The ark looks enormous. It really is a great and upbeat opening. Colors were striking on the costumes. To me the best scene of the show occurs with the dance Return of the Animals going into the ark. Costume designer Greg Barnes has constructed some wonderfully imaginative animal puppet-mask costumes, a splendid assortment of large and small animals, crawling wicker headed crocodiles, sinuous leopards, jumping antelopes, beautiful zebras and unicorns.
Birds fly and the hugh beasts lumber aboard.
There are over 50 people on stage in various stages of dance. A grand scene, the show stopper of the night. The march song that goes along with the scene was delightful. We know the rains were to come and all were safe on board. The cast got a stand up ovation on its first night.