https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/...ans-guide-to-love-and-murder-on-broadway.html
There's not a section for stage shows, plays, or musicals, so I am putting this in the Movies section.
Last night I attended a "Broadway Across America" performance of "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" and absolutely loved it. I used to love Broadway shows like The King and I, Annie, Fiddler on the Roof, Carousel, and so on, but I wasn't a fan of the crap I've been exposed to starting in the 1970s and moving onward - with a few obvious exceptions. I just get sick of overly simplistic social justice messages (as they are referred to these days) and the heavy-handed insults to tradition and the need to shock the audience - or worse, trying to change the world.
But, a friend invited me to attend A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder and I found it absolutely amazing and delightful. The story was originally written right at the beginning of the 20th century and thus had that quaint English story-telling way of using language creatively and playing up the delightful quirks of the characters. The music, too, was reminiscent of the old English style, to the point that I thought this could be a revival show of an old play. But it was recently written, and done extremely well. The characters were both hilarious and well thought out, the music was easy to enjoy and at times extremely impressive, and the stage set, which was a stage on a stage, added to the feeling of watching an old theater production (even though they relied on some pretty advanced animated digital projection technology to create some excitement when a scene could never fit onto a stage).
To my shock, the play lasted nearly three hours. While I was watching I was so intrigued with the story unveiling itself, laughing at the brilliant humor, and enjoying the silly songs and dances, that I was under the impression they were flying through the story too quickly and would run out of stuff to do. But when it was over and I looked at my watch, I realized it wasn't a short play and I had just been so entranced that I lost all track of time. Wow, that's rare.
So, if you guys like British style storytelling and humor, I highly recommend you find a way to see this show.
There's not a section for stage shows, plays, or musicals, so I am putting this in the Movies section.
Last night I attended a "Broadway Across America" performance of "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" and absolutely loved it. I used to love Broadway shows like The King and I, Annie, Fiddler on the Roof, Carousel, and so on, but I wasn't a fan of the crap I've been exposed to starting in the 1970s and moving onward - with a few obvious exceptions. I just get sick of overly simplistic social justice messages (as they are referred to these days) and the heavy-handed insults to tradition and the need to shock the audience - or worse, trying to change the world.
But, a friend invited me to attend A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder and I found it absolutely amazing and delightful. The story was originally written right at the beginning of the 20th century and thus had that quaint English story-telling way of using language creatively and playing up the delightful quirks of the characters. The music, too, was reminiscent of the old English style, to the point that I thought this could be a revival show of an old play. But it was recently written, and done extremely well. The characters were both hilarious and well thought out, the music was easy to enjoy and at times extremely impressive, and the stage set, which was a stage on a stage, added to the feeling of watching an old theater production (even though they relied on some pretty advanced animated digital projection technology to create some excitement when a scene could never fit onto a stage).
To my shock, the play lasted nearly three hours. While I was watching I was so intrigued with the story unveiling itself, laughing at the brilliant humor, and enjoying the silly songs and dances, that I was under the impression they were flying through the story too quickly and would run out of stuff to do. But when it was over and I looked at my watch, I realized it wasn't a short play and I had just been so entranced that I lost all track of time. Wow, that's rare.
So, if you guys like British style storytelling and humor, I highly recommend you find a way to see this show.