I don't know who paid this reviewer off but The Pirate Queen is an enormous debacle!
The music is un-memorable, the voices cacophonous and the entire piece is reminiscent of Les Miz to where you half expect Jean Valjean to appear on stage and start singing. There are no bold sweeping showstoppers, there are a few "almost theres" but they never quite reach for the heights.
The one shining moment in all of this is Linda Balgord as the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I. Her vocals soar above the rest of the cast and her final duet with the lead is only wrecked due to the clashing pitch and tone of Grace's voice.
This show was abysmal along the lines of "tick, tick... boom"! You would think the follow-up to one of Broadway's longest-running hits would rise to the occasion but it merely sinks to the bottom of the sea.
SHIPWRECKED
I don't know who paid this reviewer off but The Pirate Queen is an enormous debacle!
The music is un-memorable, the voices cacophonous and the entire piece is reminiscent of Les Miz to where you half expect Jean Valjean to appear on stage and start singing. There are no bold sweeping showstoppers, there are a few "almost theres" but they never quite reach for the heights.
The one shining moment in all of this is Linda Balgord as the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I. Her vocals soar above the rest of the cast and her final duet with the lead is only wrecked due to the clashing pitch and tone of Grace's voice.
This show was abysmal along the lines of "tick, tick... boom"! You would think the follow-up to one of Broadway's longest-running hits would rise to the occasion but it merely sinks to the bottom of the sea.