http://www.playbill.com/news/article/118266.html 
i'm not over surprised that its closing..but i am sad..
for the cast..and crew and everything...
I never did review it..but i feel it deserves it..so here goes (it will be a short one i think).
As you know, I loved it. Whever it was they were trying to do, and however they were trying to convey things, emotionally etc...worked for me. I could see how it might not work though.. but it just clicked with my brain and emotions exactly right. .it just worked
In some ways its like the film, in others it felt like reading a book.
The set- i liked the relatively empty set used with the revolve.. especially when it turned into their house
the costumes- apart from them being a teensy bit short (were they supposed to be?) i lived them.. oh little bonnie's outfit
my mum and I were crying when we saw that
I found that I had to do a lot of imagining
if that makes sense.. like int he bit where they were looking over all the wounded soldiers.. and in the burning of atlanta (at the start of this i was crininging that it was just going to be a little fizzle..but then..
it got better.. and i was involved and absorbed that my imagination ran away with itself and it seemed even more dramatic.
The narration mostly worked well. Once or twice it annoyed me but mostly, what they had decided to leave in worked well and made it feel even more like reading a book. It was a really interesting experience.
The cast- well WOW what a cast.. so hardworking, so great!
Jill Paice- Scarlet- oh WOW she was BRILLIANT, stunning!!
just WOW great casting. Everything about her performance was great (ok ellabell, i dont know about accents but to me it only wavered a couple of times..even if what it wavered from wasnt perfect i dont know). Anyway, her voice was great.. i thought early in the show some of her high notes were a bit screechy but after that it was great..it just got stronger and stronger.. Acting wise she was just fantastic.. so..so..... scarlet.. she must be so exhausted, boithe physically and emotionally.. how does she do it? almost never offstage..even when i thought she was.. she was still on..just not centre stage. I SO understood her as a character, she had so many layers and dimensions to her. and she certainly progressed through the show.i was impressed! aww her way of saying 'ashley' as he show went on was increasingly heartbreaking and desperate.. in such a great way. I was so 'on her side'. so overall.. WOW to Jill.
Darius- Rhett Butler- very tall! and commanding with a lovely deep voice. he was very in control....His singing was great too.. i was happily impressed by his acting having never seen him on stage before. and goodness.. his second ;once upon a time' sung to bonnie.. i could see it coming.. so i cried.. and then he sung.. and then.. cried more.. totally heartbreaking.
oo oo and of course he got the famous line.. 'Frankly my dear...' etc
... when he finally delivered it.. he paused halfwaythough..the audience giggled in anticipation.. and THEN he finished the line.. saying it in a slightly different way to the film (i think).. but in a way that worked.
I think it would take too long to mention everyone else
but i liked pretty much everyone
mammy was fantastic and i quite liked Melanie... and Ellen O'Hara.. and and and ok i could go on. there were a few acent slips here and there..but otherwise.. they were great overall.
I mostly liked the staging. I didnt love the use of the 6 men to represent the horse when scarlet's father frist came onstage...yet it didnt bother me when they acted as the hrse in the scene with bonnie.. well it did bother me.. but not the way not was done.
The songs.. i loved them! i thought they all pretty much fitted as the show went along.. and i really liked some of the funny chorus numbers. There was only one that when they started singing... i thought.. eh? .. i cant remember what it was though
i wish i knew the song titles
I even quite liked Prissy's song even though it was a teensy bit random..
The music wasnt memorable on the whole.. but i enjoyed it at the time. It was like reading a good book and as you go on you remember what it was like to read a certain passage, how it felt, and what was going on, but not the exact words. That is what this was like, it felt like reading a book in a way, with music that served its purpose (more than) and then you turned the page.... and while it was still 'there' in my mind, i didnt remember it exactly. Like with a book, there were some bits i liked better than others.. sone 'chapters' in a way. The narration made it feel even more like a book.. as did the parts where i was imagining so much more than was on the stage.
I could see how people wouldn't like the fact that the music wasnt incredibly memorable or catchy, but for me it didnt matter..and even worked to its advantage (this doesnt mean i wouldnt like a cast recording, because i really REALLY would. i suppose there is little chance of that now
)
I dont think i have articulated this very well, but i know i enjoyed it, i was totally absorbed int he story and in the characters (mainly scarlet). and i cried and cried (i always cry at the theatre
.. but this was really a lot
).
I am sad it is closing because I liked it and would ahve considered going back had it lasted another few months, and for the cast and everyone that has worked on it. I guess its sad when any show closes, particularly so soon after opening.
Well, i'll just have to look back and remember that I liked it
even with its faults.. and i could see why people wouldnt like it..but i did
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