I finally found the Scarlet Pimpernel!
This is pretty much my review on the Welk Resort version of the musical that's being put on right now. If you want to read it, it's cool, if not, that's okay.
Ohhhhhhh my god, the play was absolutely WONDERFUL!!
Since my mom is off to New York later this morning (I just dropped her and my cousins off at the airport) I told her that she's gonna have to buy me another ticket to go see the musical. I further irritated her by playing the soundtrack in my car while I was driving. : )
Marguerite wears a lot of pink in this production. The costumes were OBVIOUSLY costumes as the fabric on most everything was pretty cheap. Of course this production isn't the same as the original Broadway productions, and I didn't care too much for Percy's singing. Other than that everything was just great.
During the ballroom scene, all the other couples and the Prince of Wales are wearing a mixture of white and gold. Obviously the Blakeneys have red "satin"...it was more of a really really cheap nylon fabric. I'm really super picky when it comes to costumes.
The Chauvelin in this production was perfect. Except for the part where he keeps using weird hand motions that are better used for Phantom of the Opera (probably because the actor as Chauvelin also starred in Phantom as the title character). I will always love Chauvelin's songs!
I wanted to cry throughout the whole musical...mostly during the beginning when "Storybook" starts and it was more of a "Oh my gosh I can't believe I'm actually here watching this!" kind of thing.
Into the Fire definitely has to be my favorite sequence, though. I wish men were actually MEN these days because now guys aren't honorable. Secretly though I really wish I lived in the 1700s or 1800s : D
Armand seemed to be really young, and so did Marguerite. Marguerite definitely has that childlike face, and everybody's got their French and English accents on. But then the French eventually got annoying, so I don't think I'll be planning on learning that language anytime soon.
Percy was, indeed, handsome at times, just his singing face isn't really that great. He's no match for Douglas Sills :heart:
The number one question: How did the guillotine work?
I figured out how the guillotine "chops" off heads. The blade falls, but then so does the hole that everyone's head is placed in....the wood is moveable and there's a clear cut line in the center of it that folds downward so the actors' heads can "fall" off. As for the guillotine blade, it was made of wood and stops at the top of the chopping block and just *thuds*.
"The Creation of Man" - The costumes were made of velvet, and the guys had either tiger stripes or leopard spots on them. Percy obviously has tiger stripes.
The footbridge. Definitely beautiful. Percy puts on a nasally voice (even though his British accent is nasal enough!) while Marguerite can't even turn around and look at him. "She Was There" was pretty cool, and for this actor, better than his "Prayer." When Chauvelin is with Percy in this scene, and Percy's pointing out toward the audience going "THERE HE IS!" it usually ends with a "Fooled you" but since today was April 1, Percy went "April Fools."
The duel. It was pretty good and very similar to the Douglas Sills version.
Audience - The theater is set to seat about 100 people. Today's audience only had 25 people or less. It was pretty sad, but then again this is a performance put on by a country club and not many people were there. Also, not that many people are on Spring Break, either. I was the only one my age there. Everyone else was somebody's grandma or grandpa. There were no kids, just old people. No parent ages either! No teenagers. And I overheard some of them saying they don't understand what's going on. They're just members of the country club on vacation.
Music: I believe the orchestra was only three or four people. It looked like three. They played everything on the soundtrack, pretty much, but after the intermission, they shortened the "Entr'acte" playing only the Into the Fire sequence.
My overall quip: I would definitely see this again. I will MAKE SURE I get to see it again, because who knows when the next local production will be? My dream is to star in a local production of it, ha, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to get in. 1) I'm too short. 2) I'm not white, I'm Asian...This play consisted of all white people because they're supposed to be French and English, so I definitely wouldn't fit in. Reiterating: The costumes looked cheap and were made out of cheap fabric. Ugh. No. Just no.
I'm just so happy to be there!!
Ohhhhhhh my god, the play was absolutely WONDERFUL!!
Since my mom is off to New York later this morning (I just dropped her and my cousins off at the airport) I told her that she's gonna have to buy me another ticket to go see the musical. I further irritated her by playing the soundtrack in my car while I was driving. : )
Marguerite wears a lot of pink in this production. The costumes were OBVIOUSLY costumes as the fabric on most everything was pretty cheap. Of course this production isn't the same as the original Broadway productions, and I didn't care too much for Percy's singing. Other than that everything was just great.
During the ballroom scene, all the other couples and the Prince of Wales are wearing a mixture of white and gold. Obviously the Blakeneys have red "satin"...it was more of a really really cheap nylon fabric. I'm really super picky when it comes to costumes.
The Chauvelin in this production was perfect. Except for the part where he keeps using weird hand motions that are better used for Phantom of the Opera (probably because the actor as Chauvelin also starred in Phantom as the title character). I will always love Chauvelin's songs!
I wanted to cry throughout the whole musical...mostly during the beginning when "Storybook" starts and it was more of a "Oh my gosh I can't believe I'm actually here watching this!" kind of thing.
Into the Fire definitely has to be my favorite sequence, though. I wish men were actually MEN these days because now guys aren't honorable. Secretly though I really wish I lived in the 1700s or 1800s : D
Armand seemed to be really young, and so did Marguerite. Marguerite definitely has that childlike face, and everybody's got their French and English accents on. But then the French eventually got annoying, so I don't think I'll be planning on learning that language anytime soon.
Percy was, indeed, handsome at times, just his singing face isn't really that great. He's no match for Douglas Sills :heart:
The number one question: How did the guillotine work?
I figured out how the guillotine "chops" off heads. The blade falls, but then so does the hole that everyone's head is placed in....the wood is moveable and there's a clear cut line in the center of it that folds downward so the actors' heads can "fall" off. As for the guillotine blade, it was made of wood and stops at the top of the chopping block and just *thuds*.
"The Creation of Man" - The costumes were made of velvet, and the guys had either tiger stripes or leopard spots on them. Percy obviously has tiger stripes.
The footbridge. Definitely beautiful. Percy puts on a nasally voice (even though his British accent is nasal enough!) while Marguerite can't even turn around and look at him. "She Was There" was pretty cool, and for this actor, better than his "Prayer." When Chauvelin is with Percy in this scene, and Percy's pointing out toward the audience going "THERE HE IS!" it usually ends with a "Fooled you" but since today was April 1, Percy went "April Fools."
The duel. It was pretty good and very similar to the Douglas Sills version.
Audience - The theater is set to seat about 100 people. Today's audience only had 25 people or less. It was pretty sad, but then again this is a performance put on by a country club and not many people were there. Also, not that many people are on Spring Break, either. I was the only one my age there. Everyone else was somebody's grandma or grandpa. There were no kids, just old people. No parent ages either! No teenagers. And I overheard some of them saying they don't understand what's going on. They're just members of the country club on vacation.
Music: I believe the orchestra was only three or four people. It looked like three. They played everything on the soundtrack, pretty much, but after the intermission, they shortened the "Entr'acte" playing only the Into the Fire sequence.
My overall quip: I would definitely see this again. I will MAKE SURE I get to see it again, because who knows when the next local production will be? My dream is to star in a local production of it, ha, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to get in. 1) I'm too short. 2) I'm not white, I'm Asian...This play consisted of all white people because they're supposed to be French and English, so I definitely wouldn't fit in. Reiterating: The costumes looked cheap and were made out of cheap fabric. Ugh. No. Just no.
I'm just so happy to be there!!