The Light Princess- Page 2

[MadAboutTheBoy]

Posted: 12/24/13 at 5:21pm

Wow. That actually gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes. It looks incredible!

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 12/24/13 at 6:37pm

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

[Owen22]

Posted: 12/25/13 at 8:01am

Walked out at interval. Love me some Rosalie, but just couldn't take it anymore....

[frapperia]

Posted: 12/26/13 at 6:08pm

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

[ggersten]

Posted: 1/28/14 at 6:42pm

We went tonite (28 January) since the show is closing. It was a magical evening and I loved *almost* ever second of it. I didn't think anything looked cheap.
Rosalie Craig was a force. Just a totally controlled channelled nuanced performance.
The acrobats get the second biggest applause - and they earn it.
My 12 year old daughter loved it - and we both liked it more than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
There were a couple of young boys in our row - of the age where you might not expect them to like a show like this (a musical fairy tale about a princess?) - but they were entranced and seemed to love it.
Theatre was full - although we did get our seats only a few days ago.

[sylvesterbird]

Posted: 1/28/14 at 7:23pm

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.

[Fan123]

Posted: 4/17/14 at 7:13pm

Tori Amos says they're recording the cast recording and will release it early 2015. About time!

Youtube interview

[rjm516]

Posted: 4/17/14 at 9:06pm

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.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 4/17/14 at 9:21pm

Forget offensive, just plain not very good.

[Fan123]

Posted: 4/17/14 at 10:49pm

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

[Fan123]

Posted: 5/8/15 at 6:49am

Remember this? According to link, the cast recording will finally be released in September.

 

http://www.westendwilma.com/the-light-princess-cast-recording-to-be-released-in-september-2015/

[Fan123]

Posted: 5/15/15 at 5:55pm

And Tango Pictures have bought the rights.

 

Link

[Fan123]

Posted: 7/22/15 at 4:56am

Yep, I'm bumping this once again... according to http://www.toriamos.com/ the cast recording will now be released on 9 October. There's a picture of the album cover there too, although it's exactly the same as the previously-seen poster.

[skies]

Posted: 7/22/15 at 3:28pm

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

[theatregoer3]

Posted: 10/9/15 at 4:27pm

The soundtrack is now on Apple Music. I'm listening to it now. I think it's pretty great. It reminds me of (a much, much better version of) The Pirate Queen.

[joeyv2]

Posted: 10/10/15 at 8:22am

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.