Hey, reblog/like if anyone out there has watched a boot but is still dying to see the show live, it just doesn’t work out financially, geographically, or timewise (it’s already off Broadway/tour). I’m trying to make a fucking point.
Seeing a bootleg makes me want to see it live even more!! I think they should release taped versions after the original cast is changed. It’s not going to make me not still work my ass off to try and see it live – at least when the show travels. I live in WA state. Actually seeing it on Broadway is nothing more than a pipedream for me!
The thing about Dallas Les Mis that hits home particularly perfectly for me is that every situation feels real. The abuse of the workers, the lovely ladies, the prisoners, the students, the children – it’s all the same stuff we see on the news. And the characters are all people I’ve seen before.
Fiiiine, post imminent. All of this has been said before and in better ways, but I really like this production, so—
Most adaptations of Les Mis tend to set the stage in 1800s France, no matter the actual time period. Dallas Les Mis is great because it rejects the rhetoric of “this happened in the past, this is historical fiction,” and says, “nope, this is a topical story, deal with it.”
I thought about that Dallas audience, and I went down to do a couple of site visits, and I wondered, “How am I going to get this primarily white, fairly affluent Dallas audience to care about Les Miserables?”
Theatre has consistently been political, like any form of art. Art is a pushback against oppression, a way for marginalised individuals to express themselves, a way to speak out. Theatre, in of itself, is a political space.
So a friend and I went to see the Dallas production of Les Misérables yesterday (I’m sorry! I live here!), and although I want to write about EVERYTHING in the show I’m afraid my review would become pages long. So, I will just write a very detailed review of everything concerning the barricade boys (I love every character, but these guys are always my favorites). SO HERE GOES:
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