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Wyndham's TheatreCharing Cross Road WC2H 0DA |
Dreamboats and Petticoats |
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BackgroundLaurence Marks and Maurice Gran wrote an original story to house the songs of the compilation albums that hit in 2007 of teen pop rock from back in the day. That is the day when a hit was a hit and everybody had a copy to play over and over and at all the home dancing parties that proliferated at the time. The songs are a great collection brought well and truly to life in this rock and roll British musical. The producers Bill Kenwright Laurie Mansfield and Brian Berg have put together a fantastic piece of entertainment. Of course the nostalgic familiarity of the 44 songs they chose (out of many thousands) sing for their own supper. They are a great collection as the success of the album shows. Nonetheless it is a brainer to make a good show out of a collection of pop songs. Ken's, Laurie's Laurence's, Maurice's and Brian's brains did good. (that sounds like a good twitter :-) The feel of the songs dicatated the story - they all have a lift to them and most are pretty well sing-along or dance along. The show deserves the success it is getting because it's clear that the cast and team altogether enjoy themselves and spread the enjoyment beautifully. This
show rocks. The obvious talent and commitment from each and every
performer is an absolute joy. The show grips the audience totally from
the moment it starts to the moment it ends. The scenes/ stage
arrangements and characters are exciting, and varied. Timings, quality
of voices, and the music are impeccable. ROCK AND ROLLThe show takes on the REAL spirit of rock and roll - the exuberance, the glow and sheer elevation that the 'real stuff' inevitably lifts you to - even when the words are about -say - unrequited love. . The albums and the show are innocent from the anguish implanted into the genre rock and roll with deaf metal (ok that's how i spell it ok?) and other creeping screeching syndromes posing as rock on a hangover....
...But enough of that I just wanted to reassure you that you can take anyone along without being put off by the slur of black woe that path musos drop on the WOW of real rock and roll. (I heard someone apologizing for liking rock and roll the other day) StoryThe eternal triangle without a nuance of malice - quite an achievement. It is most riveting how well the songs which were written 50 years or so ago, fit with the story - written around them. Cast
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