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Posted: 10/23/04 at 11:51am
So I broke down and saw the show. I was curious! I some ways I am so glad that I did, and in others well... Read on.
I will start with the cast:
Darren Ritchie jonathan Harker, I wanted to love this character, but the show simply did not allow it. I truly lost interest after he was attacked by dracula. I will say that he sang one of the most beautiful ballads of the show in the second act. He sang the poop out of that song. It was the second time in the show that I felt like I wanted to clap, and not obligated.
Tom Hewitt, dracula. He was good, but nothing special. I have seen him before he this was not his best work. I blame the dir. It was very hard to see him, and that helped me loose interest. I understand that they were using special lighting, but I was staining just to see his face, this annoyed me.
Melissa Errico, Mina Murray. What a beautiful actress, so elegant, yet daring. she sang like a lark, and had some great acting moments in act 2. I was sad that her huge ballads were completely overpowered bt the moving sets and flying vampires. I hope to see her again soon, in something else.
Kelli O'Hara, Lucy. This woman was a rock star. I loved her, wish I loved the show. She sang the act 1 fianle with dracula and it sounded outstanding. Her portrayal was supurb.
Out of the supporting cast, there was one guy who was a standout, he is Shonn Wiley, he plays the doctor. This guys voice is flawless. I truly enjoyed his songs, and character.
Now the bad news...
This show is like watching a screensaver on your PC. You know that it is going nowhere, but for some reason you have to stare! There were so many times I was just like.. what?? The lights were terrible, and that added to the confusion, great effects, but many missed cues. At one point in Mina big number the set started to move, quit moving, and went back to where it was supposed to be. She totally sold that she was confused, her eyes were in complete shock.
The flying vampires were great, I loved them, did not truly understand them, but I was entertained. Other things about the show were just so bad, I chose not to mention them, after all I have already written a term paper here. :)
My only fear is this. It was a full house, and I hope that there were not a lot of broadway virgins. If this was thier first show, they may not come back. Yea it was that bad. There is so much good theatre out there, I would have to loose more patrons in an already dying art.
Open to questions or thoughts. anyone else see it???
I will start with the cast:
Darren Ritchie jonathan Harker, I wanted to love this character, but the show simply did not allow it. I truly lost interest after he was attacked by dracula. I will say that he sang one of the most beautiful ballads of the show in the second act. He sang the poop out of that song. It was the second time in the show that I felt like I wanted to clap, and not obligated.
Tom Hewitt, dracula. He was good, but nothing special. I have seen him before he this was not his best work. I blame the dir. It was very hard to see him, and that helped me loose interest. I understand that they were using special lighting, but I was staining just to see his face, this annoyed me.
Melissa Errico, Mina Murray. What a beautiful actress, so elegant, yet daring. she sang like a lark, and had some great acting moments in act 2. I was sad that her huge ballads were completely overpowered bt the moving sets and flying vampires. I hope to see her again soon, in something else.
Kelli O'Hara, Lucy. This woman was a rock star. I loved her, wish I loved the show. She sang the act 1 fianle with dracula and it sounded outstanding. Her portrayal was supurb.
Out of the supporting cast, there was one guy who was a standout, he is Shonn Wiley, he plays the doctor. This guys voice is flawless. I truly enjoyed his songs, and character.
Now the bad news...
This show is like watching a screensaver on your PC. You know that it is going nowhere, but for some reason you have to stare! There were so many times I was just like.. what?? The lights were terrible, and that added to the confusion, great effects, but many missed cues. At one point in Mina big number the set started to move, quit moving, and went back to where it was supposed to be. She totally sold that she was confused, her eyes were in complete shock.
The flying vampires were great, I loved them, did not truly understand them, but I was entertained. Other things about the show were just so bad, I chose not to mention them, after all I have already written a term paper here. :)
My only fear is this. It was a full house, and I hope that there were not a lot of broadway virgins. If this was thier first show, they may not come back. Yea it was that bad. There is so much good theatre out there, I would have to loose more patrons in an already dying art.
Open to questions or thoughts. anyone else see it???
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