I was really impressed with the show. If you're in the DFW area and you love a good musical, go check it out if you get the chance. It's showing at the Lyric Stage in Irving and runs through September 14.
They are using the original choreography, which is pretty spiffy. Man, every time I watch West Side Story, be it on stage or the film adaptation, I am always a little surprised with how balletic it is. It actually usually drives me crazy for the first fifteen minutes or so until I get completely wrapped up in the story and forget to be annoyed that street thugs are dancing like Baryshnikov.
This crew had it together though. I was very impressed by the entire cast (even though it took me a little bit to get won over by Tony), and the minimalist set designs were used to perfection. Good stuff.
As if that wasn't enough, last night we got to go to the Maroon 5/Counting Crows concert out at the Coca-ColaSmirnoffStarSuperPagesPlex.com Center (if you're not from DFW, don't ask). The concert was phenomenal, I have to say. We caught Maroon 5 on the side stage at Edgefest several years back and they put on such an outstanding show. I am pleased to say that blowing up into huge superstardom has not detracted from that at all. In fact, now we have the added bonus of cool laser effects. And then Counting Crows...wow. There are many reasons I love this band, let me tell you. Every show is so completely different. They went pretty mellow for this set. We got an incredible rendition of Anna Begins, a gorgeous Long December, and a very pretty Mr. Jones. Then they ramped it up a little bit for the end, and they had the opening act, August Ana (who I was also very impressed by) come out and help them for the encore, which was Rain King. Man, that was freaking incredible. I was hoping someone would have it up on YouTube by now so I could link to it, but I don't see anything. The show just flew by. I couldn't believe it was over when the lights came on.
So as you can tell, I've had a pretty darn good weekend, entertainment-wise. In the DVD world, I've got one disc left of Crossing Jordan's freshman season, which I am hoping to finish up today. I have got to say, I am finding it pretty surprising. I started watching the show about halfway through season three, I think. So going back and watching it from the beginning is truly an interesting experience. It amazes me how overplayed some of the characters seem at the beginning--for example Jordan really needs to be smacked on several occasions she is so rebellious, and Woody is just so sweet and innocent hometown boy I am not sure what to think. Knowing that the characters, and the show itself, do eventually find their groove and are able to settle down a bit has been reasurring to me though. Once I was able to get over that element I have been able to enjoy the season for what it is. I wish that Mahershalalhashbaz Ali's character had stuck around, because I am really digging him, but I guess I can't begrudge him leaving, since it meant he was off to be in The 4400. It's nice to see some stuff from later seasons getting set up (such as Bug and Lily), and freaky to see some of the places that they tried to go at the beginning (such as Macy and Lily--ew). You never know what you're going to get when you go back to the beginning of a show that you stumbled into the middle of, but in this case, I'd say it's not too shabby.
The fall season has started to kick in, most notably on Fox. I guess they are getting their shows started early to make room for all of the American Idol interruptions to come (boo). Bones started up this past Wednesday. It was an interesting episode, but it defintely was the stand alone it was intended to be. Nothing terribly exciting happened. I did enjoy the guest stint by Indira Varma though. It will be interesting to see what kind of seasonal story arc gets set up in this week's episode.
Sarah Connor Chronicles start back up tomorrow, yay! And Tuesday I think I am going to give Fringe a try.
I hope you all enjoy your week and wish you good viewing.
Laters,
C
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