I am a musical fanatic. I am a performer myself as I do musical theater as well as technical theater. I'm going to be honest, this musical is not as bad as everyone has been saying. My initial impressions were it was going to be as wack as everyone has been saying, but it actually is quite a normal musical. The orchestra scene (which went viral) was weird. The whole dance sequence in that song was a little questionable. Also, the Diana, Camilla confrontation in act 2 had horrible writing. Rhyming Camilla with Manila, really? That makes me think of Manila, Philippines. The writing in other parts was somewhat questionable but not horrible like in was in those two songs. To note, I did not find any noteable songs. The rest of the songs besides the two I have mentioned were ok, they weren't horrible, just ok. Despite that, the actor's performances in this were amazing. This is what actually makes the mediocre songs watchable in my opinion. Also, the set looked amazing as well as the costumes. I love how the set was able to utilize so many moving components and still make the set look like a grand castle. Also, the costumes are so beautiful (especially Diana's) I heard that Diana has over 100 costumes in this show and it is amazing to see how stunning they all look. Oooh and the quick changes, those were some of my favorite parts to watch. My favorite was in the act 1 finalle where she changes from the red sparkling dress to the white dress. Stunning and I cannot get enough of the costumes. Also, I love the significance in act 2 with Diana wearing a primo dress and the Queen wearing a toned down pink dress to symbolize that the Queen (as a character) views herself when she was young like Diana. It's the small connections and symbolisms that make it count. Overall, I feel like it would have been so much better to view the experience in person. I believe that would have made the effects look cooler in person. To add, if the writing was changed up a bit for better lyrics, this could have been an amazing show. It is just the poor writing at some parts that hinder the show. The actors did the best they could possibly do to still convey every point. Honestly, I just think people are over reacting a bit to how bad it is. Yes, it is no Hamilton, but it doesn't deserve this much hate. It's an ok musical and I am ok with admitting that.
Review of Diana
