Wednesday, February 27, 2013

'Holding the Man', One of Australia's Great Love Stories

                  Jai Higgs and Alec Snow in Holding the Man.


It's only after about the third viewing of the hit musical "Wicked" that you begin to realize that, in addition to the show's brilliantly conceived special effects and razzle-dazzle showmanship, it's also a fiendishly clever concoction.
Creators Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Winnie Holzman (book) have seamlessly woven elements from their new show into the timeless classic "The Wizard of Oz" to create a magnificent blend of song, story and parody. It all unfolds in a superlative production at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.
It's the third time around at the Center for "Wicked," and director Joe Mantello has mounted a lavish rendition of this "back story" of the witches featured in the original "Oz." References to that 1939 movie abound as we learn how Elphaba became "wicked" and how she and Glinda, the good witch, actually were BFFs from college where they were improbable roommates — and where the emerald-hued Elphaba discovers that it's not easy being green.
- See more at: http://www.dailypilot.com/entertainment/tn-dpt-0301-titus-wicked-20130227,0,1460191.story#sthash.Phwi3Q49.dpuf
It's only after about the third viewing of the hit musical "Wicked" that you begin to realize that, in addition to the show's brilliantly conceived special effects and razzle-dazzle showmanship, it's also a fiendishly clever concoction.
Creators Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Winnie Holzman (book) have seamlessly woven elements from their new show into the timeless classic "The Wizard of Oz" to create a magnificent blend of song, story and parody. It all unfolds in a superlative production at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.
It's the third time around at the Center for "Wicked," and director Joe Mantello has mounted a lavish rendition of this "back story" of the witches featured in the original "Oz." References to that 1939 movie abound as we learn how Elphaba became "wicked" and how she and Glinda, the good witch, actually were BFFs from college where they were improbable roommates — and where the emerald-hued Elphaba discovers that it's not easy being green.
- See more at: http://www.dailypilot.com/entertainment/tn-dpt-0301-titus-wicked-20130227,0,1460191.story#sthash.Phwi3Q49.dpuf
It's only after about the third viewing of the hit musical "Wicked" that you begin to realize that, in addition to the show's brilliantly conceived special effects and razzle-dazzle showmanship, it's also a fiendishly clever concoction.
Creators Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Winnie Holzman (book) have seamlessly woven elements from their new show into the timeless classic "The Wizard of Oz" to create a magnificent blend of song, story and parody. It all unfolds in a superlative production at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.
It's the third time around at the Center for "Wicked," and director Joe Mantello has mounted a lavish rendition of this "back story" of the witches featured in the original "Oz." References to that 1939 movie abound as we learn how Elphaba became "wicked" and how she and Glinda, the good witch, actually were BFFs from college where they were improbable roommates — and where the emerald-hued Elphaba discovers that it's not easy being green.
- See more at: http://www.dailypilot.com/entertainment/tn-dpt-0301-titus-wicked-20130227,0,1460191.story#sthash.Phwi3Q49.dpuf
It's only after about the third viewing of the hit musical "Wicked" that you begin to realize that, in addition to the show's brilliantly conceived special effects and razzle-dazzle showmanship, it's also a fiendishly clever concoction.
Creators Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Winnie Holzman (book) have seamlessly woven elements from their new show into the timeless classic "The Wizard of Oz" to create a magnificent blend of song, story and parody. It all unfolds in a superlative production at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.
- See more at: http://www.dailypilot.com/entertainment/tn-dpt-0301-titus-wicked-20130227,0,1460191.story#sthash.Phwi3Q49.dpuf
Holding the Man is one of Australia's great love stories, and its power lies in its rejection of the epic nature of Hollywood-style epic romance in favour of a much more realistic portrayal of mutual devotion.

Patience, good humour and loyalty are behind every great love, and La Boite's production of Tim Conigrave and John Caleo's story admirably reinforces all of these qualities.

It's a tremendous piece of theatre, one aptly that suits the Roundhouse space, which almost becomes the sleeve that director David Berthold has pinned his heart onto.

It also features genuine and sparkling performances from a team of six actors, four of them newcomers to the LaBoite stage, ably supported by stalwarts Eugene Gilfedder and Helen Howard.

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It's only after about the third viewing of the hit musical "Wicked" that you begin to realize that, in addition to the show's brilliantly conceived special effects and razzle-dazzle showmanship, it's also a fiendishly clever concoction.
Creators Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Winnie Holzman (book) have seamlessly woven elements from their new show into the timeless classic "The Wizard of Oz" to create a magnificent blend of song, story and parody. It all unfolds in a superlative production at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.
- See more at: http://www.dailypilot.com/entertainment/tn-dpt-0301-titus-wicked-20130227,0,1460191.story#sthash.Phwi3Q49.dpuf
It's only after about the third viewing of the hit musical "Wicked" that you begin to realize that, in addition to the show's brilliantly conceived special effects and razzle-dazzle showmanship, it's also a fiendishly clever concoction.
Creators Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Winnie Holzman (book) have seamlessly woven elements from their new show into the timeless classic "The Wizard of Oz" to create a magnificent blend of song, story and parody. It all unfolds in a superlative production at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.
It's the third time around at the Center for "Wicked," and director Joe Mantello has mounted a lavish rendition of this "back story" of the witches featured in the original "Oz." References to that 1939 movie abound as we learn how Elphaba became "wicked" and how she and Glinda, the good witch, actually were BFFs from college where they were improbable roommates — and where the emerald-hued Elphaba discovers that it's not easy being green.
- See more at: http://www.dailypilot.com/entertainment/tn-dpt-0301-titus-wicked-20130227,0,1460191.story#sthash.Phwi3Q49.dpuf

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