I will be reviewing “The Play that Went Wrong” by Henry Lewis. This play is in so many different directions, I don’t even know where to start. I think I’ll go with Murphy's law. “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” The Play starts off with the crew asking about a lost puppy. It just kinda escalated from there. Things from the gayest kiss imaginable, to an entangled telephone call, the play keeps getting worse and worse, and in a way, better.
I will be judging my two favorite cast members, Ashley Bryant and Akron Watson. I will start with Mr. Watson. He plays Trevor, a Duran Duran obsessed stage manager. He was out there, and I loved it. His body was loose, and free whilst showing he did not care at all. Until, of course, he had to go onstage himself. His projection was normal, but what I loved most about his performance was his reaction time. It was awful. He’d miss a cue, or not follow the lines. He went on TINDER for crying out loud. But, all in all, he was the best. Of course his
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She started off as a minor character, just there to make sure the set doesn’t collapses upon itself. Her role progresses as the play falls apart, until she is literally constraining another cast member to say the lines. Her projection was spot-on, and her annunciation was, I mean, she tried, okay? Her body language started off as you would expect closed in, and just saying “I don’t want to be here.” But, I thought it was remarkable that as the play went on, the actress made small changes, like standing up straighter, and turning her face towards the audience. She was good with working beside the cast, but it did seem as though there was a barrier. It was spot on to how actors really look down on techies. Finally, I loved her facial expressions. She was breaking the fourth wall, and bringing the house DOWN! A quotable quote, “Inspector, you’re giving me a
She was amazing. I don’t know what I liked the most about her, her willingness to do what needed to be done, her dignity, her bravery, her ability to think things through and come up with a logical solution. She was a beautifully crafted character, so different from the norms of a young adult dystopian protagonist yet still having that same spark that I love. She was responsible, she knew her duty and she wasn’t afraid to do it – no matter the cost. she has a really interesting character arc in this novel, and some of the emotional situations (e.g. flashback scenes with her mother, her relationship with Elián) immediately caught my attention and sympathy. I found her narrative to be quite compelling, and Greta a wonderful example of how a steadfast, clever, logical mind could be a
...portant than anything and she did not let anyone or anything stop her from her main goal. This plays themes were based on love, passion, rage and vengeance.
Throughout the musical, the prowess of each individual performer was on display. Every performer, with the exception of Kristine, expressed a power and vibrato that was breathtaking; the highest notes lilting and the lowest notes thundering. I was in awe during a majority of the performances because of the commanding singing in each performer.
In the play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo plays the role of the tragic hero. In the play Romeo is an extremely impulsive individual. and makes his decisions without considering the consequences. Romeo makes terrible decisions that end up killing him. What Romeo Failed to see is that every decision he made had an even worse reaction.
Theater is acting, and each actor that was involved in this production was fantastic. Page Ogle who played Dolly did a very good job being a sweet talking, yet manipulative woman in the 1890s. I would have critiqued her on just one thing, slow down!
Overall, I enjoyed this play. Even with the dull ending, I found it to be entertaining and a good use of my time. The cast was great and they made good use of a decent
It was very nice to read something that had a lot of drama and suspense. This story has a mix of everything. It has a bit of suspense, drama, and comedy; therefore, it led it to be a very nice play. The people that would most like this play, has to be people who like suspense, drama, and thriller. These people would like it, because this story has a mix of everything, so the people who like to have a mix in their stories, they will love this story. It will suit them, and will give them a pleasure of reading a nice
As far as acting, the performers were able to convey the feelings they needed to. However, some characters such as Ol' Cap'n played by Dick Lambert and Luttibelle played by April Curry, seemed more committed and engaging in their roles than others. A crucial factor in April Curry portraying her role so well was her vocal talent far exceeded that of any of the other major performers. She had an amazing voice that I was dazzled by from curtain up to down and left me craving for more. This almost compensated for my disappointment when it came to the ensemble singing to the soundtrack. Many performers were dependent on the cd and were not confident as to when to begin or stop singing, which dampered many moments of the performers. Another element of acting that I enjoyed was the exaggerated use of cooning throughout the duration of the performance that brought characters to life, and enabled certain moments to seem real.
