Glorious Fall!
AH! I LOVE fall! It is the best season of them all. So full of emotion and feeling. Warmness within the cold. And today was a brilliant fall day, a little rainy, but still a brilliant fall day. I went to Abingdon today and saw The Spitfire Grill with my friends Jenna Melgar and Meghan Kennedy, both wonderful actresses themselves. The show was very fall-ish too, which added to the wonerful mystique of the day! Changing leaves and warm sweaters - two of my favorite things about fall. The show was very good overall. The only negative thing I have to say about it is that the lyrics are R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D! I don't think that they could repeat how bright the light shines through the windows anymore! I mean, every song repeated ONE line OVER AND OVER again! WE GET IT! Jesus Christ! It's like a mantra - "The light hasn't shined so bright since way back when! The light hasn't shined so bright since way back when! The light hasn't shined so bright since way back when! The light hasn't shined so bright since way back when! The light hasn't shined so bright since way back when!...." You get the point.
However, with that being said, the cast was AMAZING! AH, Seana Hollingsworth, and amazing actress and one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, continues to amaze me this season with her noteworthy performances. She's a very good actress and I think this is "her season" at Barter. Barter tends to feature certain actors and actresses throughout different seasons, and the actress this season is deffinitely Seana. After her wonderful performance in The Last Five Years, Seana continues to showcase her talent and ability to make the audience love her in The Spitfire Grill. Also to be noted in this show is the performance by Melissa Davidson. WOW. Good - as always. Melissa has proven that not only does she have a stellar, uncomparable voice, but she can act! And act VERY VERY well! Her characterization in this show was very built and thorough. I have now seen her in several different phases in the spectrum of personalities and each characterization is right on the money. From the diva in Phantom to the down to Earth French woman in Scarlet Pimpernel, Melissa always delivers, and then some! So I suspect, or at least hope, we will see much, much more of her at Barter. Other actors in the show include Rick McVey, newcomers Martin Thompson and Tricia Mathews, Karen Sabo, and John Hardy. I felt compelled to mention the rest of the cast because they were all really excellent, I just won't go into all of the performances in this post. However, they all do deserve much recognition for their work in this show. The overall design of the show is what really made me like it. Like I have said, I love fall and that's what the designers really went with in designing this show. The set is very fall-ish: skinny tree trunks rising into the rafters from stony basins. The lights constantly projected a sense of fall in their colors. A cyc in the back made for nice scene changed and beautiful tableaus of color at times, plus a very effective moon gobo. This show is definitely not one to be missed in this season at Barter.
Actually, one should not miss ANY shows at Barter this season, they're all really good! Barter has some excellent shows in their fall season, wonderful shows: The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Spitfire Grill, Mother Courage and her Children, and Beyond Gravity. So try and see them all, it's well worth it. And many kudos to the cast of The Spitfire Grill. Until next post, take care!
However, with that being said, the cast was AMAZING! AH, Seana Hollingsworth, and amazing actress and one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, continues to amaze me this season with her noteworthy performances. She's a very good actress and I think this is "her season" at Barter. Barter tends to feature certain actors and actresses throughout different seasons, and the actress this season is deffinitely Seana. After her wonderful performance in The Last Five Years, Seana continues to showcase her talent and ability to make the audience love her in The Spitfire Grill. Also to be noted in this show is the performance by Melissa Davidson. WOW. Good - as always. Melissa has proven that not only does she have a stellar, uncomparable voice, but she can act! And act VERY VERY well! Her characterization in this show was very built and thorough. I have now seen her in several different phases in the spectrum of personalities and each characterization is right on the money. From the diva in Phantom to the down to Earth French woman in Scarlet Pimpernel, Melissa always delivers, and then some! So I suspect, or at least hope, we will see much, much more of her at Barter. Other actors in the show include Rick McVey, newcomers Martin Thompson and Tricia Mathews, Karen Sabo, and John Hardy. I felt compelled to mention the rest of the cast because they were all really excellent, I just won't go into all of the performances in this post. However, they all do deserve much recognition for their work in this show. The overall design of the show is what really made me like it. Like I have said, I love fall and that's what the designers really went with in designing this show. The set is very fall-ish: skinny tree trunks rising into the rafters from stony basins. The lights constantly projected a sense of fall in their colors. A cyc in the back made for nice scene changed and beautiful tableaus of color at times, plus a very effective moon gobo. This show is definitely not one to be missed in this season at Barter.
Actually, one should not miss ANY shows at Barter this season, they're all really good! Barter has some excellent shows in their fall season, wonderful shows: The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Spitfire Grill, Mother Courage and her Children, and Beyond Gravity. So try and see them all, it's well worth it. And many kudos to the cast of The Spitfire Grill. Until next post, take care!
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