Of Mice And Men Concert Report

On Friday, November 18th, I attended the play Alicia in Wonder Tierra which took place at California State University of San Bernardino. The play was put together and made possible by many students, professors and many others who dedicated their time and donations. I was fortunate enough to have been able to work with Sara on the props and the paint portion of the stage and set up. It was a great experience working on the props and seeing it all come together and being able to see it all finally being used to create the vision of a producer and director.

First, I’d like to commend all the actresses and actors on their excellent performances and voices, but, as always, there were some that stood out more than others. I thought Hannah Eckert and Joe Campbell, playing Jimmy and Billie, did and excellent job working with each other. Their duets were beautifully sung and had great synchronization, especially during the song ’S Wonderful which had them, perfectly synchronized, dancing up and down the stairs in what I believed to be a difficult dance number. Also, I’d like to comment on Tony Frenchu and Melanie Bratsch performances, who were clearly the audiences favorite, and mine, due to the amount of cheering and the standing ovation they received. Tony was perfect as cookie with his tall frame

The first actor that I will critique will be Chlorissa who played Janey. I think that she did a good job in projecting her voice well. Even though I was sitting close to the front in row D I think that others in the back heard as well as I did. When she spoke

Other than some blocking that I would do a little differently to improve sound, I thought the movement throughout the show was good. Sometimes a little stiff, but it always felt authentic. I think the show entertained the audience and presented them with some different things to think about in regards to relationships and trickery and why we do the things we do. It was fun to hear the crowd react when Gerry came out of the bathroom as a woman, the cop was revealed, and Dozer admitting he was a gentle soul who like cats. I think the direction highlighted the show and gave the audience the opportunity to follow along through this “shady”

The show clicks on all cylinders from start to finish. The show captures the spirit and the comedy of the original movie and then some. The whole time I was feeling happy and laughing because of the humor which varies from toilet humor to some really smart ones the Lancelot is a fairy one quite funny if you get the joke. The cast really connected with the characters and each other. With the cast you did get a feel of how the show was going to go. There was that classic Fourth wall break it's very interesting how it was done and how everything was planned. This show made me feel good on the inside out and that's good enough for me.

I thought that the costume decisions for this production were rather interesting. I have seen posters for Cats where the cast is in all fur suits and I have also seen ones where they are only in black with fur patches. For the show the costume designer chose to put each actor into a full on cat suit with a leotard underneath, I thought that it was an excellent choice because it made them look more realistic. Granted, the other costume design would have probably been cooler but they still had to dance under hot stage lights either

The signing was good throughout and the actors believable. There were a few missteps in the “A secretary is Not a toy” choreography that were noticeable and drew attention away from the singing, but these were infrequent. Also Smitty, played by Kaitlin Riley, had a wonderful performance, but her microphone was either not working or too low which prevented the audience from being able to fully appreciate her performance. The set was effectual; however, some minor off-center paint was slightly distracting at first. Costuming was well done, and the costume crew did a very good job representing each character through their outfits which was seen best through Finch. There were few lighting and sound effects that caught the eye, but spotlights were used in the beginning and a few times throughout the show to draw the audience's

The costumes chosen for the performance were appropriate, but not well conveyed in a lot of ways. The idea of them were great, they just were not conveyed as well as I believe they could have been. When I think of restoration costumes, I imagine large puffy wigs, extensive puffy dresses and clothing, lots of extravagant hats, and

Especially because the three girls were either freshman or sophomores, so I thought they did a really great job. I was reading through their biographies and they didn't have much experience being lead roles in plays, so I thought that was awesome that they were all taking on such big roles and doing such a great job at it. I didn't think the play was awful, but it wasn't my favorite play. I’ve been in a couple plays in grade school, and I’ve been to a couple musicals so this was something I had never experienced before. Again, like I said before, I was super confused about the purpose of the play just because I felt like there was so much going on that my mind was all over the place. Seeing Avenue Q the week before, then going to see this it was like a culture shock. They were completely different stories, language, how it was portrayed, that in this play I just kept thinking in my head, like wow what is going on. I thought it was a good experience for myself to see a play very different to what I'm used to but I don't know if I would necessarily recommend it to someone else. Just because to me, it wasn't something I loved, but if someone has an open mind and has seen many plays before then I think it’s something that people should

On Sunday April 9th 2017 Trinity Valley Community College put on the Broadway musical of Little Women it was wonderful! The musical was done very well from beginning to the end let’s start with the music. Some things are meant to be it’s one of my favorites numbers throughout the whole show because it’s such a sweet and tender moment. I love how they used a kite to symbolize Beth’s death how Jo had to realize and accepted it I feel it was a real growing moment for her. The lighting for Cape Cod was so perfect and the back ground they made for it was amazing there was so much detail in it that did not take away from the story but helped tell it. All of the props took a life of their own which was really cool because they we’re like characters. Aunt March was my

Caitlin, Nolan, Elizabeth’s talk were so intense, but it never looked that they are doing an acting, but it looked real with their expression. When it come to a mother talking to her daughter some emotional feelings were shown, but when she was talking to her husband about things she was upset her was shown as a stiff and stubborn wife would have. Every member of the cast did good job with their expressions.

The costumes were probably the best part of the whole performance. For an organization that does not always receive much funding,

The staging of the performance looked extremely nice. The trees looked real and the lighting was exquisite. The snow looked as white as a sheet of paper. However, when one of the actors was trying to make a snowball, it did not stay well. This showed how the snow was made out of something plastic or cheap material. .Additionally, I found the background design really interesting. I love the colors and how realistic

As far as the caliber of acting, it was superb. (I didn't expect to like it as much as I did!)

For this presentation, the content was solid. It was nice to know that this cast is trying something different with the audience that they are trying to reach. Urban millennials being that demographic since you “don’t see much of them.” On top of that the series was filled in Philadelphia. I also liked the remark Christina shared in relation to how she came up with the name “ Single &