewel numbers. Mary Faber was great in those.
I was impressed with Van Hughes who played Patrick, and Aaron Tveit showcased in one song in particular what a good voice he has. There was this little sequence where Curtis Holbrook does this little dance number, and I only saw Xanadu once, but it kinda looked like it was pulled out of Xanadu. Despite that, that guy can move.
There was a sound problem at the beginning of the show. They stopped it less than 10 minutes in, fixed the problem, and started again. Which brings me to..
Damn was it long. The first act went on forever..and by the time the second act ended, it was 10:41..so with the delay due to technically difficulties, the show is 2 and a half hours long. I get that there's a lot to the story line, but if they cut a couple of songs, which I think they can, the show would flow better. After the second act started, I just wanted it to end. There was a short moment where I thought it was going to get better (The Prom), but it didn't. Standing ovation at the end.. as expected.
One last thing, the Playbill was photocopied..don't know what that's about.
It seems like people are already going ape **** over SAVED, and I couldn't see what those people saw. They could have done amazing things with this, but it fell short..at least for me it did. It's NEXT TO NORMAL all over again.
There was a large young crowd tonight..high school or early college. Very Legally Blonde response (a lot of LOL + clapping and screaming, if you know what I mean. No offense to anyone that might offend). Most of the audience went nuts for it. I thought the girl sitting in front of me was having a seizure or something because she was so into it.
I didn't find the show particularly funny. There were funny moments and some funny lines, but generally I did not laugh. There wasn't really any wit. Mostly just obvious-funny.
Most of the songs were weak and not memorable, but I did like the Christian Jewel numbers. Mary Faber was great in those.
I was impressed with Van Hughes who played Patrick, and Aaron Tveit showcased in one song in particular what a good voice he has. There was this little sequence where Curtis Holbrook does this little dance number, and I only saw Xanadu once, but it kinda looked like it was pulled out of Xanadu. Despite that, that guy can move.
There was a sound problem at the beginning of the show. They stopped it less than 10 minutes in, fixed the problem, and started again. Which brings me to..
Damn was it long. The first act went on forever..and by the time the second act ended, it was 10:41..so with the delay due to technically difficulties, the show is 2 and a half hours long. I get that there's a lot to the story line, but if they cut a couple of songs, which I think they can, the show would flow better. After the second act started, I just wanted it to end. There was a short moment where I thought it was going to get better (The Prom), but it didn't. Standing ovation at the end.. as expected.
One last thing, the Playbill was photocopied..don't know what that's about.
Updated On: 5/25/08 at 01:12 AM
. I thought the first act was a little long, but the show picked up speed in the second act. I must add too that Julia Murney (as Mary's mom) had the best voice in the show, but I also loved Aaron and Curtis. Notable too was Morgan Weed (hysterical as Cassandra). 
