On Thursday Night, I had a cocktail and dragged myself over to BAM (The Brooklyn Academy of Music) to see Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands. I personally think that Bourne is one of the amazing choreographer's in the theater today. Swan Lake blew me away. Mary Poppins was creative. I went into this show assuming that I was going to be awed by the uniqueness of this choreographers imagination, especially with such a crazy idea. Well, I have learned the lesson never to assume.
While the costumes were creative, the sets very Tim Burton, the choreography was well. simple. boring. and not creative at all. It was like Ballet for well... children. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great either. Bourne was in the audience in a little box, and at the end of the show he was applauding and nodding with approval like his cast, led by Sam Archer, had just done something amazing.
I wish I could sit here and make fun of this show for hours, but I really can't. Cause I will just get sad, and I have cookies that I need to bake, which let me tell you is twice as entertaining as this show was.
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(It's Jess from Student Congress way back in the day by the way.) Okay, so I was on Facebook, flipping through some recently updated profiles, saw that you had a blog and I was like, "I definitely have to check this out." So, anywho, here I am, and I can say with confidence that I have never met anyone who has seen quite as many shows as you. I am officially convinced. I'll send you a plaque if I get time.
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