Yesterday I saw Shrek and before I get into todays events, I must write briefly about it. After much thought, I would give the show a 2 1/2 borderline 3 stars. There were some really high points, such as the overly fantastic sets/scene designs and technological aspects. The really lows were the content. I kept having to change my thoughts between viewing the show as a kids show and then switching to viewing it as an adult show. Both are incredibly different and that it the source for one of the main problems with this musical. It cannot differentiate its target audience.
In terms of the actors. I just loved Christopher Seiber(sp?) and Daniel Breaker who play Lord Farquarrd(sp?) and Donkey, respectively. They really helped keep the show alive for me. While Sutton Foster was good at some point she wasn't consistent, neither was Shrek (pardon my ignorance for not knowing his real name). For Shrek, I wanted a more Shuler Hensley-type person to play the part. Someone with a more deeper louder voice. This guy had a great singing voice but he sounded very American Idol and it's hard to invision that when he is supposed to be an ogre.
What I did love was the tap scene; of course. That was probably one of the best moments of the show in addition the the Three Blind Mice. That part was hilarious/offensive. I was dying with laughter. I also really liked seeing all the fairy tale characters but for some reason aside from enjoying their costumes, they weren't memorable.
I still haven't decided yet whether or not I truly enjoyed the show. I'm on the fence. I will admit, however, that it was very cute. But, content-wise, not so much.
Today was the audition for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. My friend and I got up bright and early to attend the audition and ended up running into several familiar faces while we were there.
We were in the second group and were lucky enough to get out of the rain after maybe only a 30 minute wait. But, when we were in the waiting rooms we were there for at least an hour and a half. When we finally went, the first thing I thought about was that this was going to be a different experience then any audition I had been to in the past. I knew that precision was key so I tried to focus on the details when they were teaching. We learned a short combo from which, judging by the music and my memory of the show, seemed like it was the finale piece but I could be wrong. It had a very "wish on a star-dream big" kind of feel. After we learned the combo we were split into three groups. Everything went very fast and before I knew it I was told to go to the holding room until further notice. Both me and my friend and a few other people I know made it past first cut.
We waited around for I'm guessing another hour and a half or 2 hours for all the other groups to finish before heading back in for the 2nd cut. This time we learned a combo that preceeded the first combo. This time we were with everyone including agva members which I am assuming some or many were from past seasons. I watched them as they moved taking note of what movements they accented and what they suspended. I eventually went and thought I did decently but when the names were called, mine wasn't one of them. But, my friends was! I was so happy for her because I knew that ballet/pointe was next and she would surely rock it! She has a call back tomorrow and I can't wait to hear how it goes. Of course I'm bummed I didn't make it to the tuesday call back but this was an experience that I had been waiting for since who knows when so to finally be able to audition was enough to last me for quite a while ;-) I'm proud once again that I am clearly progessing seeing as I am able to get past first cuts. My goal now is to get even further....oh and to learn to dance in character heels! I'm so happy they were open to non-character shoes because I really didn't want my first time in character heels to be for an audition...
until the next one.
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