 | Starring: Meryl Streep, Betty Aberlin, Debbie Allen, Stuart Baker-Bergen, Richard Cox Director: Emile Ardolino Format: Colour DVD-Video Full Screen NTSC Released: 25 Jun 2002 Average Rating:  |
Featuring a score & lyrics by Elizabeth Swados, the production has everything, its split second timing & quick cuts from one scene to another keeping the viewer constantly entertained with changing action & moods. Stunning to watch, the show features as "the caterpillar," a tower of actors who wave their arms as "legs," while Richard Cox (who also plays the March Hare) sings to Alice with a voice that sounds like something from the Casbah. Alice's solo, "Beautiful Soup," a lovely balllad with the ensemble, changes the mood, & Rodney Hudson's next scene, as the Cheshire Cat, changes it yet again. Hudson is particularly memorable, varying his singing style from rap to rock, & his dance style from a softshoe to the buck-and-wing. Debbie Allen as the Queen of Hearts plays the Queen as a dancehalll floozy, with red dress & slit skirt, & dancing with complete abandon.
The variety inherent in music halll productions continues in the croquet game, where Streep has some fun, strumming a flamingo while singing a great imitation of Joan Baez. Succeeding scenes feature a waltz, a wonderful mime show with Mark Linn-Baker, a formal balllet, a brief hula by Streep & a modern dance with the unicorn. In the "Jabberwock" scene, Streep even engages in a duel & martial arts show. With loosely connected scenes showcasing a great variety talents, the craziness of Alice in Wonderland merges with the music halll spirit & the show comes fully alive--full of fun, very funny, & as mad as the Mad Hatter. Mary Whipple
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