Monday, April 12, 2010

The sTagE is NoW InfeCted WiTh BLaCk SpOTs..101!!


Have you ever seen the 101 Dalmatians??? of course you have!..everybody knows Cruella De vil,one of the best creations on the history of Walt Disney.

during my childhood i saw every version of this characters. the first movie, including the second part and then my favorite one with Glenn Close with real human beings, i loved it the character of cruella is fantastic, she is amazing and evil just like it has to be..or just like i used to hate her when i saw the first movie.She said: "The character has always been one of my favourite villains,Cruella is the Devil. She's like the wind - she walks in and everyone's hair blows back."

well my fascination with this theme is because they just announced the 101 Dalmatians the musical produced by Dennis De Young, imagine that!! with real dogs on stage, creating choreography and everything. of course cruella is not Glenn Close, this time is Sara Gettlerfinger were the reviewers said that she is super energetic but something is missing with her..like is nothing new anymore and maybe having alittle bit of Glenn Close character, although i haven't seen the musical i saw some part of the opening on youtube which capt my attention on the character i think she is very professional and trying to be as much as unique she can but is hard to portrait a character with certain details that we already know. or sometimes i guess actors are scared to change the perspective of the character and have audience against it. but that's part of the challenge of acting don't you think?


"She brings nothing fresh to the table. taking her cue from the 1996 live-action and Ms. Gettlerfinger channels Gelnn close".
without leaving behind the critics for the producer saying that the show thinks small.. starting with the dogs.
this comment is too much for my point of view, i think is a big deal to bring real dogs into a musical on stage is a big challenge for the actors and time for training the animals during the whole play.


plus we have to realise it that is not the same story as we have seen before is the real novel from the 1957 novel written by the British author Dodie Smith which also the music was inspired and produced by BT McNicholl . basically the novel is related to the present story but more contemporary i think, cruella's character is more like a classic villain.

well the fantastic musical announced the opening night on the theatre at Madison Square. bringing to the audience ideas like dogs in tutus,scout uniforms and kilts; concluding the review as a good production for "the family and a disarming moment, of a this charm-challenged mutt of a musical...."

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