Little Fish

November 17th, 2007
The Blank Theatre, Hollywood
Musical, we went with Theresa

Written by Michael John LaChuisa (Wild Party)

I'd go see Alice Ripley sing just about anything. Her voice is reminiscent of Betty Buckley (but not as throaty), and packs a punch. She's also a very intense and riveting actress.

More so than this musical unfortunately. It has a very Woody Allen neurotic urban angst feel to it. I did like the analogy of comparing the girl navigating her life, her happiness... as a little fish in the world. And I enjoyed the conclusion and many of the voices were strong and enjoyable. This may actually be very well received in NYC, but it wasn't personally my kind of story, so I can't be very objective. There were only a couple memorable melodies for me.

Still, we got to see Alice. And a new musical at the same time. Not a bad Saturday night.