sarah brightman
so i went and saw sarah brightman at the palace. yay!
i hadn't been there since circue du soliel - delerium. and i didn't know that andrew lloyd webber had written phantom of the opera specifically for her and to her. mmmmm, drama. anyway, for those with a high tolerance for sap, it was groovtastic. her 8 dancers were at points rather cruxshadows-esque, and her black angel wings confirmed it. and they beat me to the air-violin thing. grrr. the costumes were suitably pretentious, with sarah on a swing with 60' taffeta trailing behind, and confetti snow swirling about. the best visual effect was made with a huge tilted mirror, so the stage floor was visible as a vertical surface. she sang as she lay on the ground, surrounded by a circle of 'swimmers', doing the various swim postures typical of 50's coreographed swim displays. being near christmas, we got a few carols, with a noteworthy 'dance of the sugarplum fairies' adapted for vocals where it's usually instrumental only. why alice in wonderland and little red riding hood were there, i'm not sure. my only recommendation would be to add Rogue of cruxshadows to her harem of duetists.
i hadn't been there since circue du soliel - delerium. and i didn't know that andrew lloyd webber had written phantom of the opera specifically for her and to her. mmmmm, drama. anyway, for those with a high tolerance for sap, it was groovtastic. her 8 dancers were at points rather cruxshadows-esque, and her black angel wings confirmed it. and they beat me to the air-violin thing. grrr. the costumes were suitably pretentious, with sarah on a swing with 60' taffeta trailing behind, and confetti snow swirling about. the best visual effect was made with a huge tilted mirror, so the stage floor was visible as a vertical surface. she sang as she lay on the ground, surrounded by a circle of 'swimmers', doing the various swim postures typical of 50's coreographed swim displays. being near christmas, we got a few carols, with a noteworthy 'dance of the sugarplum fairies' adapted for vocals where it's usually instrumental only. why alice in wonderland and little red riding hood were there, i'm not sure. my only recommendation would be to add Rogue of cruxshadows to her harem of duetists.