Love Never Dies and Macbeth

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The last couple of days have been filled with theatre. As usual, I enjoyed myself immensely.

On Monday, I attended another showing of Love Never Dies, and I enjoyed myself. It wasn’t as good as the first time, but that’s to be expected. The roles of Christine and the Phantom were played by some of the understudies, and they were ok. I wasn’t as impressed with their performances as I was with the main people. Besides that, everything else was really good. As I said in my last post, I was going to see this show one more time to see if I could catch any changes, and I did. The first noticeable change was the prologue to the show. This was shortened a bit, and one of the songs for it was cut. That was good because I feel like it didn’t fit all. The second change was with some of the lyrics. There were times when I liked the changes, and there were times when I wish they stuck with the original. Yet, overall, it didn’t affect the show too much. The last change I noticed was the end. It was definitely shorter than when I saw it last, and that made me happy. When I saw it the first time, I felt like it dragged on and just wanted it to be over. This time I was fully engaged with it and never got bored. Overall, the changes were definitely good for the show. I can’t wait for it to come to Broadway.

Today/Tonight, my theatre class went to the Globe to see Macbeth. Macbeth is one of my favorite Shakespeare shows, and it was really cool to see it live. The acting was terrific, the comedy was spot on, and the drama was dramatic enough. Yes, there were low points of the show, but that happens with all Shakespeare shows. The coolest part though was seeing a Shakespeare play in the Globe. It’s something that I will remember for the rest of my life.

Besides the theatre, not much else has really happened. Classes are winding down and last minute assignments are being finished. Next week is final exam week and that means there is going to be a lot of studying this weekend. In between all that studying, there will definitely be some fun in between. That’s it for now. Standing at the Globe for three hours as wiped me out so bed time is soon.
Until Next Time,
Jefe