Singin’ In The Rain, a musical adapted from the 1952 film,
has come to New Zealand for a short tour, starting in Wellington and continuing
to Auckland. We went along to see.
When booking tickets, it’s important to make sure you
know which row you’ll be in as the first three rows are designated the “splash
zone”. Ponchos are provided and should be worn if you’re in this section.
We went for a quick dinner at Plum Café, another stalwart
of the Cuba Street dining scene. it was as we just ordered that I realised that I'd left the tickets in the office. Fortunately, none of the puddings really grabbed our attention, so we forwent dessert and I hotfooted it back to work to collect them, and then walked back to St James Theatre. Good job Wellington is such a small town!
The musical is a pretty faithful reproduction of the film, I'm told (I don't think I've ever actually seen it - a state of affairs soon to be remedied). At the end of the first act comes the actual Singin' In The Rain bit, where they turn on the sprinklers and folk at the front get wet. Then whilst everyone gets up and mills around in the interval, they presumably dry off the floor for the second half. At the end of the second act they turn them back on for a full chorus version of the song - got to get full use out of them, after all.
The musical is a pretty faithful reproduction of the film, I'm told (I don't think I've ever actually seen it - a state of affairs soon to be remedied). At the end of the first act comes the actual Singin' In The Rain bit, where they turn on the sprinklers and folk at the front get wet. Then whilst everyone gets up and mills around in the interval, they presumably dry off the floor for the second half. At the end of the second act they turn them back on for a full chorus version of the song - got to get full use out of them, after all.
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