Comments on: Saving Aimee http://dctheatrescene.com/2007/04/30/saving-aimee/ DC's Liveliest Theatre Website Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jacki http://dctheatrescene.com/2007/04/30/saving-aimee/#comment-147 Jacki Fri, 04 May 2007 13:41:40 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/2007/04/30/saving-aimee/#comment-147 Just a correction. In the Moses sequence, there is no "large, plague-begotten frog" that is waved around. A few sequences earlier, Aimee's son Rolf (NOT in a Moses costume) enters with a prop lizard yelling "Look what I got. Can I keep it?" (Which by the way looks nothing like a frog, sickly or no) While you may not appreciate the prop or the purpose, please at least recognize that it has no connection to the frogs that are mentioned in the Moses bit and is in fact not even present in that scene. If you point out something as small and silly as that in a review, you should at least be accurate. Just a correction. In the Moses sequence, there is no “large, plague-begotten frog” that is waved around. A few sequences earlier, Aimee’s son Rolf (NOT in a Moses costume) enters with a prop lizard yelling “Look what I got. Can I keep it?” (Which by the way looks nothing like a frog, sickly or no)

While you may not appreciate the prop or the purpose, please at least recognize that it has no connection to the frogs that are mentioned in the Moses bit and is in fact not even present in that scene. If you point out something as small and silly as that in a review, you should at least be accurate.

]]> By: Janet http://dctheatrescene.com/2007/04/30/saving-aimee/#comment-148 Janet Tue, 01 May 2007 16:22:54 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/2007/04/30/saving-aimee/#comment-148 Regarding the Max theater and the way Signature uses it, I agree. In fact, I did a double take when I sat down for Saving Aimee and questioned myself if this was really the same place I saw Into the Woods and Hamlet. I also give kudos to Signature for the sound. I understood every word, spoken and sung. As for Saving Aimee itself, I liked it, but I feel that it needs work. 2 1/2 hours is way too long. Cut some of the numbers, I say. Having seen Kathy Lee Gifford speak at the Signature Theatre Brown Bag a couple of weeks back, I appreciate how passionate she is in her admiration of A.S.M. p.s. Whoever keeps pushing that story about KLG taking a limo from one block to another in Shirlington should cut it out unless they are going to tell the complete story. Regarding the Max theater and the way Signature uses it, I agree. In fact, I did a double take when I sat down for Saving Aimee and questioned myself if this was really the same place I saw Into the Woods and Hamlet. I also give kudos to Signature for the sound. I understood every word, spoken and sung. As for Saving Aimee itself, I liked it, but I feel that it needs work. 2 1/2 hours is way too long. Cut some of the numbers, I say. Having seen Kathy Lee Gifford speak at the Signature Theatre Brown Bag a couple of weeks back, I appreciate how passionate she is in her admiration of A.S.M. p.s. Whoever keeps pushing that story about KLG taking a limo from one block to another in Shirlington should cut it out unless they are going to tell the complete story.

]]> By: Cheryl http://dctheatrescene.com/2007/04/30/saving-aimee/#comment-146 Cheryl Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:28:47 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/2007/04/30/saving-aimee/#comment-146 Gary- as you know I really didn't care for this show. I just found the whole thing to be incredibly superficial. Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy Semple McPherson led a life full of contradictions and to me that is what is so interesting about her. Kathie Lee Gifford may have researched her subject exhaustively but she gave us no idea what motivated McPherson to do the things that she did. All she did was give us chronology of events in McPherson's life. (From the reading that I've done the chronology presented isn't even totally accurate- what's that all about.) I don't see any value to this play if the audience is left with absolutely no insight whatsoever as to what made this woman tick. On a good note- First off the cast was wonderful. (Its a shame that they weren't better used.) Secondly- I've been in the new Signature venue several times now. During the opening weekend when I got to see how the Max theater was set up for" Into the Woods." (I had tickets to see Into the Woods but unfortunately we were unable to go because of an ice storm.) Next I saw "HAMLET" - Produced by Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv- I'm sure that this production will go down in my books as one of my all time favorite productions. (I would have said that it was my favorite production of all times but I just got back from NYC where I had the privilege of attending to the Coast of Utopia marathon at the Lincoln Center on Saturday and I'm on cloud 9 right now.) I was particularly amazed at how the Max theater was used in this production- multiple stages, swivel chairs and all. The third time I was in the Max theater was for this current production of Saving Aimee. Once again the venue was used in a vastly different and yet very successful manner. I don't know about anyone else but I'm am just amazed at the flexibility of that venue and how folks have chosen to use it. Bravo to the folks at Signature for the design of this amazing amazing venue! Gary- as you know I really didn’t care for this show. I just found the whole thing to be incredibly superficial. Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy Semple McPherson led a life full of contradictions and to me that is what is so interesting about her. Kathie Lee Gifford may have researched her subject exhaustively but she gave us no idea what motivated McPherson to do the things that she did. All she did was give us chronology of events in McPherson’s life. (From the reading that I’ve done the chronology presented isn’t even totally accurate- what’s that all about.) I don’t see any value to this play if the audience is left with absolutely no insight whatsoever as to what made this woman tick.

On a good note- First off the cast was wonderful. (Its a shame that they weren’t better used.) Secondly- I’ve been in the new Signature venue several times now. During the opening weekend when I got to see how the Max theater was set up for” Into the Woods.” (I had tickets to see Into the Woods but unfortunately we were unable to go because of an ice storm.) Next I saw “HAMLET” - Produced by Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv- I’m sure that this production will go down in my books as one of my all time favorite productions. (I would have said that it was my favorite production of all times but I just got back from NYC where I had the privilege of attending to the Coast of Utopia marathon at the Lincoln Center on Saturday and I’m on cloud 9 right now.) I was particularly amazed at how the Max theater was used in this production- multiple stages, swivel chairs and all. The third time I was in the Max theater was for this current production of Saving Aimee. Once again the venue was used in a vastly different and yet very successful manner. I don’t know about anyone else but I’m am just amazed at the flexibility of that venue and how folks have chosen to use it. Bravo to the folks at Signature for the design of this amazing amazing venue!

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