Passover the Musical: The Review
From our theatre critic:
Last night saw the premiere of Passover the Musical, the Purim Spiel, at Congregation Beth Shalom, Naperville.
The show played to a full house, thanks largely to the efforts of the director, who put more effort into getting an audience than she did on the show itself.
The show featured a cameo by the synagogue's cantor, Hasha Musha Perman, who brought the house down with her version of Rachel Ray de Pharoah, accompanied by her guitar and a squeaking rubber chicken.
The show starred a fluffy white beard and wig as Moses, bravely worn by musical director Scott Stuart. The 27 strong cast performed brilliantly, despite a couple of errors, which luckily the audience failed to notice, but will be revealed here for the first time.
Who cares if one song ended up in the wrong place? That one character never made it onto the stage at all because someone who shall remain nameless messed up her cue and led the rest of the cast to missing out two pages?
The show featured some stunning special effects, including the last minute addition of a fog machine. Unfortunately it was so noisy it sounded like a snake hissing everytime it went off. Fortunately this did nothing to detract from the wonderful singing but did lead to a surprise interruption by the ASPCA.
The show ended with a rallying speech from the director, without the aid of a safety vodka.
Her entrance was greeted with a huge cheer from the audience and shouts of "Hilary, Hilary" from some carefully placed plants. (Friends, not the burning bush).
The director had foolishly not bothered to learn her lines, so read from a script she had rewritten several times over the past few weeks, usually in the middle of the night.
She thanked everyone to much laughter and applause. She ended on a touching note, by explaining that the reason she had directed the show in the first place was to pay the community back for the enormous hospitality they had shown her and Grumpy since they arrived in Naperville a year ago next week.
Passover the Musical will end it's four hour long run this afternoon.
The show was videoed and is currently in the hands of Steven Shpielberg. Watch blog for details of when it appears on You Tube.
Last night saw the premiere of Passover the Musical, the Purim Spiel, at Congregation Beth Shalom, Naperville.
The show played to a full house, thanks largely to the efforts of the director, who put more effort into getting an audience than she did on the show itself.
The show featured a cameo by the synagogue's cantor, Hasha Musha Perman, who brought the house down with her version of Rachel Ray de Pharoah, accompanied by her guitar and a squeaking rubber chicken.
The show starred a fluffy white beard and wig as Moses, bravely worn by musical director Scott Stuart. The 27 strong cast performed brilliantly, despite a couple of errors, which luckily the audience failed to notice, but will be revealed here for the first time.
Who cares if one song ended up in the wrong place? That one character never made it onto the stage at all because someone who shall remain nameless messed up her cue and led the rest of the cast to missing out two pages?
The show featured some stunning special effects, including the last minute addition of a fog machine. Unfortunately it was so noisy it sounded like a snake hissing everytime it went off. Fortunately this did nothing to detract from the wonderful singing but did lead to a surprise interruption by the ASPCA.
The show ended with a rallying speech from the director, without the aid of a safety vodka.
Her entrance was greeted with a huge cheer from the audience and shouts of "Hilary, Hilary" from some carefully placed plants. (Friends, not the burning bush).
The director had foolishly not bothered to learn her lines, so read from a script she had rewritten several times over the past few weeks, usually in the middle of the night.
She thanked everyone to much laughter and applause. She ended on a touching note, by explaining that the reason she had directed the show in the first place was to pay the community back for the enormous hospitality they had shown her and Grumpy since they arrived in Naperville a year ago next week.
Passover the Musical will end it's four hour long run this afternoon.
The show was videoed and is currently in the hands of Steven Shpielberg. Watch blog for details of when it appears on You Tube.
posted by Hilary at
5:20 AM
1 Comments:
Bravo.
The show was wonderful.
Humourous. Energetic. Talented. Fast-paced. Well worth the price of admission & a great way for the cul-de-sac to spend an evening together.
See the afternoon show before it goes to Broadway at higher prices.
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