It did not detract in any way from the enjoyment myself and the audience got from the show.“A Chorus Line” brought many members of the Grady community to the auditorium last Thursday night to watch the 45 cast members sing and dance – the biggest opening night for any play held at Grady. My only comment might be that at some points I felt the music a bit too loud and it drowned out some of the words, but this could well be the acoustics in the room. The Musical Director, Alastair, worked hard throughout the show keeping the chorus under control!įrom beginning to end this was a great production by Jonathan Shiner, Jo Mansfield and her team, who got all the ingredients right which made for a fantastic show. I must mention Zarene because, although she did not have a solo as such, she was very noticeable as a good chorus member. I thought the harmonies and numbers where the chorus joined in were all excellent and always complimented the soloist. It was fabulous, I could hear every word and your humour and timing was perfect. I think you know we loved your characterisation of ‘He Vas My Boyfriend’. I enjoyed Chelsea’s numbers, especially ‘This Is Our Story’ from Shrek, another great song to sing she has a lovely “easy to listen to” voice.īeverly, I am leaving you until last what a performance. ‘I’m Not That Girl’ was also superbly sung. Such a great song to sing, you can milk the humour even more today Lauren overacts so much in the actual show. Well done, Lucy, I loved ‘The History of Wrong Guys’. I did not know the musical Nine or the song Julian sang, ‘The Bells of Saint Sebastian’, but WOW this was absolutely fantastic! I think we were all enraptured with his singing, it was truly wonderful to listen to and watch. ‘Corner of the Sky’ from Pippin is another difficult song to sing but Shea delivered it with style and feeling.
I enjoyed her ‘Le Jazz Hot’ from Victor/Victoria but felt she had so much more to give to the song. ‘With You’ from Ghost was performed by Francesca, a very difficult song to sing but I felt she did it justice, as well as ‘Speed Test’ with Alan, a great duet, I loved Alan’s facial expressions. Evie’s numbers were all good, especially ‘What I Did For Love’ from A Chorus Line, but equally so I enjoyed ‘Waiting For Life’, a song I was not familiar with. However, for me, Anne-Marie’s rendition of ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’ was emotional and made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! Lizzie too has a very powerful voice and is lovely to watch, the Barbra Streisand number could have been Barbra singing, but I particularly liked ‘Kindergarten Boyfriend’ as it was only last week I was at Heathers. Martin is always exciting to watch, you never quite know what expressions he is going to display. She delivers a song with great feeling, her duet with Martin was fun to listen to with excellent timing. The powerful voice of Anne-Marie was first on.
#LUCY AND THE CHORUS LINE FULL#
The opening number ‘There’s No Business Like Showbusiness’ set the scene for a most enjoyable evening full of lively entertainment and laughter. From the beginning the atmosphere in the room was electric, everyone was eager with anticipation as to what was coming.