I just suffered through the most hideous production (if you can call it that) of Follies EVER - Opera Toulon in France. The worst acting, direction, choreography, non-set - beyond inept. It really takes the cake for a director and cast not understanding the material they're doing. The Buddy especially was horrific - and his Follies number with him in his undergarments (apparently no one told him the he should wear a dance belt) was grotesque. The orchestra sounds great and they did it sans intermission, so points for that, but then we have to take away points for the idiot who directed it for video - the constant cutting to the conductor during the musical numbers made me want to choke an artichoke but that would be redundant, as Arti is already choking the artichoke.
