music: Richard Rodgerslyrics: Martin Charnin
book: Peter Stone
based on the play The Flowering Peach by Clifford Odets.
The story of Noah and the ark, slightly modernized, with music.
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Although I'm fairly familiar with MANY musicals, especially those by familiar musical-makers, this was not a show that I was aware of. And there are reasons for it.
The music was generally fun, with a nice assortment of ballads and quickly moving songs, humorous and dramatic. Though even so, none of the songs were particularly memorable. nothing that makes one sing it again on the car ride home.
But the music wasn't the problem.
The problem here is the story. There's no real climax, which isn't surprising, since there's no real conflict. We know how the story is going to end before we go into it, and while they try to introduce a few little plot twists, it generally doesn't pan out to much.
The performances here at Winona State University were generally pretty good. No one stood out as not being able to carry their role, and in fact some were quite outstanding. The directing was a bit weak. The actors seemed to wander around the stage for no purpose.
And while I'm glad to have seen it, I'm not likely to seek it out should it be playing anywhere near.
The music was generally fun, with a nice assortment of ballads and quickly moving songs, humorous and dramatic. Though even so, none of the songs were particularly memorable. nothing that makes one sing it again on the car ride home.
But the music wasn't the problem.
The problem here is the story. There's no real climax, which isn't surprising, since there's no real conflict. We know how the story is going to end before we go into it, and while they try to introduce a few little plot twists, it generally doesn't pan out to much.
The performances here at Winona State University were generally pretty good. No one stood out as not being able to carry their role, and in fact some were quite outstanding. The directing was a bit weak. The actors seemed to wander around the stage for no purpose.
And while I'm glad to have seen it, I'm not likely to seek it out should it be playing anywhere near.
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