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I've been meaning to blog, but I will have to do my planned blog tomorrow, for I want to comment about Metamorphoses!

I loved the production! The effects of "swimming", Morpheus!Ceyx in Alcyone's dream (now that I think about it, that part reminded me a little of Wicked, when the witch of the west rises into the sky...), Midas' daughter turning into gold, Vertumnus transforming into other people, the gods wandering the "city", and the window where the gods appeared (I was surprised to learn that they were just sitting on ladders...it looked like there was a platform up there!)

The addition of music was a good decision. A lot of the time, plays don't have music, but I think music keeps the audience involved in more than one way. (Which makes me wonder, what was the original play like?) It was funny when Ellen walked down the aisle reminding people to be polite, and take no cellphones. I wished that the microphone for Ellen was a little louder, at the times when she was singing, because it was a little hard to hear her over the music... (I was surprised to see Peter there...he's in my soc. class, and I didn't know he was involved in the band!)

It was interesting how the Greek plays could be taken and modernized. I actually imagined Midas as some rich playboy living in the 21st century instead of an old Greek king from way back when. It was a neat tie-in at the end, when he manages to restore his daughter (at first I thought it was going to be a solemn ending by talking about dying, but then that scene send you out of the theatre feeling happy.)

I wondered:
-If there were any influences from Bill Bower's performance in terms of setting etc. (Bill didn't use a lot of fancy props, and the show used simple things to convey ideas, too)
-What would happen if I had animated the birds (as soon as I saw that scene, I knew what I would draw out)
-If I should see this again, tomorrow!

Great job, Everyone!