Theatre/Theater L.A.: Orpheus Descending
Friday, January 15th 2010
by: LemonBars
Source: imdb.com
Edited by: Marcy
Yes the theatre is small. Three sets of theatre style seats, 5 rows each maybe 8 seats in a row. A lot of the seats were "reserved" when I arrived for press. I think there were a number of no shows amongst the press since my sister and I had slim pickings to find two seats together when we arrived. There was a few singles and a row of wooden folding chairs at the top of the theatre. We ended up in the front row, all the way at the left. Great when Gale was on our side of stage (almost too close, if such a thing is possible) but not so good when he was on the other side. Twice our view was a little limited by the other actors blocking sightlines. If it wasn't sold out, it was probably due to the reserved seat signs being pulled on the no shows before the curtain went up.
Wow! Just Wow! Still looking for my socks, they were knocked off. LOL!
He was beautiful. And thin. And beautiful. He sang at several points, played at least a few chords in almost every scene. The singing was almost to himself, softly but that was part of the character. There was one scene where he was singing to someone on stage, stronger voice then.
One brief shirtless scene, one scene where the shirt was ripped open. The wife beater scene, the red shirt scenes . . . ok, LB, stop drooling!
Most of the cast was very strong, good performances. I had a problem at the beginning with the southern accent and the quick pace of the dialogue. Couldn't make out what they were saying. Didn't have that problem with Gale and the leads though.
Not sure I cared for the play. It was intense at points but other parts seemed to drag a bit for me. Probably the parts where the secondary characters were going on and on about something!
No Gale meetings for me. When we exited, there were several platters of food set out for a post opening/press reception type party. However, it was getting late for this old lady and I did have my sister with me so we left and headed home
Wow! Just Wow! Still looking for my socks, they were knocked off. LOL!
He was beautiful. And thin. And beautiful. He sang at several points, played at least a few chords in almost every scene. The singing was almost to himself, softly but that was part of the character. There was one scene where he was singing to someone on stage, stronger voice then.
One brief shirtless scene, one scene where the shirt was ripped open. The wife beater scene, the red shirt scenes . . . ok, LB, stop drooling!
Most of the cast was very strong, good performances. I had a problem at the beginning with the southern accent and the quick pace of the dialogue. Couldn't make out what they were saying. Didn't have that problem with Gale and the leads though.
Not sure I cared for the play. It was intense at points but other parts seemed to drag a bit for me. Probably the parts where the secondary characters were going on and on about something!
No Gale meetings for me. When we exited, there were several platters of food set out for a post opening/press reception type party. However, it was getting late for this old lady and I did have my sister with me so we left and headed home
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Written by LemonBars - Edited by Marcy
Written by LemonBars - Edited by Marcy