Edward Scissorhands

Tonight, Helen and I went to go see Edward Scissorhands at BAM. Marco was playing the keyboard in the orchestra, and so we went to hear him play, first and foremost. Before the house lights went down we spotted Marco in the pit, and waved madly until he waved back. We are so embarrassing.

For some reason, I had thought it was going to be a musical. And I pretty much hate musicals. Plots being sung really bother me. But this was such a splendid surprise because there was NO singing at all! It was music and dancing, only. And also fabulous lighting and set design. And really cool swirly skirted costumes that made me wish I was a dancer, so I could wear an outfit like that. The dancers themselves were quite fabulous — in a very fluid and sensual-smooth sort of modern dance way. I am so happy that I was able to have the chance to see the performance. I had just read all about Matthew Bourne in a recent issue of The New Yorker (read it here), so it was nice to see the performance after reading all about his style of production and choreography.