Topic: WHAT TAKES MY FANCY (Read 9049 times)

George · « **Reply #120 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:33:24 PM »

PAGE FIVE DANCE!!

George · « **Reply #121 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:34:08 PM »

Tonight, I ushered for a college (St. Martin's University, actually) production of Into the Woods.

George · « **Reply #122 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:34:42 PM »

It was long...most of the tempos seemed to be a little slow (in my opinion).

George · « **Reply #123 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:36:23 PM »

I don't think I was comparing them to the original recording, but a lot of it just felt slow.

George · « **Reply #124 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:38:23 PM »

My friend Amy was the Baker's Wife and she was good.

George · « **Reply #125 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:41:53 PM »

The guy playing the Baker was very good, also.

George · « **Reply #126 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:42:00 PM »

He's been in quite a few local shows, so I expected him to be good.

George · « **Reply #127 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:43:05 PM »

Several actors were obviously inexperienced, but no one embarrassed themselves.

George · « **Reply #128 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:45:23 PM »

The set was pretty cool...very cool trees across the stage. The band was on top and could be seen.

bk · « **Reply #129 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:50:25 PM »

Ten minutes to have eighty more pages.

bk · « **Reply #130 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:50:29 PM »

To it.

George · « **Reply #131 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:50:45 PM »

The lighting was not very inventive, except for the birds.

bk · « **Reply #132 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:50:47 PM »

Just dove in and wrote a whole set of liner notes in ninety minutes.

George · « **Reply #133 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:51:31 PM »

They used a couple of gobos that had birds in a circle and had them spin.

George · « **Reply #134 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:51:43 PM »

I thought that that was a pretty cool idea and effect...no stuffed birds on strings.

George · « **Reply #135 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:54:31 PM »

And in the opening number during the segments with Cinderella and her step-sisters and step-mother, Cinderella was kneeling on the ground in the light and the other three women were standing behind her outside the light!

George · « **Reply #136 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:54:51 PM »

Their heads and upper torsos were all in shadow. All they had to do was move everyone down a couple of feet and then they'd all be lit, but for some reason, no one thought of that. $:-\$

George · « **Reply #137 on:** April 10, 2014, 11:55:44 PM »

Also, the grouping of Jack and his mother, and the Baker and his wife were downstage a little, so it would've made a LOT of sense to have all three groupings on the same plane. Oh, well.

George · « **Reply #138 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:00:54 AM »

The really downside was the length (compounded by the tempos). They included "Our Little World" and they really didn't need it. I love the song, but it wasn't needed this time. Rapunzel had a very good voice and the Witch had a great voice...not as good an actress as a singer, though.

George · « **Reply #139 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:03:47 AM »

What I discovered about this is that the show (even with a not-so-great production) works. I still enjoyed the intertwining stories and the ending. I was swept along by it all.

George · « **Reply #140 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:03:59 AM »

A few others in the audience...not so much. There were several cell phones taken out and looked at during the show.

George · « **Reply #141 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:04:23 AM »

Quote from: bk on April 10, 2014, 11:50:25 PM

Ten minutes to have eighty more pages.

No lowest day of posting, today!

George · « **Reply #142 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:05:11 AM »

Not eighty more pages, but not the lowest.

George · « **Reply #143 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:12:22 AM »

And now for something completely different:

George · « **Reply #144 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:12:33 AM »

George · « **Reply #145 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:17:37 AM »

Hey...

George · « **Reply #146 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:17:46 AM »

...it's a little too close...

George · « **Reply #147 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:17:53 AM »

...to stop now...

George · « **Reply #148 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:18:12 AM »

...so...

George · « **Reply #149 on:** April 11, 2014, 12:18:36 AM »

...now that this has been practically a WHOLE page of me...

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