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Edited, Thu Sep 29 00:29:56 2005 by ProofsockXXII

This thread is very similar to Zadiels "coming out" thread.

Pj's too.

And Sab's.

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You're slowly deteriorating proof. Like an old man with alzheimers, except you're an young snatch deprived boy.

I have to disagree, keeping in mind, of course, that I have seen the stage performance, including once in Toronto when the magnificent Colm Wilkinson (who was actually Andrew Lloyd Webber's first pick to play the Phantom, until he saw the chemistry between Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman) played the Phantom. There is no describing how incredible that performance was...Colm Wilkinson was just larger than life.

Emma what's-her-name did a credible job as Christine, but her acting was quite weak. My biggest problem with her performance was that she was clearly intimidated by the music (as well she should be.) There were a number of times, for example when approaching the trills at the end of "Think of Me," where she really pulled back and was basically handling the notes with kid gloves, like she was afraid of them. It was an okay performance, but not a phenomenal one by any stretch of the imagination.

As for the kid they got to play the Phantom, I don't know what the hell they could possibly have been thinking. He was far, far too young, and it came across in his voice. He simply didn't have the depth and richness to his voice that comes with maturity. He tried to make up for it by faking a "gravelly" edge to his voice, and it came off as exactly what it was: a kid pretending to sing like an older man. Furthermore, apparently because they wanted the audience to know the Phantom was, except for his disfigurement, quite a hottie, the camera spent a lot of time on the unflawed side of his face, which was very clearly YOUNG. Which pretty much made the whole flashback scene where Madame Giry rescues him from being a sideshow freak make very little sense, because in that sequence he was nearly the same age as she was.

All the other performances were okay, including Minnie Driver as Carlotta, but I think they made in mistake in being so determined to find young, popular, up-and-coming actors to play the leads, which really was a detriment to the quality of the musical.

Ambrya, life-long thespian.


Edited, Thu Sep 29 02:21:42 2005 by Ambrya

Go see Lease...I hear it's a real killer!

Um...yeah, it's a parody from Team America: World Police.

If you are questioning it, then it will probably not be worth it. You said so yourself, the only one you really want to see is LOTR. Buy nice tickets for that.

$80 a ticket for some lesser known shows sounds pretty pricey to me.

Only you know your finances. Do you need to spend at least $1000 to see 6 shows?

As for the rest of you morans, I would recommend a strict regiment of Dora the Explorer and the Wiggles. Anything else might be a little bit too complicated for you.

Thanks Yan-yan.





In your imagination, am I dressed in leather and have you handcuffed to the bedposts while I do naughty things too?

Anybody here ever acutally IN a play?

"Dr. Sanderson" in Harvey.
"Conrad Birdie" in Bye Bye Birdie.

The only thing I did worth mentioning

Ten Little Indians ~ Agatha Christy

10 person cast

I was the butler and I didn't do it..

Your balls finally dropped?

I would go if I wanted to see all of the performances. Otherwise it seems a little heafty if you only want to see LOTR.

Edited, Thu Sep 29 11:35:20 2005 by fenderputy