STOMP

I'd been meaning to see STOMP for years but never quite made it. As part of her entertainment series, Jennifer took me to see it at the Paramount last night. I liked it a lot, although it wasn't as kinetic as I expected it to be. Actually, I preferred the quieter numbers, especially the one where they used rubber pipes, tuned to different pitches due to their varied length.

Still, it's cool listening to all the percussion going on all at once and noting that all the complicated syncopation is performed by eight distinct performers, each doing their own part. It reminded me a bit of a bell choir - except without the stodginess. I wonder how difficult it is to keep your own beat when you're part of an ensemble like that (not to mention all the tap and other dancing they do while they're producing the sounds).