点评:The revels now are ended for this season, but I still would like to share my thoughts. Exciting new performers, miss some of the past ones.
Twelfth Night sparkled - costumes, acting, production. Malvolio was hilarious, with a short and excellent improve riff with the audience added.
Three Musketeers -Superb if you're ok with profanity
What is in a word? In The Three Musketeers we were bombarded with many, many curses relating to motherhood, a set up for the casts' shocked reaction to the innocuous word "knave." Is such profanity an integral and essential part of hip-hop culture and we just need to adjust? What did that one word cost the festival in audience alienation, future attendance, and donations? Was it worth it? I think the festival missed an opportunity for provide a kid friendly play. Still, the costumes! The acting! The production with lighting, choreography, etc. were all EXCEPTIONAL.
Romeo and Juliet was lively and the homeless camp set actually worked. Car headlights driving across the bridge were an ingenious addition. Some of the poetry was lost in the conversion to hip hop and rap as it was hard to make out the words at times, at least for me. If it could have been a little slower and more distinct I think it would have worked. Romeo was intense and didn't seem to really take in the other actors, but delivered his lines with enthusiasm and feeling, but maybe overacting. Juliet was charming when showing her dewy eyed love for Romeo, but other times shouted her lines. The Friar was masterful and actually felt his role, with tears. Capulet excellent, Benvolio a delight. All in all and unique and satisfying producion.
My husband and the audience all adored RENT.
I hope the future finds a middle way between experimental theater and pleasing and retaining the audience.
翻译:本赛季的狂欢已经结束,但我仍然想分享我的想法。令人兴奋的新表演者,怀念一些过去的表演者。
《第十二夜》闪闪发光——服装、表演、制作。马伏里奥很搞笑,他在观众的陪伴下进行了一段简短而精彩的即兴表演。
三个火枪手 - 如果你能接受脏话的话那就太棒了
一句话是什么?在《三个火枪手》中,我们受到了很多很多与母性有关的咒骂,这是为了演员们对“无赖”这个无伤大雅的词的震惊反应而设置的。这种脏话是嘻哈文化不可或缺的重要组成部分,我们只需要调整吗?这个词让电影节在观众疏远、未来出席率和捐款方面付出了怎样的代价?它值得吗?我认为这个节日错过了提供适合儿童玩耍的机会。还是服装!演技!灯光、编舞等制作都非常出色。
罗密欧与朱丽叶很热闹,无家可归者营地也确实有效。驶过桥的汽车前灯是一个巧妙的补充。有些诗歌在转向嘻哈和说唱的过程中丢失了,因为有时很难辨认出这些词,至少对我来说是这样。如果它能慢一点、更清晰一点,我认为它会起作用。罗密欧很紧张,似乎并没有真正接受其他演员,但他的台词充满热情和感情,但也许表演过度了。朱丽叶在表达对罗密欧水汪汪的爱意时很迷人,但有时却喊着她的台词。修道士很出色,他真正感受到了自己的角色,流下了眼泪。凯普莱特出色,班伏里奥令人高兴。总而言之,制作独特且令人满意。
我丈夫和观众都喜欢《出租》。
我希望未来能在实验戏剧和取悦并留住观众之间找到一条中间道路。