| re: Is this worth seeing? Nmi | |
| Posted by: andyboy 12:23 pm EDT 05/17/24 | |
| In reply to: Is this worth seeing? Nmi - Mmac72 09:36 am EDT 05/17/24 | |
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| It was fun. I thought Foster would be a more natural fit for Winnifred than she actually was. She has a very focused energy which made the character more determined than goofy, and I feel goofiness is a necessary layer. But she hit all the marks otherwise and was certainly energetic and game. The real star was Harriet Harris. She didn't do anything but bring her trademark gooey evilness -- you've seen the performance a thousand times from her -- but it was so delicious that the audience ate it up. Urie doesn't sing well, but he was muggingly funny (and I forgive mugging in a show like this, which needs hoary vaudeville tropes to flesh out the so-so script). Jackson was appropriately studly and stupid (he could do this role in his sleep). The show has too many detours into rather lame charm songs by secondary characters (a product of the time it was written) and it has no convincing "point of no return" moment that would typically close a first act. If it were written today, the show might be streamlined into a much more successful 90 minutes of fun. But I really enjoyed it for what it was. | |
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