Good curtain call song for wizard of oz
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Again one’s struck by plausible Kansas intonation, and the grander educated tones too of Gerry Wicks as Professor Marvel and the Wizard himself, exuding a baffled grandeur and floundering good intent with a sliver of brilliant insight – as well as humbug magician projected beautifully onto the emerald backdrop.Īgain one’s struck by the Munchkins’ ensemble with individual notes for mayor and lawyer nicely rendered (Stephen Evans and Nick Barber) or Steven Adams as the officious and overweening guard to Emerald City. Dug Godfrey and Debbie Creissen as Uncle Henry and Aunt Em have most to do with the sepia outer sequences though take other smaller parts. Sarah Leedham’s turn as the Witch of the North is seraphic and reassuring, requiring a certain restraint counterpoising her evil rival’s furious bustle. You need projection to cut above all other voices and Knight gleefully provides it slicing through boos as if they were stray Munchkins. Each sing not only to the note but in character.įrankie Knight’s mostly green but hardly with real envy cackling her way to an ice-melting fate as The Wicked Witch, Miss Gultch’s avatar. Vocally she projects both the notes and the accent, nailing ‘Over the Rainbow’ just as her companions manage their individual song or blend together.Įach of her confederates is right: Joseph Bentley’s open goofiness as Hank and the Scarecrow works as if type-cast, as does the chiselled ranginess of Leigh Ward as Hickory/The Tin Man, and the braggadocio-bearded but soft-eyed Sam McLaughlan as Zeke/The Cowardly Lion. Mandy-Jane Jackson could be Dorothy in the West End quite plausibly, with her mix of ardent right-mindedness and winsome innocence which throughout her growing self-knowledge gives way to firmness and fire. Keziah Israel and Patti Griffiths supplied make-up and the latter wigs too. Hepzibah Sessa, Myles Locke, Ann Atkins, Glenys Stuart, Eleanor Medhurst – this bespeaks a major operation. This house is famed for them and they deserve mention. There’s even a yellow brick road down the aisle for cast and audience alike.Ĭostume and makeup are heavily required. Blocking is key in such space and numbers it’s handled consummately. It almost beggars belief that on one tiny stage we can be subjected to so many scene stages so expertly handled, so many projected backdrops and painted scenery shifts, not to mention a cast of twenty-two who can all sing. Tom Williams painted Professor Marvel’s caravan. Chris Smith has seamlessly synched the film projection and video elements, oak-aged to look authentic with seemingly some footage from the twister in the original film. He’s also responsible for lighting and sound design (Craig Flint operated it) Steve Evans stage manages with an essential deputy Martyn Coates.
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Steven Adams has provided with cast and crew the most astounding sets and designs (some painted some blown-up projections like backcloths) as well as moveable huts and battlements that I can remember seeing in Brighton or anywhere in such a space. Michael James‘ musical direction deserves commendation not only for synching the recorded music with live singing, but the cast’s vocal projection, clean intonation and ensemble. Music’s by Arlen and Harburg and replicating the film with screen projections at various points, including Herbert Stothard’s fine background music. Mimi Goddard directs an extraordinary production of The Wizard of Oz at the Brighton Little Theatre, with MGM’s production closely followed. Chris Smith synchs film projection and video elements. He’s also responsible for lighting and sound design (Craig Flint operated it) as well as stage managing with deputy Martyn Coates. Steven Adams has provided sets and designs (some painted some blown-up projections like backcloths) as well as moveable huts and battlements. Michael James‘ musical direction synchs recorded music with live singing. Mimi Goddard directs The Wizard of Oz at the Brighton Little Theatre, with MGM’s production replicated.