Chicago – When the initial production of Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Aida” made its foray to the Broadway stage, following what was surely a tempestuous artistic adolescence, the public hurrah with which it was met signaled the birth of two eminent stage relations. First, that of John’s with both Broadway and West End investors, a collaboration that has far outstretched the boundaries set forth by “The Lion King”.
Second, and perhaps more ardently, was “Aida’s” indication of what was to be an unpredictable dance between the Walt Disney Corporation and the mouse’s previously untapped territory, the stage. Technically ambitious if artistically clumsy, “Aida”, with its droves of pubescent followers, always appeared content with its hollowed bellwether position.
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Forgoing the more recent and bellicose film interpretations, Lookingglass has once again mounted its decidedly percipient excursion down Carroll’s rabbit hole. What “Alice” wants in vicious...
Second, and perhaps more ardently, was “Aida’s” indication of what was to be an unpredictable dance between the Walt Disney Corporation and the mouse’s previously untapped territory, the stage. Technically ambitious if artistically clumsy, “Aida”, with its droves of pubescent followers, always appeared content with its hollowed bellwether position.
Play Rating: 4.5/5.0
Forgoing the more recent and bellicose film interpretations, Lookingglass has once again mounted its decidedly percipient excursion down Carroll’s rabbit hole. What “Alice” wants in vicious...
- 7/21/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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