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Post by happysooz2 on Sept 20, 2024 16:54:43 GMT
Seems actually very tricky! Have tried twice this week and then check throughout the day and no luck. Same results! I tried multiple times and succeeded only one for a single ticket and it was a bad seat. So I guess rush is not the way to go for this show if you're not super-flexible and patient. Fingers crossed it will be better for Why Am I So Single, especially after a few weeks from the first show. I was successful for a single Rush seat for today’s matinee and I was a bit later trying because I really wanted Next to Normal. Hey ho.
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Post by happysooz2 on Sept 20, 2024 21:20:35 GMT
Steve hit the nail on the head for me. Georgina Castle as Regina George makes this show and her performance is utterly off the wall. Her Regina is like an alien who almost knows how humans behave. Just bigger and more extra. I thought she was utterly phenomenal. Damien and the Plastics are also great, each of the actors finding something extra, something more than the movie performances. But overall I thought it lacked ooomph and sparkle, inspite of the great central performances. Most of the ensemble pieces dragged, inspite of everyone giving it their all. I wonder how much of this is to do with the screens/lack of scenery. It felt…empty somehow. Someone more musical than me can probably help me understand what’s bugging me about the score and the pacing. Act two feels rushed. The themes feel distinct, but somehow both under and over-used. I loved the Cool Mom’s reprise of Gretchen’s song. But Stars seems to be shoe-horned into what ever the song at the party is, and isn’t given enough space to breath before it blossoms into Kady’s last big number. Glad I saw it but I really would like to see this ‘properly’ staged.
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