#1
Posted: 10/22/06 at 2:42am
So the other night I went to the Pantages to see Molly Ringwald in Sweet Charity because my friend was obsessed with Molly so as a birthday treat I took her.
Well The show started and it really didn't need the first scene for you to feel sorry for Charity. This was because everyone already felt sorry because the theatre was half empty. The tour was just not put on well. No merchandise...little hype...just not done well. Parents were bringing 10 year olds because they had no idea what the story was about. The sets where fantastic I have to give it that. There were no good singers in the cast (including Molly) and the dancing was ok. The costumes were pretty boring. The actors didn't really put their all into it either, maybe because no one was watching. I did not enjoy the tour that much. You forgot characters names moments after the left the stage because you just didn't really want to follow it.
The thing that REALLY UPSET ME was how Molly acted at the Stage Door. My friend and about 5 other people waiting patiently for Molly to come out. My friend wearing her Sixteen Candles shirt was wide eyed the whole time someone opened up a door on the other side of the locked gate. At about 11:45 (the show got out at 10:30) my friend was leaning against the gate when it started to open causing my friend to fall. Then out of nowhere a white car jets in nearly hitting my friend. The gate closes and the car goes into park. About 15 minutes later Molly runs out to the car purposely not looking at the few people waiting for her. Gets into the car and it goes out. Molly covered her face from the crowd with her Hand Bag while they past us.
I looked sadly at my friend who was crushed and said maybe she is just shy...
Well The show started and it really didn't need the first scene for you to feel sorry for Charity. This was because everyone already felt sorry because the theatre was half empty. The tour was just not put on well. No merchandise...little hype...just not done well. Parents were bringing 10 year olds because they had no idea what the story was about. The sets where fantastic I have to give it that. There were no good singers in the cast (including Molly) and the dancing was ok. The costumes were pretty boring. The actors didn't really put their all into it either, maybe because no one was watching. I did not enjoy the tour that much. You forgot characters names moments after the left the stage because you just didn't really want to follow it.
The thing that REALLY UPSET ME was how Molly acted at the Stage Door. My friend and about 5 other people waiting patiently for Molly to come out. My friend wearing her Sixteen Candles shirt was wide eyed the whole time someone opened up a door on the other side of the locked gate. At about 11:45 (the show got out at 10:30) my friend was leaning against the gate when it started to open causing my friend to fall. Then out of nowhere a white car jets in nearly hitting my friend. The gate closes and the car goes into park. About 15 minutes later Molly runs out to the car purposely not looking at the few people waiting for her. Gets into the car and it goes out. Molly covered her face from the crowd with her Hand Bag while they past us.
I looked sadly at my friend who was crushed and said maybe she is just shy...
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
Updated On: 10/22/06 at 02:42 AM
