Author: BC (not verified)
Date: 11/11/2007 - 21:55
Ok, I saw the matinee of singing this afternoon and I come away with mixed feeling, while I believe the set and tech was good, the dancing was good, the singing was ok (a few people I felt were a little weak in his aspects but certainly made upfor it in other ways) and the staging was good I just felt it lacked the usual slickness that MPAC productions usually have. Maybe it was just me but there were little things that could have been easily (?) fixed but would have made things a little more clean cut. For example, towards the end when the entrance to the theatre was flown in on the left hand side the fly bar could be really obviously seen. Now that seems really petty but it was little things like that I think can detract from the show. Another example was on the projections, the projection was bigger than the screen and this meant that during blackouts while video was playing there was green lines running over the backdrop. Again picky but hey its my own opinion.
Now to some positives
Characterisation was pretty good all around, Lina Lamont was magnificent as was Kathy Seldon and Cosmo had an amazing amount of energy which was great and it fit well with the comedy of his scenes. The sets were amazing, the special effects were great, and the costuming worked well.
Lighting worked well most of the time, just again some minor things like followspots snapping on as if someone had forgot to turn it on at the beginning of the scene and suddenly realised, petty but hey thats me.
Overall for a musical which is considered to be so much of a classic I think MPAC have done a good job and I wish the cast and crew well for the second half of the season.
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Date: 11/11/2007 - 21:55
Ok, I saw the matinee of singing this afternoon and I come away with mixed feeling, while I believe the set and tech was good, the dancing was good, the singing was ok (a few people I felt were a little weak in his aspects but certainly made upfor it in other ways) and the staging was good I just felt it lacked the usual slickness that MPAC productions usually have. Maybe it was just me but there were little things that could have been easily (?) fixed but would have made things a little more clean cut. For example, towards the end when the entrance to the theatre was flown in on the left hand side the fly bar could be really obviously seen. Now that seems really petty but it was little things like that I think can detract from the show. Another example was on the projections, the projection was bigger than the screen and this meant that during blackouts while video was playing there was green lines running over the backdrop. Again picky but hey its my own opinion.
Now to some positives
Characterisation was pretty good all around, Lina Lamont was magnificent as was Kathy Seldon and Cosmo had an amazing amount of energy which was great and it fit well with the comedy of his scenes. The sets were amazing, the special effects were great, and the costuming worked well.
Lighting worked well most of the time, just again some minor things like followspots snapping on as if someone had forgot to turn it on at the beginning of the scene and suddenly realised, petty but hey thats me.
Overall for a musical which is considered to be so much of a classic I think MPAC have done a good job and I wish the cast and crew well for the second half of the season.