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- From: aku@leland.Stanford.EDU (Andrew Chia-Tso Ku)
- Subject: Re: JELLY'S LAST JAM
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.125117.27043@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <0hv1n1k@rpi.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 12:51:17 GMT
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- In article <0hv1n1k@rpi.edu> kaminl@rpi.edu (Matt Garretson) writes:
-
- >As for the show, all the singing and dancing "numbers" were great. But
- >things really slowed down through all the extended dramatic pauses
- >they had in there. Sure, some drama is fine, but there seemed to be
- >quite a few long, awkward periods of silence.
-
- I thought that the book scenes (by the director, George C. Wolfe) were
- among the strongest elements of the show. The book wasn't standard
- musical comedy filler between production numbers; it was raw,
- hard-edged and pungent (but entertaining nonetheless) and more than
- held my interest. I certainly don't recall any silences that weren't
- germane to the drama taking place on stage.
-
- Seeing the Great Performances documentary/advertisment of JLJ has
- really rekindled my enthusiasm for the show. It's certainly the ideal
- show for people who think that Broadway musicals (aside from Sondheim)
- can only be frivolous and irrelevant entertainments.
-
- Andrew
-