Pippin tour

[midwestsarah]

Posted: 10/18/06 at 11:47am

Has anyone seen this?? If so, can you please offer reviews? Thanks!

[AugustBurns2]

Posted: 10/18/06 at 12:56pm

The show will play:

Oct. 7--Eisenhower Hall in West Point, New York
Oct. 10-15--DuPont Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware
Oct. 17-22-- Wharton Center in East Lansing, Michigan
Oct. 24-Dec. 3--the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto
Dec. 5-10--the Hershey Theatre in Hershey, Pennsylvania
Jan. 2-7--the Orange Country Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California
Jan. 11-15--the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I wish it would come to San Francisco

I won't be able to travel to southern cal....

[Amneris]

Posted: 10/18/06 at 12:59pm

i saw it @ goodspeed with the same cast and it was outstanding. I wouldn't miss it if I were you.

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 8:52pm

Just came home from seeing the tour and I must say this was a wonderful production of a very hard-to-do show. Unfortunately it was a smaller audience this afternoon, but trust me there was lots of 'Magic' to be done. Andre Ward is magnificent as the lead player. He has all the right moves and notes. He was just this side of some 'major creep factor'.

Joshua Park was ok as Pippin, but nothing to really right home about. Although there were sound issues, his 'Extraordinary' just wasn't.

Shannon Lewis and James Royce Edwards steal the show every minute they can and even some where they shouldn't but they are so wonderful you have to forgive them.

A huge round of applause for the Costumes and Sets. I loved everything about them. Ooooooh and the lighting was fantastic. So much so that when you saw the sets without it you realised how much the lighting was used as a 'paintbrush.'

It really an enjoyable time at the theatre ad while it is a limited tour, if you can get to it, you SHOULD!

Updated On: 10/22/06 at 08:52 PM

[boxers7]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 8:59pm

I reviewed it on Opening Night here but didn't finish it cause no one seemed to be interested. If you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them.
boxers sees the PIPPIN National Tour

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 10/23/06 at 3:14am

The show begins performances here in Toronto this week. No word on when the official press night will be, but I will be there and will post a review.

[midwestsarah]

Posted: 10/23/06 at 8:16am

Thank you all for your great advice. I ended up going, and I didn't like it much. I'm relatively new to the musical theatre super-fandom, and I believe it was more a function of me not liking the musical (it was a bit much for me and I didn't know much if anything about the plot before going) than not liking the cast. I thought the leading player was great, other people (Pippin, Charlemagne) were average to good. I'm glad I went to see it, but I have no idea how Schwartz wrote both Wicked and Pippin--talk about different!!

[qwerty2]

Posted: 10/23/06 at 12:25pm

Jan. 11-15--the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

It's actually going to be at the Forrest Theatre.