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Seussical the Musical

Sat, 22 Apr 2006, 06:41 pm
walterhartright11 posts in thread
I went and saw Seussical last night and thought i'd give just a very general commentary on what i thought worked and didn't. Unfortunately a load of lights blew just before curtain so there were a few glitchs with things like microphones and people seen entering and exiting and props being moved or characters being in shadow but all in all i think the cast and crew did a great job dealing with it. most of the leads were superb, madeleine shawn (jojo), drew elliot (cat in the hat), alex mclennan (horton), kira morsley (mayzie) and my personal favourite vicki kirkman (gertrude mcfuzz). all these players showed off great voices and some very funny moments ensued... one thing, and i'm sure to be abused for this... the chorus (as a whole) needed to work a lot harder, from remembering choreography (which wasn't all that complex anyway...) to learning not to bump into each other... all in all a good night and i'm sure as the show goes on the glitches will be worked out and every night will hopefully be better than the last! goodluck!

I just would like to say a

Fri, 5 May 2006, 08:52 am
Walter Plinge
I just would like to say a congradulations to the cast and crew and particularly Kimberley Shaw. I watched the show last night and it made me want to be a kid again, to anyone with children I heartely recommend it. Just quickly a big pat on the back to the young Jo Jo (Madeline Shaw) she was absolutley brilliant! so talented for such a young age. When watching the production I noticed she had played Lucy in Narnia which is ironic because as I was watching her perform I was thinking how perfect she would have been as a young Lucy. The show had some faults (which already have been posted enough on) but I doubt any of the giggling children around me would have noticed or cared. A fantastic and fun adventure! Well done

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