Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A musical of love and lust, abuse and jealousy might seem like a strange choice for kicking off a centennial celebration, but not when the big birthday belongs to the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. The production of "The Wild Party" is, indeed, a celebration -- of the student talent that has been nurtured at and exported from the Oakland campus for 100 years.
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This was a nice review of The Wild Party. I really liked The Wild Party, and of course Chicago is one of my favorite shows of all time, and they make sense together. I think that what makes these shows so great to modern audiences is the parallels that we subconsciously draw between the 20s and now. Chicago does have that extra level of 70s and I think that gives it an extra dimension, but the point is that the stories each present are applicable now. I don't know if an audience can always pinpoint exactly what it is that makes them connect so much, but the parallels are definitely there.
I liked that review of The Wild Party, and I think it's great that our shows get reviewed in the city's paper. I really liked the way that the article described the show and the set, and the image of the dueling turntables that it creates is really cool. I also liked how the article discussed Chicago, because there are a few moments in the show where I start thinking of that musical, and I've had a few conversations with other people who also were reminded of Chicago during the production. As Ruben said before, I'm not sure if there's anything that specifically makes me think Chicago, but there's definitely something that does (for me a bug part of it is the horns).
I think this was a good review of the Wild Party and it is exciting to see our school and shows in the local paper, promoting the amazing work we do here. When I was walking out of the theater during the intermission for "The Wild Party" I heard some older men and women talking about the show and how they loved it and how they thought it was so "fresh". I'm really glad that the show got such positive remarks and I think a large part of that success has to do with the amazing creative team and how they interpreted the script. The show is set in the 1920s but the creative team successfully turned it into something new and wonderful. It might have been the lights, or the turntable, or the way the scenery left place and setting up for interpretation...ultimately they all came together to create a wonderful piece of theatre.
It was interesting to see reviews for our production alongside one for Point Park's show. I think that both reviews were really nice and informative. I kind of wish I had made an effort to see a their show. I know that there were Point Park students in the audience of ours. This isn't at all fueled by a sense of competition or superiority (although I am aware of the sense of superiority students here feel over Point Park... and most other college theaters). I just think it could be interesting to see another college's theatre. Plus, its a show I haven't seen and I think it's beneficial to take the opportunity to see more theatre if you can.
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