Very nice things in the clip, at least. But it didn't come together. Staging wasn't up to par. Where's the follow-through in the vocals? The high notes aren't the only things that should sound good.
The plant was hideous. I have seen worse, but from the looks of the production, the plant was not up to par. I have seen a high school production's plant that had similar concepts but looked much better.
Too flashy. Too "look what I can do!" A serious story is to be told, and it seems what either the director or the actors did was made it a theme park attraction.
I liked setting it in the current time period. Costumes were nice. But those platform shoes were distracting, and probably uncomfortable for the actress playing Audrey.
Overall: Better than average for a regional production, with the potential to be better.
"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
