I know understand the meaning of the phrase 'costume porn'. A girl in my group who works in costume and set design had relocated her jaw to the ground for the entire performance. The costumes looked great with the close-ups, and I realized just how many costume changes there were. Certain things were pared down- there was no elephant in the Hannibal scene, and the chandelier sparked rather than fell- but in many aspects the production was still more opulent and indulgent than the Broadway Across Canada tour I saw in Ottawa four years ago.
This concert was fully staged, but it didn't use the design by the late Maria Bjornson, instead opting for a design by Cameron Mackintosh to accommodate the nature of the event. I chalk that up to people preferring to go to the Saturday encore performance.
The house had more people than the 25th Anniversary Concert for Les Miserables last year, but was still more empty than full. I bought my Yogen Fruz and went to watch the concert in jeans and a t-shirt, shortly after choosing my seat. I cannot overemphasize how wonderful the experience of seeing a stage show in the cinema is.
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