Sunday, October 24, 2004

Stage review from The Movie Snob:

No movies this weekend, but I did see the Plano Repertory Theater's production of Lerner & Lowe's Camelot. It was new to me, and I quite enjoyed this musical retelling of the story of King Arthur and the knights of the round table. It starts with Arthur and Guenevere meeting cute in the forest -- although they are engaged, as a means to ending or avoiding a war of some sort, they've never met, they are both quite scared at the prospect of marriage and are tempted to run away. But they fall in love soon enough, and Camelot is born. Then Lancelot, the greatest knight of all, comes onto the scene (with a great song, "C'est moi," that is reminiscent of Gaston's theme song from Beauty and the Beast). His fast friendship with Arthur is soon troubled by his passionate (and requited) love for Guenevere. The performances were fine (especially Arthur's), the songs are catchy, and the story is timeless. Definitely worth the price of admission.

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