By Imogen
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYEEZ04lbDg
Available until: 7.30pm Sunday 27 September
I think Fame is really underrated as a musical. All
most people know is that it’s about stage school and that it has a good title
song but there’s so much more to it than that. Fame isn’t the only good song
and the variation in musical styles is really impressive and not something you
see in most musicals. This doesn’t just have the pop and rock styles you’d expect
to find in a musical. There’s a bit of classical, a bit of Latin, a bit of
street and lots of really good tunes.
I have also heard it said that the script is poor. It’s not. It’s only two hours long and they pack so much into it. There are lots of different characters, all with their own stories and it covers four years of stage school. How many other musicals have that many storylines and manage to keep them going all the way through? I call that very clever scriptwriting. I also don’t think you can get too snobby about a show that has ballet and Shakespeare in it.
There are some things in the script that some people won’t like.
The boy who can’t read is the black boy Tyrone and Serena’s horror when she
thinks Nick is gay might bother some people too. But this production of Fame
was really clever and made the teacher who goes on at Tyrone black too. So it’s
hard to see the way she challenges him as racism and obviously the show isn’t
saying all black people are stupid if one of the teachers is black. As for the
gay incident I think it’s totally natural to be horrified if you think the guy
you fancy is gay. It’s not homophobia, it’s just the realisation that a
relationship between you isn’t going to happen. Ever. I think you’re entitled
to be a little bit upset.
The cast is really good. I especially liked Keith Jack and
Molly McGuire as Nick and Serena. They are just like real teenagers. Molly has
the best voice in the show in my opinion and Keith is just so versatile.
Acting, singing, dancing, American accents, Shakespeare, he can do everything.
I liked Albey Brookes as Joe too. He was really hot. I’ve seen him in Grease
and Aladdin and he was in the ensembles but he can totally play a main
role.
Jamal Crawford is a really likeable Tyrone and he definitely
doesn’t come across as stupid. Jorgie Porter looks very pretty as Iris and she
managed to be quite sweet even though the character is really annoying. She’s a
very good dancer too. Hayley Johnston is really funny as Mabel. I was a bit
unsure about Stephanie Rojas as Carmen, I thought she should be a bit more
sensual but her interpretation still works and she has a great voice and she’s
good at the drama. The four musician students are also really talented.
The teachers didn’t make quite so much impression on me
because teachers never do but Mica Paris who plays Miss Sherman is a very good
singer and she’s still pretty.
This will only be available for 48 hours and sometimes when
they say that it’s a lie so watch it as soon as you can.
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