re: Very minor opening night glitches | |
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daveake 11:43 am UTC 02/19/17 |
In reply to: | re: Very minor opening night glitches - Lordy 11:33 am UTC 02/19/17 |
She did say "Very minor"! It's in previews, and the producers *want* to hear about these things so they can fix them; they even had questionnaires handed out at the interval including questions about what we *didn't* like. It's entirely appropriate to be discussing those things. That said, and even without my inevitable Stein-bias, that first preview was heads and shoulders above any other musical seen. TdV will never seem the same. Dave > Cmon! It was the first ever show. Things will be added > and taken out as it evolves. I thought it was brilliant > for an opening night of a preview of the first ever show. > > > This was an amazing show and for all that these are > > technically previews it looks pretty much finished to me. > > However, they were handing out feedback forms at the > > theatre so they're obviously aiming to tweak things to > > make it even better. > > > > Here's what I noticed... > > > > 1) The wet stage - how they got insurance for several > > things I have no idea, I would love to have seen the risk > > assessment form! The cord round Strat's neck and the dolls > > head being fired into the wings are scary enough but the > > slippery stage needs does actually need addressing before > > they accidentally kill Andrew. I really hope he didn't > > hurt his back last night - that was a nasty fall. > > > > 2) Stage combat. They need to work on this. Someone got > > punched repeatedly at the start of Act 2 but no knaps > > happened so it was entirely silent. You need some sort of > > sound effects to make it look real - particularly if the > > victim is lying down so their reaction options are > > limited. > > > > 3) Microphones - a few technical hitches. Really felt for > > the actress who found that hers was switched off for her > > solo line. Assuming they will have fixed that by tonight. > > > > 4) Not 100% sure about the dancers at the back of Paradise > > by the dashboard light. There's a lot going on already > > there with Falco and Sloane and the baseball stuff. > > Dancers as well is a bit much, although I would feel sorry > > for them if their bit got cut. > > > > 5) I want all of "Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire"! > > It's one of my absolute favourite Steinman songs! How > > could they cut it short like that! That's like getting up > > and wandering off halfway through sex! > > > > Other than that... perfect. > > > > Ax | |
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