Camelot - The Lusty Month of May

"Lerner & Loewe's Camelot"
October 4 - November 5

Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Original Production Directed and Staged by Moss Hart
Based on "The Once & Future King," by T.H. White
Book Adapted by David Lee
New Orchestrations by Steve Orich
Directed by Mark Lamos

Be transported to Arthur’s Camelot in this fresh take of the classic by Lerner and Loewe ("My Fair Lady"). Filled with youth and energy, the iconic love story of King Arthur, Queen Guenevere, and Sir Lancelot comes to life with a ravishing score that will surprise you in its depth and breadth. See the show again for the first time in this revelatory and soaring production that is sure to be an audience delight!

[alanweaver]

A terrific and spirited Guinevere, excellent show. Performances by the cast range from very good to excellent - she is the best Guinevere I ever saw. BTW, this is far better than the movie (which I enjoyed).

[julistarling]

Julie Andrews, Vanessa Redgrave and Meg Bussert are the three most lovable Guineveres I've ever seen, so far (all of them on TV and/or YouTube). I think there are many more good ones out there but of course I have not seen every possible one.

[julistarling]

Looks like the knights are having a flower fight (instead of a food fight).
While I'd like to say that it's nice that they're having fun, what I actually think is that they look like a bunch of either high school boys or college boys clowning around in the modern time period, except that they're presumably grown men. I have seen high school productions on YouTube that were more mature than this and had more knightly behavior than this. Not that knights are always perfect or anything but these guys don't seem like they even are knights, I'm just assuming that they must be because of what play it is. This scene shouldn't be played too seriously but it shouldn't be played too facetiously either. I'm sure this was probably an interesting production but certain parts of it would not be to everyone's taste and would even be probably more likely to please someone who hated all of the traditional versions.

[julistarling]

I like the way she sings but I don't like the way she says "lusty" because she sounds like she thinks it means "lustful" or "sexy" or "sexual" and that is not what the word actually means.
This is now the third ad I've seen for this production. I liked her better in the first ad I saw. I thought it was nice that they had a dark-skinned Guinevere but to be honest I'd like her better if she played the role a bit differently. She's far from being one of the best I've seen (granted that I've only seen her in it for a few minutes though). In this video I do like that she's at least having fun with the piece.