Broken Bridges
OH yessss......this is the first time watching any local theatre production , purely Malaysian and also "me" first time going to KLPac.
Actually, I didn't expect to watch the musical at all, but thanks to Mimi, JP, and Cheryl and the 50% discount courtesy of Coleen, I didn't miss the musical. I would say that the show was pretty darn good. Though, I've never watched any Malaysian made musical, it did impress me on a few areas..Actually, before, I deliver my constructive criticism, I would first like to talk about KLPac.
I always thought that KLPac is this huge place with beautiful art galleries decorated with beautiful drawings and frescoes plus exhibitions of upcoming and past performances together with some maybe very unique decoration to portray art at its finest and also not forgetting the stage and halls for performances... Not that the real thing did not have what I've just said but it's so small....I was like this is it, KLPac...???I'm sorry for my overly honest opinion because I expected it to be big cause it's in KL and it should have everything if not most of it. Maybe it's new and there might be plans to expand the area...and if there are such plans I'm sure there are ample spaces for it to be possible. (the park)
But anyway, interiorly, KLPac is nice, and Pentas 2 is very nicely designed and it gives this really cosy and comfy feeling but it gives me the jitters that I'm going to perform there in the next three months and the stage is so big!!! and almost 500 pairs of eyes looking at us.....
Broken Bridges is quite good actually, ok i'm saying this again... but this is what I felt about the whole musical as a whole...
Singing
The ensembles were not clear, and I can't really distinguish between who is singing what, and as much as I try to I couldn't cause I don't have bat ears...HAHA There was this one part, I think it was an argument scene, there's a mini ensemble and it started fine, but later on when more voices came in, I can't tell who's singing and I was tryling to filter the lyrics...but I juz don't have bat ears...HAHA
Singing wise, it could have been better, it wasn't bad but maybe the ensemble marred it a little bit.
Acting
I thought the acting was good, Ming was really convincing but Leong is a bit stiff, I feel that he should have at least move move of his hands instead of just talking while standing there with his hand by his side. Big Green Lady in cheongsam was really like some drama queen emphasizing every darn movement even eyebrows....and her sepet eyes... Generally, the acting was convincing enough for me to understand the flow of the story.
Musical Composition
Woo... I really love the composition. I think the guy who did it must be darn good. It was really appropriate for all the parts of the show. It did evoke the emotional feeling of sadness, happiness and also mischief. But I still have some personal favourties though...
So people, go see the freaking musical, and if you think that this so-called constructive criticisms did give you preconceived notions about the whole show, than don't read it. But if you somehow read it up to this line, than please still go see the show, because honestly it is quite good...see it and judge it for yourself...IT'S A MALAYSIAN PRODUCTION...SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL THEATRE PRODUCTION!!!
Actually, I didn't expect to watch the musical at all, but thanks to Mimi, JP, and Cheryl and the 50% discount courtesy of Coleen, I didn't miss the musical. I would say that the show was pretty darn good. Though, I've never watched any Malaysian made musical, it did impress me on a few areas..Actually, before, I deliver my constructive criticism, I would first like to talk about KLPac.
I always thought that KLPac is this huge place with beautiful art galleries decorated with beautiful drawings and frescoes plus exhibitions of upcoming and past performances together with some maybe very unique decoration to portray art at its finest and also not forgetting the stage and halls for performances... Not that the real thing did not have what I've just said but it's so small....I was like this is it, KLPac...???I'm sorry for my overly honest opinion because I expected it to be big cause it's in KL and it should have everything if not most of it. Maybe it's new and there might be plans to expand the area...and if there are such plans I'm sure there are ample spaces for it to be possible. (the park)
But anyway, interiorly, KLPac is nice, and Pentas 2 is very nicely designed and it gives this really cosy and comfy feeling but it gives me the jitters that I'm going to perform there in the next three months and the stage is so big!!! and almost 500 pairs of eyes looking at us.....
Broken Bridges is quite good actually, ok i'm saying this again... but this is what I felt about the whole musical as a whole...
Singing
The ensembles were not clear, and I can't really distinguish between who is singing what, and as much as I try to I couldn't cause I don't have bat ears...HAHA There was this one part, I think it was an argument scene, there's a mini ensemble and it started fine, but later on when more voices came in, I can't tell who's singing and I was tryling to filter the lyrics...but I juz don't have bat ears...HAHA
Singing wise, it could have been better, it wasn't bad but maybe the ensemble marred it a little bit.
Acting
I thought the acting was good, Ming was really convincing but Leong is a bit stiff, I feel that he should have at least move move of his hands instead of just talking while standing there with his hand by his side. Big Green Lady in cheongsam was really like some drama queen emphasizing every darn movement even eyebrows....and her sepet eyes... Generally, the acting was convincing enough for me to understand the flow of the story.
Musical Composition
Woo... I really love the composition. I think the guy who did it must be darn good. It was really appropriate for all the parts of the show. It did evoke the emotional feeling of sadness, happiness and also mischief. But I still have some personal favourties though...
So people, go see the freaking musical, and if you think that this so-called constructive criticisms did give you preconceived notions about the whole show, than don't read it. But if you somehow read it up to this line, than please still go see the show, because honestly it is quite good...see it and judge it for yourself...IT'S A MALAYSIAN PRODUCTION...SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL THEATRE PRODUCTION!!!
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