Bob Greenberger

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August 08, 2004

Theatre notices

Been a weekend of sitting in theatres. On Friday night we were there for Opening Night of Fairfield Teen Theatre’s production of Jekyll & Hyde. Robbie is a featured ensemble player as Lord General George Glossip. FTT has gotten increasingly ambitious capped by last year’s amazing production of Les Miserables so they went for another similar production this year.

Now, I have never enjoyed Jekyll & Hyde. The music isn’t anywhere near as memorable as the best of Broadway nor is it a compelling story. In fact, I find it a bit thin on the character and exposition. All of Jekyll’s issues with his research with regards to his father’s condition is vague as is the reason Emma loves Jekyll since all we see is the obsession (a similar problem was encountered in last year’s Hulk movie—you never understood what Betty saw in Bruce).

Anyway, for a show I dislike, it was a very solid performance. Rob dies well in the opening of the second act. The duet between Emma and Lucy was a high point.

It was also the second year in a row I’m watching teenager girls strut the stage as prostitutes and it just felt…wrong. There was also the rousing “Bring on the Men” number where four different girls spend time caressing my son. I wasn’t sure if I was to be proud of his animal magnetism or what.

We’ll be back for closing night next weekend and Rob assures me they’re getting better with each performance.

On Saturday, we saw the Westport Playhouse production of Moliere’s School for Husbands which had been receiving rave notices. It was certainly played as a farce with some very funny performances. It also rocketed along so 75 minutes later, it was over. They sure did write shorter plays three hundred years ago.

Posted by Bob Greenberger at August 8, 2004 11:59 AM

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Posted by: Diane Duane at August 8, 2004 06:02 PM