点评:Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island, Illinois is popular with public and is famous for playing good quality shows.
We've been to this nice, historic theatre before, and saw several high-quality musicals at this venue. This time, we came to enjoy Disaster! (musical).
As always at this playhouse, lunch was traditionally served before the matinee show, but this time lunch fell short of our expectations. There were six people at our table. The main course I had -- Chicken Oscar with all the sides -- was tasteless and not up to par; several other guests at our table didn't enjoy the same main course, either. However, the dessert I had -- Strawberry Shortcake with ice cream -- turned out to be very good, and coffee -- timely refilled by a friendly, hospitable bootlegger, was just excellent -- coffee was very tasty.
The pre-show, enthusiastically performed by some talented and motivated bootleggers, was also very good. Especially memorable for me was Gillian and Nicholas -- the perspective young actors, with strong, well-projected stage voices and equally convincing stage presence.
The main show Disaster! (musical) left mixed impressions. My general impression and conclusion was that musical needs either a different script or/and a better direction. The show was exciting at times, but overall didn't live up to the expectations of a proper, solid, well-staged work of performing arts. Often the stage action lapsed, and the actors visibly forced themselves into the delivery of their scripted lines.
At the same time, there were very memorable actors -- Erica Lee Bigelow (Sr. Mary), Bobby Becher (Chad), and a very young, but very talented Jack Carslake (he played two roles -- Ben and Lisa!). These actors were excellent in acting, singing, dancing, they all performed at the very high level of their artistic abilities and obvious talent.
Of course, this musical has a potential, but it also needs much work to bring it up to the high standards of a reputable theatre production.
翻译:位于伊利诺伊州罗克岛的 Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse 深受公众欢迎,并以提供优质节目而闻名。
我们以前去过这个漂亮的历史悠久的剧院,并在这个场地看过几部高质量的音乐剧。这一次,我们是来享受灾难的! (音乐)。
和往常一样,在这个剧场,午餐传统上是在日场表演之前供应的,但这次午餐没有达到我们的预期。我们桌上有六个人。我吃的主菜——奥斯卡鸡肉和所有的配菜——都很无味,达不到标准;我们餐桌上的其他几位客人也不喜欢同样的主菜。然而,我吃的甜点——草莓脆饼配冰淇淋——结果非常好,而咖啡——由一位友好、好客的私酒贩及时补充,非常棒——咖啡非常美味。
由一些才华横溢、积极进取的盗版者热情表演的预演也非常精彩。尤其让我难忘的是吉莉安和尼古拉斯——前瞻性的年轻演员,他们具有强大、投射良好的舞台声音和同样令人信服的舞台表现力。
主要节目灾难! (音乐)留下了复杂的印象。我的总体印象和结论是音乐剧需要不同的剧本或/和更好的方向。该节目有时令人兴奋,但总体而言并没有达到对表演艺术适当,扎实,精心布置的作品的期望。舞台表演经常会失败,演员们显然会强迫自己表演剧本台词。
同时,还有非常令人难忘的演员——Erica Lee Bigelow(Sr. Mary)、Bobby Becher(乍得)和非常年轻但非常有才华的 Jack Carslake(他扮演了两个角色——Ben 和 Lisa!)。这些演员演技、歌唱、舞蹈都非常出色,都发挥了很高的艺术水平和明显的才华。
当然,这部音乐剧有潜力,但还需要做很多工作才能使其达到著名戏剧作品的高标准。