Title: The Plan 9 of Outer Space of Toscas!
Review: This version of Tosca is so bad it's funny. In a failed attempt to "modernize" the classic, the producers weigh down the story with hilariously inappropriate stage setups, including a tilted stage (at one point, Scarpia even has to grab a piece of furniture about to slide off into the orchestra pit!) that is actually fitting given the fact that the whole production is about to sink like the Titanic at any moment. The singers writhe and roll all over the stage, they go up and down on pulleys, clothes are ripped at, hairy chests are exposed (oh, brother!). All would be excusable if the singers gave us something new & great, or even good - they don't. The cast is not equal to the task, but is pretty to look at. Even the audience seems incredibly underwhelmed by the needless bombast and ham-fisted Broadway musical acting. And what is with the eyeball? Ugh, could you possible get a bigger sledgehammer to ram that metaphor home? C'mon, its Puccini, not KISS.
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