Post by kyvai on Mar 12, 2023 22:07:24 GMT
We got going again after 20 minutes with no explanation as to what the stop was about, although Carrie Hope Fletcher’s levels were raised when they performed Falling Slowly again to restart, so perhaps it was something with that. It was a treat to get Falling Slowly twice (well, 3 times if you count the reprise).
So I was not quite as overawed as the previous poster, but then I have no nostalgia for the actors. I did really enjoy it, all performances were top notch. I am confused as to what about it was “in concert” though - it was staged, albeit minimally, but then the original production was as well, really it was only missing the bar, from memory, and was obviously a lot more spread out across the larger stage. There was full lighting design, sound effects etc, even a child actor to play Ivanka which was a non-singing, non-speaking part - kinda like a living prop! But the actors moved around from scene to scene, and acted and interacted just as they would in a standard production. Which was fantastic, obviously, but I had thought that an “in concert” production usually involves a line of microphones across the front of the stage and that’s it. Carrie Hope Fletcher did fine at the piano I thought, I’m a pianist myself, none of the piano parts are complicated stuff, but singing and playing solo at the Palladium - that’s something really, isn’t it. She was a little too big for the role vocally, and a little less delicate than I remember Girl being overall in her interpretation of the role, but that’s a minor criticism really, her performance was fairly flawless given her take on it, and this whole event wouldn’t have happened without her involvement really would it. Jamie Muscato was brilliant, just spot on in every way. The actor/musician ensemble was cohesive and pretty tight given this is only 2 performances, and their Gold a capella moment was a standout. And as mentioned the actor playing Billy stole several scenes and was a little light relief.
A great presentation of the musical overall I felt. Hopefully it will make its way back in another less transient form at some point, it’s a really lovely piece.
So I was not quite as overawed as the previous poster, but then I have no nostalgia for the actors. I did really enjoy it, all performances were top notch. I am confused as to what about it was “in concert” though - it was staged, albeit minimally, but then the original production was as well, really it was only missing the bar, from memory, and was obviously a lot more spread out across the larger stage. There was full lighting design, sound effects etc, even a child actor to play Ivanka which was a non-singing, non-speaking part - kinda like a living prop! But the actors moved around from scene to scene, and acted and interacted just as they would in a standard production. Which was fantastic, obviously, but I had thought that an “in concert” production usually involves a line of microphones across the front of the stage and that’s it. Carrie Hope Fletcher did fine at the piano I thought, I’m a pianist myself, none of the piano parts are complicated stuff, but singing and playing solo at the Palladium - that’s something really, isn’t it. She was a little too big for the role vocally, and a little less delicate than I remember Girl being overall in her interpretation of the role, but that’s a minor criticism really, her performance was fairly flawless given her take on it, and this whole event wouldn’t have happened without her involvement really would it. Jamie Muscato was brilliant, just spot on in every way. The actor/musician ensemble was cohesive and pretty tight given this is only 2 performances, and their Gold a capella moment was a standout. And as mentioned the actor playing Billy stole several scenes and was a little light relief.
A great presentation of the musical overall I felt. Hopefully it will make its way back in another less transient form at some point, it’s a really lovely piece.