M.Tuesday September 28 the National Theater CheBanca raises the curtain with the debut of the musical ‘Pretty Woman’. Written in pairs by Garry Marshall And Jonathan F. Lawton, respectively the film’s original director and screenwriter, the show uses a soundtrack that is a mix of pop and romantic songs written by two excellent composers, Bryan Adams and its trusted co-author Jim Vallance, and the unforgettable 1964 worldwide hit ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’ by Roy Orbison.
The theatrical adaptation maintains the narrative structure of the film success awarded in 1991 with a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Film (Julia Roberts) and faithfully traces the moments of Vivian and Edward’s love story. Alongside the sentimental theme, which has in fact fascinated a heterogeneous audience of dreamers and dreamers, some very current themes are still the strong point of this tireless story halfway between Cinderella And My Fair Lady. The revenge of a woman in search of herself and her dignity, the change of two different people, by class, who do not discriminate against each other but who get closer to each other by revolutionizing themselves and their way of thinking, the strength of feelings that have the better of fame and money, the overcoming of appearances in a world that cannot go beyond preconceptions. A hymn to freedom that overcomes prejudices and conventions, a transversal story that overcomes social and age differences.
The protagonist is the music of the 80s, performed live by a band of 6 elements in a pop / rock style, just like the author of the soundtrack, Bryan Adams. The music is typical of the years between 1980 and 1990 as are the settings of the show. Just as on the scene conflicting feelings are faced and experienced, so the romantic themes will…
