I always dislike musical for t thought it was a waste of
time seeing them. I’ve never been to a musical until my friend EB asked me to
come and see her in “Once Upon a Mattress” and I like it. I’ve seen some musical
like “High School Musical” and the following Memorial production “Once Upon a
Mattress” and recently “Crazy for You”; yet I’ve a choice of what I like or
don’t like similar to a critic. A job of a critic is to tell the masses of how
good or awful a play is. Even a hit play has it flaws from bad costume, design,
and song.
The play “Crazy for You” is mix of Broadway and Western
theme set in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s jazz era. Bobby Child (played by Nate Cox), an
wanna-be dancer and a reluctant fiancé, is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to seize
an old theatre for his mother’s (played by Sheridan Sone) bank. Along the way
he meets Polly Baker (played by Anna Dewey) and falls in love. To gain her love
and save the Gaiety Theater he pretends to be Bela Zangler (played by JT
Abshier), a millionaire producer, and have the townspeople and the Zangler’s
follies given put on a play and save the day. This musical has the beautiful
costume of Bobby Childs, Bela Zangler, and Irene Roth’s (played by Anna
Zimmerman) outrageous entire; so I like to congregate the costume department. I
adore the love connection between the characters like: Tess (played by Rachael
Riedford) and Bela Zangler, Mother and Everett Baker (played by Remington
Colbert), Irene Roth and Lank Hankins (played by Nathan Hall), and the main
characters Polly Baker and Bobby Childs, which symbolize that true love can be
found in unusual places. However the finale was less than expected and should
be more outrageous.
The play is full clichés: for example a rich man in a bad
relationship then falls in love at first sight routine with a “Polly”, a strong
independent girl. There are more cliché to come like a person who wants to be a
star, and the main character trying to save an old building from destruction.
An old yet laughable moment comes when everyone laugh no matter what will all
the funny accent of many cast members: JT Abshier, Bela Zangler, German accent
and playboy attitude made him into the second most amusing character in the
play. Austin Kuhn and Dara Rickett, the Fudors, funny British accents and
high-powered curiosity had the audience laughing everytime we saw them.
My
dream is to be a director of movie and/or show, yet I started to realize that
play and movies are the same thing. I also have a wish to voice my opinions.
That’s why I have a blog; no one gives me a chance to do so until today. Plays
can debut an actor or actress’ career or even a director’s career. Everyone has
ideas, talent, or perception that he he/she want out to the world for everyone
to see and what appreciate, and there is nothing wrong with that kind of
determination. I saw all of this in “Crazy for You”.
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