‘Monte Cristo’ Review: A Tale of Betrayal, on Two Counts
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📌 Key Takeaways
- The review critiques a production of 'Monte Cristo' as a tale of betrayal on two levels.
- It highlights both the narrative betrayal within the story and perceived failings in the adaptation.
- The production's execution is assessed as falling short of the source material's potential.
- The review suggests the adaptation may not fully capture the emotional depth or thematic complexity.
📖 Full Retelling
An adaptation has a twist that doesn’t track, and songs that benefit from an excellent cast, including Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess and Adam Jacobs.
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Theater Critique, Adaptation Analysis
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This new iteration benefits from music, by Stephen Weiner, that somewhat refreshingly ignores current pop-rock sounds and, at its best, evokes a fleeter-footed take on the pomp of the 1980s mega-musicals. Too often, though, pedestrian lyrics drag down the songs — try not to snicker at Edmund singing to Mercedes, “You are the wind that fills my sails,” especially with “ Beaches”
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