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Much ado about not much with “Aida.”
So, the wife and I caught the Tim Rice/Elton John musical “Aida” at the Schu last weekend, and we both thot it was pretty much much ado about not much…
Actually, more than that: Rather dull and disappointing, esp relative to the level of hype.
When you take an opera that is known and loved and rev it up into something contemporary with a bunch of mostly shouted pop/rock songs, it isn’t necessarily an improvement, y’know? In fact, it can all seem fairly silly…
Not faulting the local folks for bringing it… frankly, if I’d paid NYC prices for it there, I woulda been really hacked off… So it was helpful to have it come to Dayton; i appreciate the chance to experience the show on home turf.
But in the end? Yawn.
Anyway, what’d anybody else think?
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