Sunday, March 22, 2009

Dance music still shine in West Side Story

The production is under the direction of Arthur Laurents, the music man in the original book. It is provided in point star symbol of the story of Tony and Maria, the young lovers of these two different gangs in New York, but it still seems a bit piecemeal and slowly, with some surprising innovations. And its emotional effect is strangely muted.

Not Robbins' dances, access to the right of the Show prologue and then explode at regular intervals throughout the evening. This is the detonation dance gym, if the two rival gangs go head to head in a swirling, temperature increased competition, is another "America", a high-kicking greeting full of temperament Anita and the other girls in Puerto Rico to their homeland.

Robbins choreography, Joey McKneely again, both the character and history. Learn the movement, "Somewhere", a hymn to a better future, first sung by Tony and Maria, then danced by the company as an expression of hope.

Many things, that hope is within a radius of Josefina Scaglione, the presumption of innocence custom, as newcomers Maria. It has a pure voice and a winning stage performances, that the administration never said that innate quality turns saccharine.

If the voice of Matt Cavenaugh not displayed on the ethereal quality of Larry Kert, Tony's Original Broadway in 1957, it is, especially in "Somewhere." His health, like good taste, though, are in contrast with its position as a member of a charter jet, immigrant-bashing band of whites.

One of Lawrence "changes, the use of Spanish courses in Latin and their daughters. His motivation? For a dose of realism to more accurately reflect the diversity of both bands.

Realism has never been so necessary for the success of "West Side Story". It is that the suspension of belief that we are in history. Because we are members of the group of exceptional dance moves

Much of sharks "dialogue and Sondheim several texts have been translated by Lin-Manuel Miranda, with the stars, and says last season's Tony-winning Hit" in the heights. "

"West Side Story", which grew Groupies lip sync to the spectacle of Broadway Cast Recording soundtrack or a film has no problems with the language. Others may be a little lost, especially during times of non-singing. But Maria's "Hermosa siento" ( "I Feel Pretty"), is also on those who do not know Spanish, especially if our team Bernstein lilting melody.

On the evening of the great crackling is part of a hurricane named Karen Olivo, whose Anita impact of the measure, if it is displayed. Olivo, an alum of "In The Heights", has an indelible personality, a galvanized insistence that Latin women on stage.

But the personality is what is missing a large part of the whole. The two rival gang leaders Cody Green for the Jets and George Akram for sharks. They seem interchangeable strange, if the step of the dance floor and Laurent "history.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I do not understand your review at all.

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