When I reserved the tour, I was given seats towards the middle back section of the theatre. I was very happy that they did this. Prior to that weekend, all of the reserved seating was so far upfront that all you could see was that annoying spiral backdrop. It's only annoying if that's the only thing you can see. Thankfully, I guess they were able to take a hint. From where I was seated, I was able to see everything, but I was still able to see the expressions on the performers faces. That is very important to me. As a bonus, it seemed like I found a “sweet spot” for both audio and special effects.
The performance itself was a slight letdown to me. Most of this was due to the new choreography that the performers only had one night to memorize. The singing was also overdone at parts. The other problem was that they changed the equalizer settings on the sound system to simulate a live concert. I don't know about you, but when I think of a live concert, top-notch sound quality is the last thing that comes to mind. This was/Is such a shame, because the sound designer obviously put so much hard work into making sure that everything was acoustically perfect. It didn't help that most of the show is not even supposed to be a live concert.
The tour itself, I thought was fun, but not worth the price. The photo op. was the main highlight. I would have liked to have them explain more how stuff works. There really isn't enough time in the day though. I posted some photos from the tour on Flickr in this album here.
I hope to give my own take on the creative process sometime soon!
The performance itself was a slight letdown to me. Most of this was due to the new choreography that the performers only had one night to memorize. The singing was also overdone at parts. The other problem was that they changed the equalizer settings on the sound system to simulate a live concert. I don't know about you, but when I think of a live concert, top-notch sound quality is the last thing that comes to mind. This was/Is such a shame, because the sound designer obviously put so much hard work into making sure that everything was acoustically perfect. It didn't help that most of the show is not even supposed to be a live concert.
The tour itself, I thought was fun, but not worth the price. The photo op. was the main highlight. I would have liked to have them explain more how stuff works. There really isn't enough time in the day though. I posted some photos from the tour on Flickr in this album here.
I hope to give my own take on the creative process sometime soon!