Overall I just had a blast watching it, and even loved the excessively
long jazz number at the end.
I was so proud of her
little jazz number, always great seeing her at recitals over the years.
But, call it what it is: La La Land is a gorgeously rendered production whose heart and soul is owed to more than just the infectious lead performances and a
few jazz numbers.
It also serves as a better showcase for Daniel White's wonderfully out - there score, a bewitching blend of haunting church - organ harmonics, atonal musique concrète, and
sultry jazz numbers.
I found the moody interludes between acts —
smoky jazz numbers, often ironic in context, sung by Diana Reeves — a mite self - conscious.
But he definitely doesn't need to, and this one succeeds at simply distributing the elements (from dialogue to audibly
aged jazz numbers) crisply and consistently.
It's where they build their own bicycles, gain access to state - of - the - art computers, and learn to play the cello or dance a
Broadway jazz number.
Rippon snagged a perfect score (30/30) and standing ovation for his first routine,
a jazz number.