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Singin' in the Rain
Aug. 28th, 2016 11:42 pmPossibly the best movie musical of all time, so anyone doing a stage version has big shoes to fill. But it's hard to go wrong when you start with such great songs, and the Australian touring production did an admirable job.
Everyone talks about how they MADE IT RAIN ON STAGE for the showstopping title song. And it was pretty impressive! Sprinklers in the ceiling pouring water down, and a shallow pool across the whole floor to collect it. Lots of splashing about. The first three rows of the audience were provided with rain ponchos for protection.
My personal highlights were "Make 'Em Laugh" and "Moses Supposes", two of my favourite songs from the movie. Adam Garcia, who was meant to be the lead, was injured, but his understudy (a role shared between Robyn Arthur, Rodney Dobson and Mike Bishop) was a great Don Lockwood. (I was impressed when I realised a different version of the film clips would have to be made for all three understudies.) It was cool to see Jack Chambers from So You Think You Can Dance Australia as Cosmo Brown, probably one of the most fun stage roles ever. Gretel Scarlett was a great Kathy Selden, especially in "Good Morning" and "Would You?" And Erika Heynatz was hilarious as Lina Lamont, who actually gets a song here, "What's Wrong With Me?".
Everyone talks about how they MADE IT RAIN ON STAGE for the showstopping title song. And it was pretty impressive! Sprinklers in the ceiling pouring water down, and a shallow pool across the whole floor to collect it. Lots of splashing about. The first three rows of the audience were provided with rain ponchos for protection.
My personal highlights were "Make 'Em Laugh" and "Moses Supposes", two of my favourite songs from the movie. Adam Garcia, who was meant to be the lead, was injured, but his understudy (a role shared between Robyn Arthur, Rodney Dobson and Mike Bishop) was a great Don Lockwood. (I was impressed when I realised a different version of the film clips would have to be made for all three understudies.) It was cool to see Jack Chambers from So You Think You Can Dance Australia as Cosmo Brown, probably one of the most fun stage roles ever. Gretel Scarlett was a great Kathy Selden, especially in "Good Morning" and "Would You?" And Erika Heynatz was hilarious as Lina Lamont, who actually gets a song here, "What's Wrong With Me?".
