Today, (well, technically last night, but I'm going by mmy own internal combustion biological clock) I took my Mom and youngest little brother to see a musical. I should point out that the number of musical which I have seen and wholeheartedly liked numbers exactly 3. (Sweeney Todd, Hedwig and the Angry Itch, and Woody Guthries American Tale.) The rest of the musicals I have liked I have either only seen on video, or haven't seen yet, so they don't count.
It was a big day, It was the first Show at Syracuse Stage which I have seen since I stopped working there, and it was my youngest brothers first professional show. We saw Huck Finn: the Musical, or as the ads would have you believe "Big River". We were runing a little late and my critique of it is as follows.
Overall, A good musical, not Soundheim, but good. The musical numbers were well performed, and the cast had an energy which is hard, if not impossible, to fake. Characters were fully developed and, for the most part, as believable as a character who suddenly burts into song in the middle of a street can be.
On the technical side, the set is one of the best I've seen at Syracuse Stage with a couple little choices I disagreed with. One of the spot operators is probably getting reamed out right now as they had a tendency to focus the light on the actors shoes instead of their faces as they sang, but it was preview, so they've got two more performances before the show actually opens.
Like most musicals it's a fun night out, with a couple really poweful moments and musical numbers surrounded by a lot of fluff.
Overall: ***
Musicians:****
Acting: ** (It's a musical)
Technical: ****
Script: * (Again, musical)
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