Very good show
by Theaterjunkie66 on 11/12/25The Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Center - El PasoRating: 4 out of 5All in all the show was wonderful and very enjoyable, bravo to the whole group!
The costumes, as always when it comes to the WBC - were exquisite and very detailed and well thought out. The ballerina performing Cinderella’s role was perfect and I really loved how the character or the stepmother and the stepsisters was brought to life. Also special thanks to the nice who kept us laughing!
A few things I thought of during the show… Firstly, the first intermission came quite early - maybe another 20-25 minutes of performance (maybe more about how Cinderella is transformed before the ball) would have been nice as we barely immersed ourselves into the story, we were already snapped out of it. That said, it’s a show for young ones so keeping it short is good.
This brings me to the second point. Because a lot of kiddos came to watch the show, maybe some more “detail” on the prince’s costume would have been nice as I personally found it way to revealing and plain around the lower areas. Just something the costume designers may want to consider.
There was a very difficult & complex move in the Cinderella-Prince duet that didn’t go as smoothly as it could have. Maybe make that less challenging so that the dance flows better.
And for the theater staff… as the show was said to start at 6pm, I was surprised to see that guests were being let it and seated at 6.25pm. Due to the delays the show didn’t actually start until around 6.15pm but loads of people kept coming in after and all the way until 5 mins before the first intermission. I haven’t personally experienced such a delay before in any other theaters. That is why an intermission before 7pm felt a little early and we were constantly snapped out of the story due to people coming, getting up etc. The venue could consider setting up limit beyond which late arrivals aren’t admitted until after the intermission. Especially around the front orchestra. It felt so disrespectful towards the performers and also towards the people who arrived on time and wanted to enjoy the show…The tickets weren’t cheap so this was a little disturbing.
Otherwise the show was amazing, these are really just a few things I picked up on while enjoying a lovely night!