When Little Lotus and her child die (ahh the first scene was a forewarning of this. PeiJu Chien-Pott (Little Lotus) with members of the chorus (guardians of the House of Dragon). During this segment is one of three short arial feats that are actually the saving grace of this piece. They kill Little Lotus and her child (again flashlight babies). After singing a non-discript Sia song, Little Lotus finds out her husband is evil and in league with Lee. After six months of dating behind her father’s back, Little Lotus is pregnant and leaves to marry Doug. There she meets Doug Pince (David Torok). The house of dragon run by Lone Peak (David Patrick Kelly, the only real actor in this piece) loves his daughter Little Lotus (PeiJu Chien-Pott), who is rebellious and the reason we are at the disco. The choreography here was disjointed and so amateurish. The dancer’s name is Abdiel Jacobsen and he can dance, but he is like Cassie, only he does not want to be in the chorus line. He sticks out like a sore thumb and he did so even more in the next scene which takes place at a disco and throughout the whole show. Starting with this number there was one dancer, who just seemed so self indulgent. The members of the kung fu house do choreography that is neither together or synchronized. Next we are in a kung fu house called dragon, where a character named Lee (Dickson Mbi) cannot talk, sounds muffled and cannot act. A woman appears with a flashlight baby and does this awkward modern dance and then dies. Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise is confusing from the moment it starts. This was all before the show started, however my guest and I calmed ourselves down, made friends with the couple next to us and waited to be entertained. I asked his name, but he refused it, so I took a photo with my i-phone. When we questioned him, his response was everyone will get in. The house opened and the first line went in, the the security officer turned the line around and the people who had gotten there last were now ahead of all the other people, he had pulled from the middle of the line. What happened next was the most appalling thing I have ever witnessed. No one argued because we though he was being efficient and that two lines meant sooner, quicker, faster. One of the security guards starting taking people out of the line and putting them in a second line. The time was 2:57 and the show started at 3:00, but the house was not open. Next we went to get in the huge line of people who had tickets. My guest arrived and seeing all the agitated people on-line called for a manager. With the show starting in 10 minutes, the people on-line started getting upset, as I was not the only one who the agents had a hard time pulling up confirmations and the line was not moving. In the meantime there were over 30 people on-line with only two agents. There was a mix up, but I pulled my confirmation up on my phone and still the ticket agent couldn’t seem to fix the problem. Considering there were few people entering, this was uncalled for. He never asked, he just pulled my bag and me along with it. I passed through the doors and was walking to the ticket booth, when I was roughly pulled back by a security guard. It was not, but more on that later.įrom the moment I entered the space it became anxiety ridden. I was excited, as from the looks of the pictures it looked like “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”. I headed to the new performance space The Shed to see Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise, the kung fu musical, commissioned for The Shed’s opening season.
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