Stayin' Alive
Last night, I done got meself sum kulture down here in Georgia! (Sorry, sometimes I get a little carried away.)
Anywhoo, for the first time since moving here, I got to go to a show at the Rivercenter. I have to say, it's a pretty classy joint. The theater was beautiful, though I never got to see the enormous pipe organ. Anyway, the station had some comp tickets to see the touring production of "Saturday Night Fever," so I went with Cory's boss while Cory toiled away at work.
The show was ok.... a lot of fun, though not much substance. The soundtrack songs went surprisingly well with the scenes from the musical- the characters sing all of the Bee Gees songs from the soundtrack. The problem is that they needed way too many expository scenes to set up the musical numbers. The way I see it, in a musical, the music should carry the plot, not just complement it. Of course, the dancing was fantastic. The famous John Travolta Dance scene (you know, the one where he's dancing solo, and the stage lights up with all sorts of patterns and colors) translated really well. They used a mirror, angled over the stage, so that the people down front had two views of him... both from the front and also from the top.
It got me to thinking, the last time I went to a Broadway-style show was, well, on Broadway, when I saw Titanic: The Musical (which, I always feel obligated to add, came out a few years before the movie). I saw it in 1998 (I think) It was the only show I had the chance to see on Broadway, though I fulfilled a decade-old dream by seeing "Forbidden Broadway," which is an off-broadway show that parodies all the shows on Broadway that season. Good stuff. If you're ever in the "Big Apple," and can't decide what show you want to see, go see that.
Last night, I done got meself sum kulture down here in Georgia! (Sorry, sometimes I get a little carried away.)
Anywhoo, for the first time since moving here, I got to go to a show at the Rivercenter. I have to say, it's a pretty classy joint. The theater was beautiful, though I never got to see the enormous pipe organ. Anyway, the station had some comp tickets to see the touring production of "Saturday Night Fever," so I went with Cory's boss while Cory toiled away at work.
The show was ok.... a lot of fun, though not much substance. The soundtrack songs went surprisingly well with the scenes from the musical- the characters sing all of the Bee Gees songs from the soundtrack. The problem is that they needed way too many expository scenes to set up the musical numbers. The way I see it, in a musical, the music should carry the plot, not just complement it. Of course, the dancing was fantastic. The famous John Travolta Dance scene (you know, the one where he's dancing solo, and the stage lights up with all sorts of patterns and colors) translated really well. They used a mirror, angled over the stage, so that the people down front had two views of him... both from the front and also from the top.
It got me to thinking, the last time I went to a Broadway-style show was, well, on Broadway, when I saw Titanic: The Musical (which, I always feel obligated to add, came out a few years before the movie). I saw it in 1998 (I think) It was the only show I had the chance to see on Broadway, though I fulfilled a decade-old dream by seeing "Forbidden Broadway," which is an off-broadway show that parodies all the shows on Broadway that season. Good stuff. If you're ever in the "Big Apple," and can't decide what show you want to see, go see that.
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