This concert featured 17 popular songs performed by students from the Pop Singers class and Glee Club at Lone Star College-CyFair. The performance lacked cohesion with unclear transitions between songs and performers appearing confused on stage. While trying to emulate the TV show Glee, it was missing direction in song choice and lacked the polish of professional performances the reviewer had seen previously at the college. Overall, the reviewer found the concert disappointing due to performers missing lyrics and an absence of theatrical elements like setting to enhance the experience.
2. Featured Cast
• This single one night only concert was a joint
production of the Pop Singers class and the
LSC-CyFair GLEE Club.
3. About the Show
• This show featured 17 famous songs from
various artists past and present that appear
as solo tracks or in Broadway plays.
• Although this was not an original
performance this cast certainly made it their
own by lending their own voices and
choreography to classic musical numbers.
5. Analysis
•
Some of the cast worked well as a
• This work consisted of
team while on stage but overall they
multiple costume changes
lacked the complete knowledge of
each song and you were able to tell
and a large number of people
even if someone forgot lines to
performing many different
songs there was some else to carry
numbers.
on the performance.
• The transitions to each piece • The performance also had no
was not seamless and the
direction in song choice, which left
the audience confused in the
show carried on at a
direction in which the performance
staggering pace. There was
was attempting to take you. While
also very little to no theatrical
the performance was attempting to
stage settings. At many times
imitate the TV show Glee. It lacked
the direction that Glee provides with
the performers themselves
every show by using a certain
seemed confused on who
performer or topic to lead its
was supposed to be on stage.
audience to a certain emotion or
conclusion.
6. Carry On My Wayward Son
Originally Performed by Kansas
7. Interpretation
• I originally wanted to attend this concert because of
the close correlation it had to one of my favorite TV
shows GLEE so I really enjoyed watching a group of
my peers recreate classic songs for a whole new
audience
8. Burlesque Dance Segment
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Not only did this show display the cast and their vocal range
it also provided an avenue to show off their dancing and
choreography skills.
9. Evaluation of Performance
• The performance itself was a overall disappointment. Many
of the performs missed a majority of the lyrics in the songs
they performed and also seemed lost on stage.
• This performance evaluation is based on previous
performances I viewed at the college such as the play “To
Kill a Mockingbird” which was had a amazing stage setting
and more accurate theatrical singers/actors performing
versus the Pop Singers Concert.
10. Evaluation of Performance
• Criteria being the stage setting matching the emotion and
story of the song being performed. Another criteria to be
judged is the emotions shown by the performer that should
reflect the song being performed. All these are a
culmination of item’s that should enhance and help you
enjoy the experience.
• The work itself was a direct copy of the TV series Glee, but
lacking the excitement and professionalism of the
performers. While the performance was attempted with the
best of intentions, it did not live up to its self acclaim.