Posted: 12/29/18 at 10:15am
johnmichael said: "YvanEhtNioj said: "I literally just left the show.
I knew nothing about Cher except the songs I hear play every weekend in Hells Kitchen, and I loved it.
I think most jukebox musicals struggle to integrate the songs into the story, but this worked perfectly.
THE FASHIONS, HENNY. THE FASHIONS. One of the best parts of the first act was the "fashion show" of her most iconic outfits. It was so cute seeing everyone in the audience point and say "I remember that one!".
The Bang Bang number had me in chills.
Lastly, the Choreography during the Dark Lady tango number deserves a Tony alone."
the outfits probably were amazing in their original times and contexts but that number just cheapened them. I'd far rather have seen a exhibition of them at the MET(like Savage Beauty or Heavenly Bodies) than have sat through that bore of a show."
I think the outfits/costumes are an important part of Cher’s persona and it was a fun brief moment in the show. But that was my issue with it. It was too brief, too toned down in my opinion. They could have gone a bit grander. Some of these outfits are so over the top, why not make the scene over the top. Have fun with it. To use a line from the show. ‘When you think you’ve gone too big, go bigger’. Maybe take a few minutes and bring a catwalk like fashion show into the audience. Lord knows the audience I was in could have used a little more enthusiasm.
