A Reaction to The Legend Of Georgia McBride By: Matthew Lopez

I would like to start off by acknowledging the great overall experience of attending a play at the Gable Stage. After much anticipating I got the chance to attend The Legend of Georgia McBride and I must say I was not disappointed. A wonderful evening it was and “blown away” is the best emotion to describe my reaction. In the following passage’s I will give further insight and details to support my experience. My information will be based on my views, critiques, and analyzations of my experience, by using the tools and knowledge that I have acquired throughout this course. I will start with calling the box office to purchase my tickets and end with curtain call.
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Eddie’s exposition explained the when, where, and what of the play world. Next the main character Casey (Clay Cartland) took the stage with an electric Elvis Presley Impersonation. The first thing I noticed was Casey’s extravagant costume. The white jump suit was covered with gems and other shiny objects which resemble the common attire of Elvis Presley. It didn’t take long for me to understand that it was an Elvis impersonation. Chance are it would have taken me longer to reach this understanding if Casey hadn’t worn the costume. This goes to show the importance of costumes and the designers who create them. In this case costume designer Ellis Tillman deserves the credit for accomplishing this task.
There was a total of three stage setting, Casey’s Home, Cleo’s (bar) dressing room, and Cleo’s stage. Each stage did a good job of creating a world to match the script. I noticed that some scenes required stage transitions. One example of stage transitioning is when Casey enters his home after losing his Elvis gig at Cleo’s. Casey circle the stage as the transition occurred, once the transition finished he entered his home and started the next scene. These transitions were conducted smoothly, as they should be to increase focus and minimize …show more content…
I think that most comedy themes end with a positive resolution, as which The Legend of Georgia McBride did. There was one more character added in the final scene, baby McBride. I hadn’t paid much attention to the passing of time in the play. When I saw the baby in the final scene, I then realized Jo’s pregnancy had been progressing throughout the play. After the final scene, all the cast member performed a choreographed dance performance. I could tell some actors were not as good at dancing as others. Each actor had a spotlight moment in this routine. The actors also used this routine to be more interactive with the crowd by dancing up and down the aisles. After the final dance routine was finished the actors rejoined on stage and took their final bow for curtain call. The audience applauded to signify and approve The Legend of Georgia McBride as a great play. While exiting the Gable Stage I took some time to look around. I noticed a large glass window that was located behind the audience seats. I assume this was the director and designers box. Exiting the building was as easy as entering, and ushers were very kind to help anyone that had questions. As I stated before the Gable Stage provided me a great overall experience. The Legend of Georgia McBride aided in this experience with its great performance. I do plan on attending more plays at the Gable