The Light Princess — Page 2

can The public please produce a transfer of this next season?

Well, to go against the grumps in the thread, I really love this show (barring the pregnancy subplot, which sucks giant balls and goes against everything it's about - oh, and I think Clive Rowe was hideously miscast and is overrated). But I do love it. The music is amazing, the costumes and the choreography fantastic, and I would love to see it a third time before it closes, but don't know if I will. Recent graduate Kane Oliver Parry is underused and wonderful as the brother - let's hope we see more of him - and Hal Fowler is awesome as King Ignacio. Craig is amazing, obviously, and Amy Booth Steel really sparkles as Piper, steals the show in many ways.

It's cheesy, but beautiful, and I wish it was running longer. Oh, and I've heard rumours it's not selling well - I saw it on a Monday fairly recently and the theatre was totally chockablock.

Updated On: 12/26/13 at 06:08 PM

I saw it last week and while there are some elements which are truly magical (I cannot say enough about the team involved with keeping Rosalie afloat - ingenious and incredibly done!), my biggest issue was with Amos' score. There are a handful of very "musical theatre"-esque tunes, then what seems to be an attempt at a more dialogue-driven score, which at best was tuneless but gave you a little more plot and at worst seemed like notes randomly strung together to accompany the very cheesy lyrics. I can understand the complaints about the simplicity of the set, but thought that it fit the overall idea of a children's fairy tale (which is not to say the production is aimed at children). Add me to the Rosalie Craig fan base; I can't wait to see what she does next!
I will say that, having had no prior knowledge of the story, I love the concept and think there's a lot of elements in it that make for great theatre - I just don't think this particular show did the original material justice.

Music is really interesting but too many parts of the book are super offensive. From something that Tori Amos is involved in, it's surprising to see so much obvious sexism and anti-feminism. It reads more as though she intended some of that as satire, but it wasn't a successful execution and it ends up just being plain offensive and triggering for many people I went with.

Though I'm clearly interested in this show, I must admit I've heard a few seriously discouraging things about it. For example, if this Whatsonstage post is accurate...
http://forum.whatsonstage.com/index.php?/topic/72924-the-light-princess/page__st__250#entry289039

If of interest, rjm516: it may not have worked out in practice, but Samuel Adamson has said that they originally tried a satirical take on the story, then rewrote it as more straight-faced.
http://boycottingtrends.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/another-sorta-fairytale-second.html

And Tango Pictures have bought the rights.

Link

OK, so now we have a date Can't wait to get.

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It's also streaming on Spotify! And here's a video of Samuel Adamson discussing the first act: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wafIzpGqWM

I really hope this finds its way to Broadway--perhaps they'll need to cast name stars to draw a bigger crowd? I really love the music (have been listening to a bootleg from one of its first NT previews for over a year!) but imagine it's tremendously enhanced by Marianne Elliot's staging which many have said is her most incredible to date.