tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306970.post2132364761970732739..comments2023-08-16T17:21:43.843+03:00Comments on Pool of Thought - Shallow End: Got to have a crisis nowJohannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03137324785415316721noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306970.post-87506406753949403592007-05-06T17:38:00.000+03:002007-05-06T17:38:00.000+03:00Heh, you were in the mandatory quota of long-haire...Heh, you were in the mandatory quota of long-haired men dressed in black in the audience of a Viking musical, then. :) Noticed quite a few of them last night, too. ;)<BR/><BR/>But yes, just like with Elisabeth, I was mostly disappointed by the music, which is not a good sign in a musical. The best song was the "theme song", performed in the beginning and in the end. There were a few touching songs (and the mead song was funny), but they hardly had anything to do with Vikings, as far as the sound of the music goes.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how long the City Theatre will keep bringing musicals to the stage (there's at least one more on the way) instead of big productions of spoken theatre. I suppose the blander the music is, the wider the possible audience, but I'm just wondering if that will eventually turn out to be less than a good deal. I guess they're trying to fill as many seats as possible for the time being, just to mend the holes in the budget. (Yes, I found the tickets too expensive, all things considered. At least I got mine with a student discount.) <BR/><BR/>I suppose the small stage of Sopukka is at the moment the place to go for excellent "ordinary" plays. I'm hearing nothing but praise for <I>Kuka pelkää Virginia Woolfia?</I> and intend to go see it as soon as possible.Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137324785415316721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306970.post-68231623521982271242007-05-06T17:09:00.000+03:002007-05-06T17:09:00.000+03:00"Entertained, if not thrilled" is a pretty good su..."Entertained, if not thrilled" is a pretty good summary of how I also felt about Thorin vasara. You probably haven't seen the latest ish of my fanzine, but I wrote a short review of the play, with quite a few similar points to those you made. Great visuals, good leads, fine singing, rubbish music. I cringed at the corny lyrics quite a lot, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11744494570814728578noreply@blogger.com