Photo Flash: Wildhorn's WONDERLAND: Alice's New Musical Adventure in Tampa Bay

[Rob]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:05pm

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[Pgenre]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:07pm

Ok here is the question: is this a mess, a disaster or a catastrophe?

It's one or all of those words, of that I am sure.

Holy crap!

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[ljay889]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:08pm

OMG. That looks DISGUSTING.

[alightinthedark23]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:08pm

It looks like it would be good if you were high...with that said I'm glad that Janet got a lead role. It's a shame that's the outcome.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:09pm

Ew!

Why does The Mad HATTER not have a HAT?

That is just the FIRST flaw with it.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:10pm

If anything, these pictures show that Janet Dacal is one of the sexiest theater actresses today.

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:16pm

Well... either In The Heights will be begging Janet to come back
or Janet will be begging In The Heights

we'll just have to wait and see...

[Basely Tearful]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:17pm

"It looks like it would be good if you were high.."

Lewis Carroll was high when he wrote the original books!

I think it looks gorgeous. Susan Hilferty remains the best musical theatre costume designer out there today.

I have the cast recording however. The score does not match the caliber of the beautiful design work. Not even close.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:18pm

I think the Queen costume is amazing.
Why isn't the Mad Hatter wearing a Hat?

The rest is questionable looking.

[dreamerjj]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:23pm

The only thing that remains of Susan Hilferty good taste is the glasses Janet's wearing with the caterpillar...

"It looks like it would be good if you were (in) high"... school

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:33pm

The sets look atrocious. the costumes are alright. Could Janet's costume be more boring?

[MusicSnob1]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 4:55pm

This is some of the worst design work I've seen on a professional stage. What is with the LSD masterbation, ala 60's Psych Funk? I'd love to know what Describing Action (or Verb) the designer was using when sketching & costuming.

An absolute mess. An embarrasing catastrophe. And a pathetic attempt at mind-numbing vibrancy. Lots of "flash" won't make up for lack of substance and coherency. Are they aware??

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 5:17pm

This looks like another case of old people trying to cater to a younger audience. We do not need a "boy band" to make a show relevant to a younger audience. That looks awful. The whole show looks like it's trying way too hard to be hip. I think the costumes got it right, but the rest of it looks awful. And sounds tacky.

[Basely Tearful]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 5:19pm

Old people?

Ugh.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 5:32pm

Huh? Should I have said "older" people?

[Anakela]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 5:39pm

For those so worried about it, the Mad Hatter does wear a hat. I don't know how to respond to some of the other comments here (besides note to self: try and work LSD masterbation into a sentence at some point today), but unless something changed from the show I saw Sat and Sun, the Hatter does wear a hat.

[Kad]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 5:47pm

I like the Queen of Hearts' costume.

I like the irony of the White Knight wearing mostly blue (perhaps that irony was not intended, but I'm amused by it).

The rest looks like Tim Burton by way of Express with someone's vague idea of what strippers in the eighties wore thrown in.

Updated On: 11/30/09 at 05:47 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 5:52pm

The critics may be clamoring for the return of the old Wildhorn.

[MusicSnob1]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 6:14pm

"I don't know how to respond to some of the other comments here (besides note to self: try and work LSD masterbation into a sentence at some point today)"

Thanks for the honorable mention.

Here's my question - must you find a reason to respond to the "other" comments? Everything is open to criticism. Especially when the names attached include Wildhorn; regardless of his involvement with those atrocious costumes.

A defensive attitude is never an attractive one. I'd be happy to have a meaningful dialogue but, right now, all you have for me is that Nikki Snelson does...indeed...wear a hat.

[Basely Tearful]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 6:25pm

I guess when you're 13 everyone seems old.

[Anakela]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 6:28pm

*shrug* not defensive at all, I have no money invested here. Just don't know how to reply to or have a dialogue about costumes in response to "ew," "disgusting," and the like, comments that don't mention any specific 'faults.' The missing hat was something I could mention. Oh, also, seeing as how she doesn't change costume at all from the real world to Wonderland to looking glass world I am pretty sure that the Alice costume is purposely supposed to be that 'boring.'

[Basely Tearful]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 6:29pm

I'm listening to the score again and Wildhorn's music is quite good. Some of the lyrics are juvenile but could be fixed with the right guidance.

[philly03]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 6:29pm

This does look.... .... .... well, my thoughts on this show went all-time-high to..low. Snelson's costume would look incredible if it ust had a hat. I don't like the glasses on the Queen.

The "boy band" concept is part of the show - the picture is .. ... but still the concept of the writers.

[MusicSnob1]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 6:32pm

It's a cliche concept that is overwrought and juvenile.

[sweetTb'way]

Posted: 11/30/09 at 6:33pm

I think while we're all entitled to our own opinions & critiques, it's hard to know what context all of these costumes, sets, etc. take on in the show unless we've seen it.
I'm more interested in how it all comes together as an entire piece.

That being said, I am curious what kind of audience or demographic they might be catering too. I've heard that it's a little darker than the usual Alice in Wonderland which I like the idea of. I just wonder if that might hurt them when trying to pull in families with children. But I do believe there's a way to make good theatre thats appealing to both adults & children. We shall see.