Jumping into Fall

The Korean-born martial arts/theater/acrobatic extravaganza Jump recently smashed onto the stage of the Union Square Theatre. With its distinctive, irresistible mix of farce, low-brow comedy, slapstick physical drama, and phenomenal athleticism, this production is a sheer delight. By the performance's conclusion, my mouth hurt from smiling and my stomach hurt from laughing.

Show Business Weekly review: Jump

If anything, Jump suffers from a lack of pacing--the actor/athletes leap through a veritable mountain range of climaxes, so by the show's curtain call, when I expected thunderous applause, the cheering was noticeably lackluster. In fact, the audience seemed almost exhausted by its own responsive performance throughout the show. I wonder if the same thing happened with the MTV performance of Legally Blonde (see blog below)? Maybe, in certain cases (and in certain shows), you can really have too much of a good thing.