The only musicals/plays I have ever been to were ones at my school. I went to two of them and to be honest it was against my will. The theatre is just something that I am fine with not affiliating myself with. But I do hold all the people involved with theatre in a high regard. I don’t believe I could do what they do. The fact that they must learn all their lines and moves down perfectly amazes me. The actors must perfectly be in synch and know all their lines. This memorization to me is just amazing. One must also have the ability to sing at a fairly high level. The play we watched was spectacular in my regards. I thought Bianca was especially good at singing and captivating the audience. I was very impressed with the play and thought it was done very well. The play we watched far outclassed the ones I’ve been to.
I think the musical theatre genre is one that is a little boring to me, but I know some people love them. I think that the talent involved in the genre is amazing though. This play was the best play I have seen by far and actually had me watching; wondering what was going to happen next. I have not seen the Taming of the Shrew. I think that this actually helped in watching the play because I did not know what was going to happen next. I was interested in the plot which I thought was actually a little confusing. I actually didn’t realize that the story involved a play within the play while including backstage scenes for most of the play. I was very confused halfway through it. But once the realization hit me, the play made sense and was even more interesting. The switching of the play and backstage scenes actually was very interesting once I got it. I thought it was extremely clever and witty.
I believe my favorite part of this experience is that it was so new to me. As I said early I never go to plays because I think they are very drab and boring. They don’t really appeal to me. But this was like opening a new door. I was surprised by how much I actually got into thinking about what it takes to make one of these plays perfect. You have to have the complete package to go on-stage. You have to be fairly attractive (let’s be honest), have great vocals, and incredible memorization. You must be able to dance extremely well and, what I think is most important, be able to captivate an audience through some means. I believe Bianca did a great job. She started out as somewhat as a ditzy blonde, then transitioned into finding her husband and being less clueless. Kate was also outstanding. I believe she was the best acting wise. She had to show emotions of love and anger back to back. She was the center of attention for most of the play. Even under having the star role, she produced a great performance which revolved around her. She had a great voice but expressed her hatred for boy in a perfect way. Her tone and expressions had you believing that this woman actually disliked men as a whole. Then in the last act had to show her soft side in accepting her ex husband Petruccio.
Thank you for taking us! It was definitely an experience I am not used to and enjoyed my time.
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