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Post by tonyloco on Jul 28, 2017 15:44:39 GMT
Glad to know I am not alone then!
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Post by tonyloco on Jul 28, 2017 11:35:30 GMT
Well, I've just turned 80 and have been a fan of musicals sing Annie Get Your Gun in Sydney in 1948. I don't follow 'pop' music and knew little about Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman, but I thought Bat Out of Hell was sensationally good, despite some shortcomings as mentioned by others like the choreography and the storylines. It just blew me away with a superb score, amazing singing accompanied by a wonderful orchestra and a great sound design that allowed it all to be heard perfectly. In fact, I am still marvelling at how the score perfectly fulfilled all the requirements of a stage musical and yet seemed to be the essence of true rock as it was originally born in the 1950s. It gave me the kind of pleasure that I get only from musical theatre at its very best! I have a ticket for the last night and will try to go again between now and then.
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Post by tonyloco on Jul 28, 2017 10:14:05 GMT
As a newcomer to the Theatreboard I am not familiar with what has already been said comparing An American in Paris with 42nd Street but I was seriously disappointed with AAIP but thrilled by 42nd Street. But am I the only person to fail to be happy with the totally abstract ballet at the end of AAIP with no characters, no story and no reference to the sights and sounds of Paris, which is why Gershwin wrote the piece in the first place? The ballet was impressive, but what was it doing in An American in Paris?
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Post by tonyloco on Jul 28, 2017 10:03:07 GMT
Thanks for the welcome. I am still not sure how best to find my way around the site but I will persevere!
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Post by tonyloco on Jul 27, 2017 18:55:56 GMT
Parsley will be pleased. I've just done something I never do (no, not that, Ryan). I've just booked to see the same show within the space of a few months. I even wait at least a year before returning to see the mighty Les Miserables. Last time I was sat in A23, and next time I'll be in A1, so it will be nice to see all that wonderful tapping from a different angle. How many times do I have to go before I officially qualify as a fangirl? I've been three times and found A23 better than A1 because from A1 in Act I there was some obstruction of things happening around the piano and people downstage occasionally obscured people further upstage, but from A23 everything happening on stage could be clearly seen. Of course it sounded sensationally good from both seats and I will be there again next month in A23. For £15 those seats are the best value I have ever had in my entire theatre-going career starting back in 1947!
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