Nov 29, 2008Me and my friends (Zye, Alex, RJ, Leslie, and Paola) watched HairSpray Musical in Star Theater, CCP Complex.
Pretty excited when I saw in the newspapers that this was showing in Manila. I didn't think twice to watch it.
anyway, here's the my review
The Stage: WOW! Hard work really paid off here. It was good and very colorful. Very 60's. I must say, it's more or less at par with the theatre stage in the UK. ;)
The Sound: WOW again! :D Hindi sabog, and at first we thought minus one lang ung nagplay, but I guess may mga live orchestra playing somewhere coz we saw some musicians going home carrying their instruments. One slight problem with the actors' and actresses' voice, may ibang mahina, may ibang parang muffled. But overall, it's ok :D
The Singing: Galing! :D All of them did a great job! And Michael de Mesa (Edna) can sing!!! Wow! dun ako nagulat. Hands down kay Dulce (Motor Mouth) and Nyoy Volante (Seaweed) :D Madel Ching (Tracey) was also great! Very nice for an theatre debut :D
The Acting: I must say.. this is one of the best. Madel Ching (Tracey) did very well in portraying her role. As I said, she is good and very cute too :D Monica Reynoso (Penny) was sooooo good! And galing niya! Wala na akong masasabi. Of course, Michael de Mesa, hands down talaga. And who would've thought Nyoy Volante can dance?! Galing din!
Overall: I'll give this one a 4.5/5 stars. Why the .5? dapat perfect kaya lang was a little disappointed with the place. The theatre was HARD to find! Ang liit ng signs nila, and we thought it was near Aliw Theater since they have the posters there too. We were late 3 minutes tuloy.. Enough about that.. All I can say that this is a GREAT production. I enjoyed watching this as compared to WestSide Story. Everything was great about this musical, from the stage to the actors to the production. GALING! :D I guess Atlantis Productions did justice to the musical :D
To those who haven't watch, WATCH IT! I highly recommend it! :D
