Hooray for Brollywood ; Stage Version Stays in Tune with Film Classic: First Night: Singin' in the Rain, Sadler's Wells
Evening Standard - London › August 04, 2004
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SADLER'S WELLS couldn't have chosen a better night to open its new production of Singin' in the Rain. Yesterday's tropical downpour meant everyone arrived at the theatre in the right meteorological mood, drenched but smiling. You could almost hear people doobie doo- ing as they shook their umbrellas and and then watched Cooper do likewise.
Given the near perfection of the MGM original, director Paul Kerryson has wisely decided not to tinker. In keeping with the film, his Singin' is set in late Twenties Hollywood when the movie studios began making talkies. It's a musical about making a musical film, with songs about entertainment and jokey dialogue about film-land. There is a square-jawed leading man, a foot-stamping diva and a sweetnatured songbird who finally gets her man.See the full content of this document
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Hooray for Brollywood ; Stage Version Stays in Tune with Film Classic: First Night: Singin' in the Rain, Sadler's Wells
Among the good things - and there are a lot - are the sets and costumes.
Designer Robert Inne...See the full content of this document
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