Saturday, July 25, 2009
cultural event West Side Story.
This week I decided to go to the play "West side Story" that was being put on at sierra's amphitheater. We showed up 5 minutes before the play started which is not a good idea. There was a long line of people who had shown up just before us and there was only one poor guy at the booth selling tickets so the line went really slow. After waiting through the line we got in about 20 minutes later allready knowing what scene was coming up because we were able to hear the whole thing from the ticket line. The theater is really nice. It is a half bowl shaped hill that is all grass. There was a section for people to sit on chairs and a section for people to sit down on blankets they had brought. We brought a blanket and sat down in that section where we began to enjoy the show. The acting was really good and the actors also had great voices. One of my dads favorite plays is west side story so I allready knew it well and I noticed that in the play they decided to change the sequence of a few scenes which was interesting and I liked. They also put in a few scenes that are not in the original, like a spirit world scene where Bernardo and Riff were seen after there death at the rumble and they had forgiven eachother and were friends. The actor that played Riff was my favorite. In the story Riff is the leader of the gang and this guy did a good job at being the leader and was everything Riff should be. I really enjoyed this show and was happy to have gone.
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I love West Side Story. It truly makes a difference to go and see the play and not just watch a movie or something. Everything is alive and there is so much energy in live theatre. I think it definately makes a difference in the performance if the actor (like Riff)is really involved in his character.
ReplyDeleteI hate when people seem to get in line right before you! That is interesting about how they added the extra scene of the spirit world. Probably a Mormon thing.
ReplyDeleteIt's pathetic that I've only seen West Side Story once. I really like the music and it's awesome that the actors had great voices becuase that really has a big effect on how much you enjoy the play I think.
ReplyDeleteWest Side Story is definitely on my list of things to see. I haven't actually seen it yet. I've seen the beginning of the movie where everyone's snapping their fingers in ryhthm. I'll get around to it one of these days.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...I'm not too sure about how I feel about the after-world scene, but I am not a good judge since I didn't see it. West Side Story is on of my favorite plays as well and I have seen in done a few times. I listen to the music frequently and I have loved it since the first time I saw it in 5th or 6th grade. The voices of the actors are my favorite part. I often like going to a theater that has a small cast, because they seem to have better voices if there are fewer of them. I really liked this post.
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