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Out of the house
Jun. 30th, 2003 08:33 pmSo, yesterday Snra. Bitter & I took the opportunity to enjoy our Take a LIttle Time for TO passes. We started with breakfast at the Dundas (I had Steak and eggs, which was a bit overdone. Or maybe just too thin to do medium rare).
We took in the LOVELY (2-8) Jays/Expos game. I was out when the Jays finally scored their first run (I once again adore the drink lines at that place. Jay-Zeus, they should just install more vending machines). Game was rather disconcerting, but I would still rather have seen the Mets play.
Afterwards, we took in dinner at Red Devil's BBQ. The 'Mirvish Feast' didn't include taxes or gratuity, but was edible enough. I had ribs, which were very nice, and Snra. had salmon. Dessert was pecan pie, which was sooooo naaahhhce.
We finished off the day with a show of The Lion King. I was of mildly mixed anticipation going in, but it, my friends, was a darn good show. I enjoyed the film when I saw it, and since then have grown to be a twisted fan of musicl theatre.
Visually, it was great. The costumes were great and the sets great. I know nothing about lighting, but I'm willing to bet it was great too.
It was enjoyable how the ensemble would make their way to the stage via the auditorium. The openning, where the various animal costumes moved towards stage was incredible. Just becasue of the elephant.
For those of you who haven't seen it, the various costumes are incredible. Giraffes are actors on stilts, a rhino is a pair of actors, and gazelles are a single actor with three figures on their head and arms. The elephant, which only appears at the beginning of the show, is four performers, each of which has a leg. I don't know HOW they got onto the stage from the auditorium area, but the costume was neat. They don't attempt to hide the performers inside the costumes, and it doesn't suffer from it. The costume of Zazu (the hornbill) was great; essentially a puppet held by the performer. The Lions had head pieces that either could move (two actors could bow their heads towards each other so the headpieces were facing off) or fixed.
Musically? Enjoyable. I'm tone deaf (some of you have been to Karaoke with me), but it was good. It's got the standard problem anything that's an adaptation/has a famous adaptation has, which is you have a baseline where you judge everything by deviation from it, instead of on its own merits.
So, yeah. Fun show. Took some time. Yay me!
Three days left this week. Sweet, sweet, fourth of July.
We took in the LOVELY (2-8) Jays/Expos game. I was out when the Jays finally scored their first run (I once again adore the drink lines at that place. Jay-Zeus, they should just install more vending machines). Game was rather disconcerting, but I would still rather have seen the Mets play.
Afterwards, we took in dinner at Red Devil's BBQ. The 'Mirvish Feast' didn't include taxes or gratuity, but was edible enough. I had ribs, which were very nice, and Snra. had salmon. Dessert was pecan pie, which was sooooo naaahhhce.
We finished off the day with a show of The Lion King. I was of mildly mixed anticipation going in, but it, my friends, was a darn good show. I enjoyed the film when I saw it, and since then have grown to be a twisted fan of musicl theatre.
Visually, it was great. The costumes were great and the sets great. I know nothing about lighting, but I'm willing to bet it was great too.
It was enjoyable how the ensemble would make their way to the stage via the auditorium. The openning, where the various animal costumes moved towards stage was incredible. Just becasue of the elephant.
For those of you who haven't seen it, the various costumes are incredible. Giraffes are actors on stilts, a rhino is a pair of actors, and gazelles are a single actor with three figures on their head and arms. The elephant, which only appears at the beginning of the show, is four performers, each of which has a leg. I don't know HOW they got onto the stage from the auditorium area, but the costume was neat. They don't attempt to hide the performers inside the costumes, and it doesn't suffer from it. The costume of Zazu (the hornbill) was great; essentially a puppet held by the performer. The Lions had head pieces that either could move (two actors could bow their heads towards each other so the headpieces were facing off) or fixed.
Musically? Enjoyable. I'm tone deaf (some of you have been to Karaoke with me), but it was good. It's got the standard problem anything that's an adaptation/has a famous adaptation has, which is you have a baseline where you judge everything by deviation from it, instead of on its own merits.
So, yeah. Fun show. Took some time. Yay me!
Three days left this week. Sweet, sweet, fourth of July.
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