[NEohioPAL] Hudson Players - On the Twentieth Century

Robert Spencer via NEohioPAL neohiopal at lists.neohiopal.org
Fri May 19 11:16:45 PDT 2017


On the Twentieth Century


Synopsis: Oscar Jaffe is a successful Broadway director; Lily Garland, one
of his stars. But when she leaves his direction, his success goes with her.
When he recognizes her aboard the Twentieth Century Limited, the train that
both of them are riding, he tries to get her back for a new show. But
accomplishing that feat isn't as simple as he had thought.

The second biggest issue with the show: The Direction; everything takes too
long to be conveyed, significantly more so in the songs, which go on far
longer than they should. Whole verses and repeating choruses could easily
be cut to create a tight, fun musical instead of one that goes on longer
than it should. The first issue: The Cast; a good attempt by the cast to
make this show work, but these "Twentieth Century" passengers could use
some steam.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.neohiopal.org/pipermail/neohiopal-neohiopal.org/attachments/20170519/daf8190e/attachment-0002.htm>


More information about the NEohioPAL mailing list