Wow, what a great play!!! It didn't hurt that I was sitting in the........FRONT ROW!!! What a treat, the play was absolutely amazing. It was a great blend of drama, humour, many interesting references to music of the present as well as the past, and even more references and live performances to the music of Queen.
I was a fan of the band before, but I really appreciated the many great hits of Queen and the versatility of their music. At times it felt like a live concert and the crowd as going absolutely crazy.
All the music was accompanied by a live band, which was incorporated into the play in the last scene. That favourite scene was in the encore during when they sang Bohemian Rhapsody, the entire cast was on stage singing and dancing and the gates opened up and out came the lead guitarist for the famous guitar solo. It was like the gates to a universe known as Freddy Mercury opened up for a taste of true beauty of music. But alas, the guitarist turns back and walks off stage, and the gates close back up and we all must live out our time here on earth surrounded by crappy music.
As awesome as the play was there were a few things the annoyed me. For one, the cast couldn't even properly air guitar the guitar. They were holding their guitars and strumming them as if they were strumming a bass and there was a real lack of rythym. There were times I felt a little uncomfortable in the front row, because there is stuff you can see that you can't see from the back rows. For example, HAIR. Man, some of those male cast members were blessed or cursed (depending how you see it) with a lot of body shag. Depending on the costumes, it was like a flock of beavers dancing around on stage. I thought of donating somebody max to the Canon Theatre. Once I could see past the thick patches, I settled down and felt comfortable.
What a great experience sitting in the front row though. I could have reached out and touched someone, I was that close. Oh baby, let me tell you, I wanted to at times. Thanks to my buddy Joe for holding me back, which would have surely got me kicked me out.
Here's Joe and I from in the front row. Thanks to Aisha for taking this picture that got her a tongue lashing for taking an unauthorized pic.
What a great play, I highly recommend it. I can't see how live theatre can get any better than We Will Rock You.
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