"It may have been mediocre, I agree, but worse than High Fidelity? For shame!"
BroadwayChica - did you see HIGH FIDELITY? Or are you assuming this because of the bad buzz/closed quickly?
I saw it closing night. It was a very solid show. I saw no reason for the show to BE a show. But it was solid, with entertaining characters, OK music, a GREAT set, and the story had me engaged. I didn't care much, but I did want to know what would happen next.
THE APPLE TREE, on the other hand, was not engaging. DIDN'T care about the characters. Didn't care about the story. A waste of great talent, IMO.
(PS: I have a tendency to preach my opinions as fact. I'm aware. Those are my feelings. I know others may have differing opinions. Share'm or agree with mine. It's great to have a venue such as BWW to discuss shows with others. *steps off the soap box*)
(PPS: That came from nowhere, didn't it?)
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