The play is about a young woman, Catherine who had been taking care of her father during his last years of life. Anne Heche plays Catherine. Prior to this play, I have never seen Anne Heche in any acting performance. I have to say she did an outstanding job in her portrayal of Catherine. She did a fantastic job of immediately drawing you into Catherine’s world. She aptly portrays the characteristics of a girl who never got a chance to grow up and the slight madness of the genius she inherited from her father. One can easily feel sad for her because after all she gave up all her dreams to take care of her ailing father. Anne Heche plays Catherine so well that it easy for you to fall in love with Catherine and desire only good things for her.
When it came to the dialogue of the production and the understanding of it the performers again did an excellent job. Their gestures and vocal elements all aided in the production’s success and were all fittingly used by the characters. For example, when Lala was talking on the phone with Peachy she casually twirled the phone cord in her hand, leaned against the banister and childishly flirted with Peachy.
Tori Gresham also had a wonder voice that was enjoyable to listen to throughout the performance. I thought that the sound was just perfect. I was clearly able to hear, and understand each character thought the entire performance. Each character sang very well, and performed every performance to its fullest potential. There was not one character that disappointed me.
Besides the fact that I didn't like this play, the actors did do a pretty good job with their acting and memorization of their lines. Couple times Marisol hesitated with her lines but it wasn't too bad. I like the accents they were using. It wasn't to hard to understand what they were saying, but once again there were those times when their accents did effect a little on their pronunciations and my understanding on what they were saying. Overall, I don't think they were too believable with their characters. They didn't reach me.
Zellweger’s nasally tone, at first, comes off as very annoying, but you begin to believe it’s what makes her character seem so innocent, she comes off as just a girl with a dream. Her gestures seem almost insecure at first, like a mouse, she moves with such innocence, but at the same time, her acting portrays someone entitled, so you don’t know how to react to her character. The gestures Renèe Zellweger utilizes develops her character. When she is performing “Funny Honey” you can sense love when she gently rubs her hands down her chest, as she walks around the piano and rubs her head on the piano as if she 's hugging it you get this feeling of love in her character. You can also feel her anger when she punches the piano. Velma played by Zeta-Jones was remarkable. The way that she was able to belt out the first song was amazing, the singing was unexpected, to say the least, her tone was thick and you could hear the deception in her voice. The role of Mama (Latifah) was acted out perfectly. When she is performing “When You’re Good to Mama” you cannot help but feel like you need to join in with the dancing and singing. Her gestures reinforced my feelings about the performance. They aided
‘Catastrophe’ is a play about a director seeing his play staged for the first time and giving his opinions on it to his assistant. There are four characters in total onstage, the director and the assistant as well as a lighting man that we never see and the protaganoist of the play being put on who never speaks. The director is a dictator character who controls the entire scene and exploits the protaganoist in his vulnerable and weak state and also that of the assistant usuing his male dominancy over her. The directors changes all of the way that the assistant has staged the protaganist on the stage to
Her ability to transition from comedy to drama is simply outstanding. One of the best comedic scenes in the movie takes place during the dinner scene, in which Victoria devours her dinner quickly and not to neatly, in order to just get it over with (11:45). Dench does a remarkable job of showing such a complete lack of regality and etiquette that the audience can't help but laugh at this Queen and her disdain for all of the pomp and circumstance associated with her royal duties. Shifting from comedy to drama, Dench also provided a very moving scene in which she shares with Abdul the lonliness of being the Queen, "I'm so lonely, everyone I really loved has died and I just go on and on." (37:08) The expression and tone in which this line is delivered truly tugs at the heart of the audience and provides a deeper understanding into just how lonely Victoria is. I agree with the review posted in Reelviews ,by James Berardinelli, in which he states, "Dench’s portrayal is, hands-down, the best thing about Stephen Frears’