Re: Wheelock reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 1:02 pm
I do not think I have ever read a review of a schools' BETM matinee only. The only adults in the room at a schools' show are on the stage, or busy supervising the pupils. When I was last at Wheelock Family Theatre, at Sunday's matinee, the theatre was full of young kids with their parents. I do not mean teens and tweens, as I recall in a London Thursday matinee, but very, very young kids - 5-11. Hundreds and hundreds of them. I became acutely aware of this musical's rough edges, that are really designed for adults and teens, and wondered what the hundreds of single-digit-age kids would make of it. This reviewer concluded exactly what I did:
Enjoy this review of a school children's matinee of BETM:
http://joyceschoices.com/theater-billy- ... e-musical/
I asked one of the cast if he noticed the giggles, too, and he said he did. And quite liked it.Here’s what I noticed. Many of the kids in the audience may have giggled and gasped and whispered at different parts of the show, but were completely wrapped up in Billy’s experience; and when it was over, and the young actor who played Michael the young man who cross-dressed came out for his bow, he got some of the biggest applause of all.
Take your kids and see this production of BILLY ELLIOT The Musical— not just for the singing and dancing which are first rate, not just for the performers who will win your heart, but because it is a show about why and how the arts are crucial, and how they inspire kids to have the courage to be their true, best selves. That’s a fact.
Enjoy this review of a school children's matinee of BETM:
http://joyceschoices.com/theater-billy- ... e-musical/