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winterI wouldn't be myself if I didn't get to a musical or three on a holiday in a city that has them. This time it's Gdynia and My Fair Lady. Very fun and light-hearted fare.
Alas, I squarely missed the cast I was aiming to see - my dearest Munkustrap, Tomasz Więcek as Higgins and Andrzej Sledz (Polish!Valjean) as Pickering. I did get to see Lukasz Dziedzic (Krolock ♥) as Harry, with all of two lines of song. Mind you, he's been working on his voice and even those two lines, in the deepest baritone, sent shivers down my spine. And he does an adorable drunken lout.
Still, I have a new actress to watch out for - Aleksandra Meller was Eliza Doolittle, and she brought the house down. I loved herotokoyaku King of England voice, her attitude, and just how subtle she made it at times.
The rest of the cast was very good, but none of the main performers of the Society side stood out (except Freddy in a negative way - I'm not sure which actor it was, but all the high notes were absolutely flat). Borys Szyc was hilarious as Alfred Doolittle, but then again it's a role that's hard to mess up ;) The ensemble was where it was at, from Mrs Higgins' chauffeur to the drunken Cockneys. It's a joy to see actors having so much sheer fun at a show, and their harmonies - this show has some very advanced singing - were top notch. Dancing, a bit less so, but I've got ridiculously high choreography standards after my Japan trip, alas.
Which brings me to a question - why the hell isn't this a Takarazuka show yet? You've got a great top male role, a sizzling musumeyaku lead (which, granted, could also be a nibante otokoyaku role), and Pickering would only need a solo or duet to be the perfect nibante role - the Gdynia production already featured a trio Spanish dance. There are multiple dance numbers, a stellar nibante musumeyaku role (Mrs Pierce, with Mrs Higgins as an upperclassman role), and I can name half a dozen kumichou and Senka members who'd have a ball with Alfred Doolittle. Or you could give it to Tom and break everyone's brain ;)
This post brought to you by a musical production featuring cross-dressing Hungarians in latex uniforms, ballgowns, Cockney street ballets, trio dances, flamenco, sparkles and Rockette kicklines. Only the quality of choreography and singing told me I was, in fact, not watching Takarazuka ;)
Alas, I squarely missed the cast I was aiming to see - my dearest Munkustrap, Tomasz Więcek as Higgins and Andrzej Sledz (Polish!Valjean) as Pickering. I did get to see Lukasz Dziedzic (Krolock ♥) as Harry, with all of two lines of song. Mind you, he's been working on his voice and even those two lines, in the deepest baritone, sent shivers down my spine. And he does an adorable drunken lout.
Still, I have a new actress to watch out for - Aleksandra Meller was Eliza Doolittle, and she brought the house down. I loved her
The rest of the cast was very good, but none of the main performers of the Society side stood out (except Freddy in a negative way - I'm not sure which actor it was, but all the high notes were absolutely flat). Borys Szyc was hilarious as Alfred Doolittle, but then again it's a role that's hard to mess up ;) The ensemble was where it was at, from Mrs Higgins' chauffeur to the drunken Cockneys. It's a joy to see actors having so much sheer fun at a show, and their harmonies - this show has some very advanced singing - were top notch. Dancing, a bit less so, but I've got ridiculously high choreography standards after my Japan trip, alas.
Which brings me to a question - why the hell isn't this a Takarazuka show yet? You've got a great top male role, a sizzling musumeyaku lead (which, granted, could also be a nibante otokoyaku role), and Pickering would only need a solo or duet to be the perfect nibante role - the Gdynia production already featured a trio Spanish dance. There are multiple dance numbers, a stellar nibante musumeyaku role (Mrs Pierce, with Mrs Higgins as an upperclassman role), and I can name half a dozen kumichou and Senka members who'd have a ball with Alfred Doolittle. Or you could give it to Tom and break everyone's brain ;)
This post brought to you by a musical production featuring cross-dressing Hungarians in latex uniforms, ballgowns, Cockney street ballets, trio dances, flamenco, sparkles and Rockette kicklines. Only the quality of choreography and singing told me I was, in fact, not watching Takarazuka ;)