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Ali 12:09 pm UTC 02/19/17 |
| In reply to: | re: Very minor opening night glitches - daveake 11:43 am UTC 02/19/17 |
| I agree actually. Tanz was *very good* but I think this is better. Jim has secured his legacy here and found a permanent medium through which his songs can be performed live for centuries to come! And yes, that's exactly why I posted that. They want feedback and to be honest it's very difficult to find anything they could improve. I liked the dancers in Paradise better tonight. Fight choreography still needs sound effects when the music isn't playing though. ;) Ax > 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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