HOKAY. SO.

[nakotaco]

Since I promised I would over at Numi's friending frenzy, and so anyone who gets suckered in will know what they're dealing with, I bring you

AN ACTUAL ENTRY

*trumpet noises*

From the Harem the other night:

megun-chan: no la quinta is spanish
megun-chan: it means next to denny's

We then went on to talk about quiche.

Reasons why I ♥ Mon Amour:

trasnochadoraI know they'

Comments

[kriscynical]

Heyyyy I saw Chicago last Saturday in Dallas. It was my Christmas gift to my dad since he adores the music from that show.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was unimpressed by Lisa Renna. She was the only one in that entire cast that depended upon her mike completely. She didn't pronounce anything she said and half the time I couldn't understand what the hell she was saying. Her emotions didn't communicate to the mezzanine where I was, and I wasn't that impressed with her singing either.

I have a bootleg video of the tour of Chicago, and I was really surprised when the entire cast ended up being the same as in the bootleg save for Velma and Roxie. I was unimpressed with Tom Wopat's Billy Flynn on the bootleg, and I was unimpressed with him in person. You're playing Billy Flynn for God's sake! Have some FUN with it! He had the personality of a wet dish rag to me. I know that movies are never as good as the "real" thing, but I've actually gotta say that from the different soundtracks I've heard and the live shows I've seen, Richard Geere is my favorite characterization of Billy. I'm not even all that much of a Richard Geere fan outside of Pretty Woman (because that movie is just awesome), but... there you go.

Having the orchestra on stage and minimal sets and such didn't bother me. I've never seen the original Broadway production so I don't really know any different when it comes to how the stage version is... staged. I asked my 11-year-old niece if she was able to follow the story okay without sets and distinct costumes, though, and she said she understood everything and she'd never even seen the movie of Chicago before.

Yay theatre!

[nakotaco]

About the only song of hers that I much liked was "My Funny Honey." And yes, that's exactly what I mean about Tom Wopat -- he was just kind of... there. Unfortunately I've never seen another stage production of it, just this one and the movie and heard the OBC, and I love Richard Gere's Billy. He plays with the character. And it's not all that surprising he's good at it, after all he did start out on Broadway.

I guess I wasn't so much disappointed by the staging as surprised. I think I was expecting it to be flashier, maybe.

Yay theatre indeed!