Sylvia
05-24-2007, 10:04 AM
Oksana Baiul is currently starring in a musical on ice in Bellport, New York (Long Island) called "Cold as Ice" through June 17. Link to show and ticket info, press mentions, and production photos: http://www.gatewayplayhouse.com/2007/coldasice.html
Thread on FSU with fan reviews and article links:
http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50177
New York Newsday's review (May 21, 2007) "Great skating, but a rinky-dink show":
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/stage/ny-etledew5223228may22,0,701553.story?coll=ny-theater-headlines
Excerpts:
At least the star of the show rates a near-perfect score. Oksana Baiul skates. Beautifully, sensually, powerfully. Maybe a 5.9. Never mind the confines of an onstage rink shrink-wrapped far down from Olympic proportions. The 1994 gold medalist is joined by five other accomplished skaters to create a competitive mini-world.
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Too often the juxtaposition of fierce, expressive skating (by Derrick Delmore, Philip Deyesso, Lance Vipond, Erika Starkman, Stephanie Rosenthal and Baiul) as a backdrop to the earnestness of the score has the audience smattering its applause for the athletes while withholding an all-out ovation in deference to singers struggling to keep the pulseless lyrics from flat-lining.
Well, at the least the skating got a thumbs up! ;)
If anyone here attends a show, feel free to give us a review/your impressions.
Thread on FSU with fan reviews and article links:
http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50177
New York Newsday's review (May 21, 2007) "Great skating, but a rinky-dink show":
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/stage/ny-etledew5223228may22,0,701553.story?coll=ny-theater-headlines
Excerpts:
At least the star of the show rates a near-perfect score. Oksana Baiul skates. Beautifully, sensually, powerfully. Maybe a 5.9. Never mind the confines of an onstage rink shrink-wrapped far down from Olympic proportions. The 1994 gold medalist is joined by five other accomplished skaters to create a competitive mini-world.
...
Too often the juxtaposition of fierce, expressive skating (by Derrick Delmore, Philip Deyesso, Lance Vipond, Erika Starkman, Stephanie Rosenthal and Baiul) as a backdrop to the earnestness of the score has the audience smattering its applause for the athletes while withholding an all-out ovation in deference to singers struggling to keep the pulseless lyrics from flat-lining.
Well, at the least the skating got a thumbs up! ;)
If anyone here attends a show, feel free to give us a review/your impressions.