Pippin: The Musical

Pippin was phenomenal. I absolutely loved it. My eyes were glued to the stage the entire time and I could not stop smiling. The entire production was done spectacularly and as a whole was very satisfying: the choreography, the singing, the acting, the music, the lighting, the costumes, the set, the technical assistance, all had impressive commitment and efforts from every individual behind the production. When it ended and the mesmerizing spell cast upon me had lapsed, I was left with profound astonishment, ‘Wow…… was that really a school play?’

I thought the choice of the play was great. Pippin is a very playful musical with crude humor, a wonderful cast of characters, many unexpected plot turns and twists, and outstanding soundtracks, all …show more content…
I liked all the main characters, in particular, I liked King Charles.

Fin Ong pulled off a superb performance as King Charles. King Charles was childish, very loud, easily angered and, contrastingly, also sincerely patriotic. Fin was able to express this childishness through his impatient gestures and oddly comedic tone of voice. This childish tone was reinforced by his purple hoodie get up (unfitting a king) and in his way of addressing other characters, such as his son Pippin. It is also expressed in his jolly singing of the ‘science of war,’ singing the killing of enemies as a most glorious thing. Fin also played anger out remarkably well. When he was full-on screaming, almost shrieking, his face went completely red. It made the anger he was acting out extremely convincing. However due to his partially ‘childish’ voice, it created mostly comedic effect. For example, when he was singing ‘War is …show more content…
Every single person on stage showed great amounts of emotional commitment to their roles, all supporting this entire theme of Pippin by fitting into the roles of their characters very naturally, making it seem like an entirely different world despite the stage being only ten meters away from me. I was impressed by how they remembered all their choreography and lines flawlessly, including the extremely well sang songs (or they had improvised well). The powerful scene at the end with Kyle Davis shouting for the removal of costumes, lights, music, make up, the set, truly showed us how important every aspect that went into producing Pippin was. I think the directing was vital, as the director oversaw all of these aspects and made sure it was all tied together seamlessly. The directing behind this play also allowed very smooth transitions from scene to scene and good spacing of the stage, holding together the impact each scene had. It was due to all of these efforts that I was completely enthralled by this awesome