I'm a HUGE Peter Pan fan. Not only the actual musical, but just the story in general. I always enjoyed Disney's version, Hook, Finding Neverland, and EVEN the erotic child one that came out in 2003. My parents even took me to see a production of it back when I was 3 and they said I was just so happy with glee at seeing Peter fly.
Unfortunately, this show was NOT that wonderful. Cathy is just too OLD. She's 59. She can still do the tricks which is great. I'd love to be able to do half the acrobatics at her age. But her vocals were strained sounding. Aaron said it best.
"Peter Pan sounded like Lucille 2." He's referring to Liza Minelli on Arrested Development. Yikes! The wires that helped them fly were great though. You couldn't even really see them. At the curtain call, however, she flies out over the audience and you can totally see her harness, the wires, and the freakin machine moving her over the audience. Not cool!
Our seats were HORRENDOUS! I bought the cheapest section (301) which came to $35 a person. But the actors were SO small. We couldn't even see facial expressions. At times, you couldn't even tell who was talking. Also, the costumes were horrible. You couldn't tell who was an indian, who was a lost boy, and who was a pirate. You should never have trouble figuring out those 3 types of characters.
In the end, Aaron didn't like it because it was a kid's show....and he was right. It IS a kid's show. But we both enjoyed the music and Aaron enjoyed Captain Hook!
Wow, what a piece of theater! 2 greats on 1 stage! Angela Bassett will receive a tony nomination for best female in a lead role for sure! (If she doesn't, I will be SHOCKED!) Samuel L. Jackson was good as well, but he was playing Martin Luther King Jr., no easy feat. It's a limited run, so there isn't much more time to see it.
This theater is GREAT for seeing shows. It's super intimate and small. We sat in row E in the orchestra all the way against the wall. Though it MIGHT be considered partial view (we couldn't see stage left which they rarely stood in) they were GREAT seats! We were literally 20 feet away from the actors. You could see every facial expression. I don't think I'll ever dislike seeing a show in this theater. Previously, we've seen Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and God of Carnage here. For BBAJ, they really transformed the theater so that it was covered in red christmas lights and even had a horse hanging upside down from the ceiling....Aaron was a little shocked that this was the same theater.
I will say that this was one of my least have theater experiences as of late. Not because of the theater or the performers, but because of the audiences members sitting next to me. They showed up late, talked, texted, and even answered the phone TWICE! My blood was boiling! I missed some important plot points and Aaron had to explain it later.
