Saturday, December 03, 2011

On A Clear Day - ehh

So I went a saw "On A Clear Day" on Broadway with Harry Connick Jr.  Bleh.
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He should look like this.
I tried to really enjoy this show.  They have changed the story and that wasn't the problem.  The problem was all around Harry.
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He looked like this
First, he looks bad.  Now, this isn't a particular problem, he is old.  But he is the star, so he has to look the best - so they have hired a cast of ok looking people and dressed them and cut their hair so they look terrible.  His acting is lousy - and that is probably only 80% his fault.  I know he was directed to "act" sad, which apparently was interpreted to be .. stilted.  He played this "emotion" as someone with zero charisma.
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All this would be fine if he sang his ass off.  He does not.  Many of the people in the show sang well, he held back a lot.  Even as I sat through the damn show, to hear him sing "On A Clear Day" - he didn't knock it out of the park.
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Now the rest of the cast, stuck in 1970's platform shoes and orange bellbottoms or faux 1940s outfits. Sang great.  But the show - such as it is - revolves around Harry - the big black hole of fun at center of it.