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Posted: 9/25/08 at 11:52pm
Sat next to James Bond, Daniel Craig. He seemed to be enjoying himself.
Still loathe the show, find it pretentious and so overly sentimental that Wedekind's rolling over in his grave. But I'm a purist. I can write a discourse about the original play and how Ilse's really the Masked Man, etc., etc.
This current cast as a whole is leagues better than the original. They're younger, the girls are sexier (though it makes me feel weird to say that, since none of them looked older than 16), the guys are gawkier. What's with playing Hanschen like a class-five predator?
Hunter Parrish is a good-enough singer, doesn't capture the conflict in Melchior; ditto Gerard Canonico as Moritz (the one downgrade from the Original - makes you wonder how the role was Tony worthy). Alexandra Socha, however, is in a category far ahead of Lea Michele, and the fact that she's so young-looking adds an element of tragedy not previously seen. She also sings better. Emma Hunton is also an improvement over the previous Ilse, giving her a spunky charm.
Still love the choreography and lighting and most of the score; hate the script, most lyrics. "Totally F*CKed" still brings the house down, deservedly, and, in 10 years, we'll probably look at it as a Broadway standard along with the likes of "Lullaby of Broadway," "Some Enchanted Evening," and "Adelaide's Lament."
Still loathe the show, find it pretentious and so overly sentimental that Wedekind's rolling over in his grave. But I'm a purist. I can write a discourse about the original play and how Ilse's really the Masked Man, etc., etc.
This current cast as a whole is leagues better than the original. They're younger, the girls are sexier (though it makes me feel weird to say that, since none of them looked older than 16), the guys are gawkier. What's with playing Hanschen like a class-five predator?
Hunter Parrish is a good-enough singer, doesn't capture the conflict in Melchior; ditto Gerard Canonico as Moritz (the one downgrade from the Original - makes you wonder how the role was Tony worthy). Alexandra Socha, however, is in a category far ahead of Lea Michele, and the fact that she's so young-looking adds an element of tragedy not previously seen. She also sings better. Emma Hunton is also an improvement over the previous Ilse, giving her a spunky charm.
Still love the choreography and lighting and most of the score; hate the script, most lyrics. "Totally F*CKed" still brings the house down, deservedly, and, in 10 years, we'll probably look at it as a Broadway standard along with the likes of "Lullaby of Broadway," "Some Enchanted Evening," and "Adelaide's Lament."
Updated On: 9/25/08 at 11:52 PM
