The Light In The Piazza -Public Dress Rehearsal 30th April

Tomorrow, April 30th at 7.30pm.
The Curve Theatre, Leicester
On sale at 12 noon.

Updated On: 4/29/09 at 08:33 AM

I didn't like it in New York.
Tedious and left me feeling I should have seen something else that night.

At this strange new place, The Curve, I'm not too sure.
In the old days, yes, as was proven with many shows it did in the 80s and 90s, but this new building has been seeing a few problems.

We're there on Saturday....

What are the problems with the building? The pictures, at least, look quite impressive.

I've tried and struggled to like this listening to the CD. I'm hoping seeing the whole show at Leicester will prove more enlightening.

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Updated On: 5/3/09 at 06:58 PM

We were there last night for the 2nd preview, 3rd performance.

I like the theatre/surroundings. A drum in the middle with the theatres inside and bars/cafe around the outside, open to the street with glass to the floor. The scene dock opens up to the outside..it's different.

The seats are great, comfortable and plenty of leg room. We were in the stalls (raked and off set) but wandered up to the mezz in the interval which seemed fine even from the v back..with a steeper rake.

The car park next door costs a bunch though..I think they do a reduced price for this when you book, which I didn't realise. The old Haymarket car park was cheap.

The show...good:

Performances (pretty much all of them).

Generally great singing

Costumes

15 piece orchestra

Sound

Not so good:

Big and clunky set which hardly looked solid.

Lighting..often from low at the side of the stage which caused glare..and pretty random otherwise...some really bright bits in the second act for no discernable reason.

Silly book..All I'll say is..shetland pony, six years and a bit simple.

I thought MR was a bit too old (but sang great and still looked good!) although my other half didn't.

The score was fine and listening to it today makes more sense, but I really (on the basis of the recording and this performance) can't see how it won all the Tonys.

It would never tour, and wouldn't last more than a month in London

Floyd Collins at the Bridewell was superb. The score is an amazing piece of writing. "How Glory Goes", in particular, is a truly fantastic song.

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