This pains me to no end to write this review.... For something I was so excited for, really really really, left me with "what the hell????".... I never in my mind thought I use my lowest score which UNSEE IT.... but if the second act was more like the first act and really not be like the original... it would have gotton it...
Not even close to the original... They stole the idea of Bare, stole Spring Awakenings crazy arm dancing, throw in Hairspray moments, Mother Mary is now the Lady of the Lake of Spamalot.... The new music is not memorial at all... and that was the first act.
The second act was a bit better, more like the original, other then why every song they had to change lyrics and make each song so not smooth. Like they crammed more words then beats. I did love the song "your not alone" which was a more touching, Sister Whoever song... But I missed Sister Chantal to much.... Not to mention the second act started with what I felt was ripping off Rent. Ugh... Some over zealous idiot just decided to rework a simple thing of beauty, to add characterization to these folk in this work, which makes them more 2d then 3d. The work now tries to say more, which makes it say much less. They made it funnier.... Which it wasn't meant to be funny.
Basically they used what worked in the last ten ground breaking shows, like Spring Awakening and Rent and such... threw it in a grinder and pretended it was a show...
Was the cast great? Yeah....
I did like Peter alot... and even if he was more funnier then original... This Peter was a good Peter...
And Jason was a good Jason... I would have just liked it if they had the original score and work and see how those characters would have stood their ground with me...
I pin all the blame on the director and producer trying to fix something, that might not have been perfect... But it didn't need to be fixed. Axing the mother, Sister Chantal, and expanding the dimwit of the cast Diann to a Asian who should have never acted so inappropriate "Asian Stereotypical" and the director is a Canadian born person... who sorta looks Asian....
As I said other then the very beautiful new "PSA" song your not alone... all the music that was touching and memorable, has been ruined. The new changes just left me... frankly I felt robbed. I'm not sure if Damon Intrabartolo, is still indisposed in California... but I can't believe he would have let his work get destroyed like this he wasn't...
So to the new gays and gay supporters that now love this show, because they weren't around for the first one? I'm glad you liked it. Overall the story is good still... better then not seeing a Bare at all... maybe... Yep these brilliant people wanted to fix a show that might not have needed to be fix. Expand on characters that I don't think needed expanded... esp when the lost of the old loved Characters like the mom and Sister Chantal.... Like I said, it wasn't for me. My friend that attended loved it... But if he would have known the original... I'm pretty sure he feel the same as me.
must see? Never thought I ever go this low with a "New" musical... But they almost got the only one worse from me... and I never thought I ever go there. As even a bad night at Theatre is still a good night...
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