The Prince of Egypt: Live from the West End

What an absolute beautiful show, it's very well done. Very well thought out, I really don't understand all the bad reviews people writing about the bad costumes and giving the show a bad review, don't get it, because it was so beautiful quite touching when the start to Sing when you believe, the person that played the Queen of Egypt was born to play that part Very talented cast and production I just don't understand why people are given this bad reviews o really enjoyed it and seeing it live was amazing the sound and setting was very effective Bart large cast of 38 and very well done would love to see this on tour.

The first act was phenomenal, but the second made my jaw hit the floor! What in the name of all things biblical was that?!

First of all, Moses feels burdened and guilty for the plagues - singing a song about having to live with the consequence of what HE (not God) has done!! They completely removed how the plagues showed God's majesty over the Egyptian gods' powerlessness. In fact, Moses was ready to go back to Egypt to help Rameses "get the priests in line." WHAT?!

Then, Moses "prophecies" over Pharaoh (who survives), declaring that he will "build the greatest empire on earth without slaves" while "we Hebrews will have our little kingdom by the sea." Lord, help us!

Ever since I saw The Prince of Egypt for the first time ever nearly 2 years ago, I have been completely obsessed with it ever since. I have the film on Blu-Ray and digital and have the soundtrack and have seen it at least a few dozen times. But when I heard it was converted into a musical, I immediately checked to see if it was available to watch. Once I saw that it was, I rented it right away. While it's not as entertaining nor "enjoyable" as the original film, it's still worth watching. The songs added in are really decent and full of emotion, as if they were actually from the film, which wasn't surprising considering they were all written by Stephen Schwartz who also did the film as well. The costumes are absolutely stunning and beautiful. The dance moves are mind-blowing and leave you wondering "how did they do that so flawlessly?" while still keeping your eyes glued to the screen. The visual effects/lighting/etc are also breathtaking. Makes me wish I had known about this film earlier so I could've seen this play in person, but oh, well. If you love the film, you need to see this!!

I gave it a 3 stars rating just because, the mapping on the LED screens was good, also the lighting was nice.

That's about it. I didn't like anything else.

The costumes sucked, the casting sucked, the added songs sucked, the creative licences sucked... I'm a big musical theatre fan, and I was hoping to be baffled and I was incredibly disappointed.

The " burning bush" and the opening of the sea were the stupidest staging I've seen. I don't understand why they didn't use anything magical and went the way of more choreography and interpretative dance.

The costumes were so modern that only highlighted the inaccuracy in everything else.

Honestly I was bored to sleep.

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They changed the whole story! It doesn't follow the FLAWLESS, emotionally gripping, and captivating animated at all...much less the actual story of Moses. Nothing about Moses' faith, God's commands, NOTHING. The costumes and styling are strange and don't match the time period or the geographical location. Why does the pharaoh look like the prince from cinderella with the shoulder pads and tassels?

The new (TOO MANY) added songs, storylines are forgettable and don't add anything to the story.

Acting/delivery was over done and cheesy and in no way draws me in like the animated movie. This had SO much potential they pretty much cheapened the whole story. Like why is Zipporah writhing and twerking in a cage for them? Why is she sing-growling all the time?

I'll be forever disappointed, I've been waiting for someone to turn this incredible movie into a musical theater production since I was a kid :(