AJ finished my jacket & Beauty and the Beast fall out
... AJ finished my jackets and they look FABULOUS! AJ rocks! Go. Have him embroider your things at Gigantic. AJ was also me escort to see "Beauty and the Beast" at the Harvey.
And .... apparently for some there's a little debate on whether "Beauty and the Beast" was actually good or not. Hey, I like B&B and my expectations were extremely low going into it. In the context of what I've seen over the past year THAT was a good show. The sound was extra crappy, but a good show nonetheless. Folks openly gasped as the sets were revealed. Dare I say it ... the sets were ... badass.
As for all the notes I've been getting about how the Harvey's old and that I'm apparently used to the "pristine sound at the Pantages," I got news for you folks ... I ain't used to the pristine sound of nowhere. I think every theater in this town has bad sound. Horrendous, messy, embarassing sound that makes me feel sorry for them. Sound that makes me feel sorry for them being poor and not able to find some frickin' engineers who know what the hell they're doing. But I write my review from the spectator's perspective. And the people in the audience were all, "Wow, I'm incredibly entertained but the sound was awful."
Still, bad sound and all the show got a standing ovation. That's with the stage hands being visible when a large piece of the set was being turned around. That's with Belle's voice dropping out during solos because of the bad sound. That's with the vaudville-style, hammy acting. I mean, I liked it. The audience liked it. They clapped their asses off so I dissed the sound. It was a crime to have a show be that entertaining and the sound be that awful. I'm not expecting Shakespeare here. It's DISNEY folks. It's supposed to be cheesy.
And .... apparently for some there's a little debate on whether "Beauty and the Beast" was actually good or not. Hey, I like B&B and my expectations were extremely low going into it. In the context of what I've seen over the past year THAT was a good show. The sound was extra crappy, but a good show nonetheless. Folks openly gasped as the sets were revealed. Dare I say it ... the sets were ... badass.
As for all the notes I've been getting about how the Harvey's old and that I'm apparently used to the "pristine sound at the Pantages," I got news for you folks ... I ain't used to the pristine sound of nowhere. I think every theater in this town has bad sound. Horrendous, messy, embarassing sound that makes me feel sorry for them. Sound that makes me feel sorry for them being poor and not able to find some frickin' engineers who know what the hell they're doing. But I write my review from the spectator's perspective. And the people in the audience were all, "Wow, I'm incredibly entertained but the sound was awful."
Still, bad sound and all the show got a standing ovation. That's with the stage hands being visible when a large piece of the set was being turned around. That's with Belle's voice dropping out during solos because of the bad sound. That's with the vaudville-style, hammy acting. I mean, I liked it. The audience liked it. They clapped their asses off so I dissed the sound. It was a crime to have a show be that entertaining and the sound be that awful. I'm not expecting Shakespeare here. It's DISNEY folks. It's supposed to be cheesy.
posted by Danielle Belton @ 9:11 AM
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