Good Evening!
Well... I just got back from The Alliance Theatre - the TONY Award winning Alliance Theatre - where I saw a new show called "Twist: An American Musical". I can basically sum up my "review" and thoughts in two words:
Debbie.
Allen.
Nuff said.
PREEEE-cisely!
Although...
I had some friends in the show - which is how I ended up seeing the show tonight. Instead of an out and out "review", I'll just repost here what I posted on Twitter earlier:
-I know it's only intermission, but can someone stop Debbie Allen NOW. Please!
-Two lyrics I never want heard sung again: "I can feel my baby comin'!" and "She's sweatin' in her feet."
-And then she had the baby on stage... And then died.
-Even though I got comped, I still want a refund.
-The show took place in New Orleans. The kids sounded like they were in "Newsies". The adults had generic Southern accents. And...
-And when the couple who ran the orphanage sang their big number, they sounded like the Thernadiers in "Les Miz".
-Seriously, making a show appeal to EVERYONE should not mean stealthily steering the material towards cheap laughs & manufactured pathos.
-If I see a bad show in midtown, I usually leave the theatre un-entertained and disappointed. Tonight I left the theatre mad.
And that's 'nuff said for now.