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Austin360 blogs > Austin Arts: Seeing Things > Archives > 2012 > June > 13 > Entry Jeanne Claire van Ryzin is the arts critic for the Share 5 Austin American- 0 Statesman where she has worked since 1999. She 0 covers visual art, theater, Review: Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Patience’ New 'Spider-Man' snares $7.5M in midnight shows dance, music, performance, public art, By Cate Blouke | Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 10:36 AM Deena from 'Jersey Shore': I didn't use sidewalk architecture and just about any combination Kitsch moves on from pair of flops to 'Savages' thereof. In Gilbert and Sullivan’s sixth operatic collaboration, “Patience,” playing through Sunday at the Brentwood Christian School Performing Arts Center, the title KISS bring 'Monster' to UK character asks a poignant question: how to distinguish between love and insanity? This blog also hosts arts reviews and posts from The show opens on a delightfully picturesque tableau, with “Twenty Lovesick other American- Maidens” (or, 15, in spite of the song’s title) mooning over the same object of Statesman writers and adoration. Infatuated with the earthly (and morose) poet Reginald Bunthorne (Arthur freelancers. DiBianca), the horde of women lament their plight: Bunthorne has fallen in love with the local milkmaid, Patience (Meredith Ruduski), and to add insult to injury, Patience doesn’t even return his favor. Patience is the show’s guileless straight Among other man. Having never really been in love, Patience doesn’t see what all the fuss is commendations, Jeanne about. Claire has won first place awards for arts criticism A satire directed at the “aesthetic craze” of the late 19th century, “Patience” is a from the American strange story that features some great music and some interesting questions about Association of Sunday & the nature of love. Features Editors and the Texas Associated Press The show is filled with familiar faces for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin, Managing Editors. and the sound quality of the performance is exceptional — clearly taking advantage of both the state of the art space and the voices of the performers. The Gilman Light Opera Orchestra sounds wonderful emanating from the pit, and the show’s "Seeing Things" is also vocals are top-notch, with a stand out performance by Wayne J. Davis (the Duke of the name of Jeanne Dunstable). Claire's Sunday arts column that appears most “Patience” is definitely more a comic opera than a traditional sort of musical, and weeks in the Austin the number of opera singers in the cast reflects as much. Though a few of the American-Statesman. “dance” numbers feature nice stage pictures, stage director Ralph MacPhail Jr.’s choreography ultimately falls rather flat for those seeking a more spectacular musical experience. A note on commenting You can comment on A nice feature of the performance is the closed captioning, which can be particularly entries, but they will not helpful for those hard of hearing or less accustomed to operatic singing. be posted until they are reviewed by the blogger. Decking out the characters in medieval/Renaissance garb for a piece supposedly set in Victorian London, the show calls for an odd mix of costumes. And it’s a shame we get to see so little of the Victorian garb, but the costumes (imported all RSS feed the way from Canada) are delightful overall. If you use an RSS reader, here is the feed for this The show does lose energy by the end of the first half, but the second act picks blog: XML. back up, and GSSA’s production offers some great music and enthusiastic performances from a large number of lovely voices. Learn more about Performances through Sunday. Thurs-Sat 8:00 pm, matinees Sat & Sun 3:00 pm. RSS. Tickets $7-25. Brentwood Christian School Performing Arts Center 11908 N. Lamar A FAQ on Web logs Cate Blouke is an American-Statesman freelance arts critic. What's on this page? The entry titled "Review: Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment Categories: Cate Blouke, Reviews, Gilbert and Sullivan's Theatre 'Patience'." More from this site From Around the Web Categories Not as many fireworks but still The Funniest Facebook Posts Of ACMCFest plenty of fun for Austin, Central All Time (Runt of the Web) Alert
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