remember the name noah galvin!
Jan. 14th, 2007 10:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mouse_rantsi think the only time i have written about the theatre was when i was deeply offended by what i considered to be a very bad musical, which i knew was bound for broadway, bouyed up by hype. well, tonight i got to see a really, really good musical - which i suspect is also broadway-bound, but deservedly so.
it's a show called ACE, by robert taylor and richard oberacker. this one is all original, book and lyrics, and i believe this was its west-coast premier - only previous productions seem to have been the original one(s) in st. louis and cincinnati, and a chunk of the cast came from those productions - including the lead, noah galvin. i don't know how old he is, but his character is 10 years old, and he looks to be about that age. and he is really good - an excellent actor, and with quite a remarkable voice. so when he's a big broadway star, i want you all to remember, i told you about him first. despite his age, he is very much the lead, and carries the play. not that the rest of the cast isn't very good as well (including 14-year old gabrielle boyadjian, who plays his best friend). and it's a good story, with a number of levels, and excellent music - the kind you just soar along with.
i am, perhaps, a theatrical ignoramus for not appreciating whatever vision it was twyla tharp had, in the previously-mentioned musical, and preferring the more straightforward and, yes, uplifting story in ACE. a friend of mine, an artist, thought the tharp piece was brilliant - i wonder what she will think of this one. i don't know if i want to go any further with that thought - don't want to take up space laying out the whole story in the musical - not sure it would get my point across anyway. as i said, i don't consider ACE to be simplistic, and (despite being pretty straightforward), it covers a lot of ground - fathers and sons, the mistakes people make trying to correct other mistakes, and something of the impact wars have, not only on those who fight them, but on the people whose lives are connected with theirs. i guess i just prefer something where i don't have to wonder if i'm smart enough, or sufficiently au courrant with all the artistic references to understand it.
anyway, i had a really good time tonight - it's evenings like this that make me keep my subscriptions.
it's a show called ACE, by robert taylor and richard oberacker. this one is all original, book and lyrics, and i believe this was its west-coast premier - only previous productions seem to have been the original one(s) in st. louis and cincinnati, and a chunk of the cast came from those productions - including the lead, noah galvin. i don't know how old he is, but his character is 10 years old, and he looks to be about that age. and he is really good - an excellent actor, and with quite a remarkable voice. so when he's a big broadway star, i want you all to remember, i told you about him first. despite his age, he is very much the lead, and carries the play. not that the rest of the cast isn't very good as well (including 14-year old gabrielle boyadjian, who plays his best friend). and it's a good story, with a number of levels, and excellent music - the kind you just soar along with.
i am, perhaps, a theatrical ignoramus for not appreciating whatever vision it was twyla tharp had, in the previously-mentioned musical, and preferring the more straightforward and, yes, uplifting story in ACE. a friend of mine, an artist, thought the tharp piece was brilliant - i wonder what she will think of this one. i don't know if i want to go any further with that thought - don't want to take up space laying out the whole story in the musical - not sure it would get my point across anyway. as i said, i don't consider ACE to be simplistic, and (despite being pretty straightforward), it covers a lot of ground - fathers and sons, the mistakes people make trying to correct other mistakes, and something of the impact wars have, not only on those who fight them, but on the people whose lives are connected with theirs. i guess i just prefer something where i don't have to wonder if i'm smart enough, or sufficiently au courrant with all the artistic references to understand it.
anyway, i had a really good time tonight - it's evenings like this that make me keep my subscriptions.
