"The Lightning Thief" musical opened Tuesday night to a nearly full Snow Drama Theatre. The curtains separated to reveal remarkable stage design and a band complete with drums, guitars, a bass, a keyboard and a melodica. The band, sound design, lighting and pyrotechnics could have put on a successful rock concert on their own.
Katie Call and Aaron Maughan, two juniors at BYU-Idaho studying nursing, shared their opinions on the show. It was Call's first time seeing a BYUI-produced show, and Maughan's second.
"I was really impressed," said Call. "They did really amazing."
Call and Maughan attended the show together.
Despite the technical complexity of the show, there were no distracting errors over the two hours, except for a prop malfunction involving Percy Jackson's trusted sword, Riptide. (It exploded).
The casting was pleasantly faithful to the book descriptions of the main characters, and the precise casting clearly didn't come at the expense of talent. The superb vocal performances made up for the actors' sometimes half-hearted dance and fight choreography.
Highlight performances aside from the leads include Kimber Cluff as Charon and Jackson Aden's unforgettable rendition of Mr. D, cementing Dionysus as "the god of drama."
What you will find at "The Lightning Thief" is no second-rate production. See it. Let everyone involved prove that for all Rexburg lacks, artists are not among them.
I feel like the way you described the actors and props was inaccurate. Please try not to tear down your fellow students and keep things positive as this may affect people wanting to come see this show so many people poured their lives into. Maybe interview the props team or the choreographers.