Secret Garden

Last night Douglas and I went to see Secret Garden. It's interesting that after years of agreeing alomost totally, our opinions have become quite different lately. This was at the Dreyfoos School for Performing Arts, and we've previously seen shows there that we liked. This was the musical of Secret Garden; years ago we saw the drama and thought it was fairly good. This show had very good singing and acting; I liked the choreography, scenery, costumes, and music. However, the story really bored me. Part of the problem may have been that the sound techs didn't always have the correct microphones on, and I missed some of the show, but I think the story was just kind of dull. When we returned home, Doug opened up Frank Rich's review of the original Broadway production of this show, and he said the audience may be "bored by it." I was, and felt bad because it really was an impressive high school production.