Review of "Footloose"

Tonight, UCD put on a production of "Footloose," the musical that was later made into a movie starring Kevin Bacon. On Ash Wednesday, a day of prayer and reformation after the day of debauchery(Mardi Gras), the musical is about sexual and musical revolution...how ironic.

The good:
-Lead actress playing Arielle
-Actress playing Rusty
-Actor playing Willard
-"Momma Says" song scene
-"She Gets Around" song scene
-Father was well portrayed
-Bad man was actually cute and could sing

The bad:
-Lead Actor playing Ren was not attractive enough for the part and couldn't really act or dance, but could somewhat sing
-Choreography was terrible
-The whole thing looked unpracticed
-Opening and closing scenes didn't have enough energy or cohesiveness
-Ren's mother wasn't really believable
-Wayyyy too much macking
-Meager set, too much changing of scene tried


The Ugly:
-Had a scene containing a song that did not belong in the movie, "I Need a Hero," you know the one performed in Shrek. And the back-up dancers were actually special appearances by David Hasselhoff, Bruce Springsteen, Harrison Ford, and Patrick Swayze
-Completely ruined the "Paradise" song scene between Ren and Arielle
-Attempted to do American Southern accents mixed in with their own Irish ones
-Costumes were not well put together, looked like something pulled out of the closet or a garage sale

Worst:
-Not in an actual auditorium. It was a giant space with a built stage (in good condition) but with chairs just put out and I couldn't really see the whole thing due to the lack of tiers.


*All in all, glad I didn't pay to go see it, but I did have some good laughs, got out of the apartment and hang out with the girls outside of the apartment or class, kind of a nice getaway. Thank you Joanne Reilly for letting us see this free of charge.
Oh and I did get lost trying to find the building the "theatre" was in, and a group of actors knocked over the bench they were attempting to sit on. Good times.