Review of Winter Musical

Rujian, Zhou

2/28/2016

A Great Musical Show

Music can always beautifies the story, so it can not be better than using music to tell a story. The Musical Once On This Island presents by Cheshire Academy BlackBox Theater uses music to tell a story of love and pain at this weekend. It is a very attractive show that brings all the audiences to a magical journey at the island.

Firstly, it tells a love story between a peasant girl Ti Moune and a wealth young man Daniel. The four goddesses of the island give Ti Moune a journey that will give her what she hopes - a better life as well as a man she loves. Ti Moune falls in love with the grand homme Daniel. She takes care of him when he is injured in the car accident, and she crossed the mountain to see him when all the people around her all disagree with her. At the end, Daniel marries with another homme but not Ti Moune. Ti Moune’s heart is broken by the gap between rich and poor, and she becomes a tree where break the great gate and watch the new generations grown up.

Like other love story, the ending is very sad but meaningful. It reminds us about the social orders and the vanity of the higher level societies. We all pity Ti Moune who is such a kind, brave girl but lose her true love. It is depressive when those matter such as money, reputation and consanguinity stop people’s ways from happiness. Even though Ti Moune can not stay with Daniel, but her faith of loving is so deep and strong that impressive the goddesses. She becomes the tree, the symbol of the breaker of the class differences. More importantly, she as the tree witnesses the hopeful future - a peasant girl and a homme boy live together at the end. This ending is excellent, it gives all the audiences a bright future and let Ti Moune’s sacrifice honorable.

Beside the story, I am impressed by many other things in the show. For example, music is one of the most important parts of the show. It is surprisingly to hear many of my classmates and friends singing on the stage. And their songs are very professional and moving. Also, Ms. DiGiacomo pays her full attentions in conducting our musicians. I saw her wave her hands widely in other side, and she seems very attentive in her conducting. With those live music, the show feels more realistic and alive. Moreover, I notice that the light effects are also very important in the show. The light changes with the story and makes up the environment in the show. I never notice this before. Lastly, I think it is very cleaver to tell the audience the background information by a lecture, such as the history of the island. In this way, the audiences know the information in a flexible way that do not break the story.

I getting more and more interesting in the theater. I am curious about how those shows like Peter Pan and Once On This Island are made up. I knows that all the crew of the show works very hard, and their hard work make this show successfully. I see all of their happy faces when I walk through them after the shoe. I can tell that all of them are proud of themselves and they value this show very much. I am also very happy because I chose to be one of them - joining the theater in the spring. I know it will be very hard and have to spend a lot time to make a show, but it will worth it after all.

In conclusion, I am proud of our school because we can have such a interesting show casts by our own school members. I am looking forward to join the theater!