![]() When father and son eventually see each other, it’s. There’s a lot of talk about what it’s like if your dad is Poseidon, and not much conflict. ![]() Like the other kids at Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for kids of demigods like Percy, Percy is struggling with fairly yawnsome things: what to do when you’re the kid of a god, and how to use some pretty intense superpowers. Stokes sings a ballad, “My Grand Plan,” which feels listless and pamphlet-y, in praise of her own empowerment. There are all kinds of other things happening on the side of the main drama that could be elaborated on, or followed through on-Percy’s appalling stepfather, the supposed death of his mother Sally (Jalynn Steele). The story keeps bringing up how hard his life has been and how different he is, but he doesn’t seem that different.Įventually, Percy announces to us that he is now officially on a quest, and off he, Annabeth (Kristin Stokes), and Grover (Jorrel Javier) go to try and find Zeus' stolen lightning bolt, and thereby prevent war breaking out between the Greek gods. He rarely disobeys anyone, is kind and solicitous, and always does the right thing and acts heroically without any pause. Percy on stage, honestly, seems like a pretty regular, good kid. Possible contributing factors to this-that he suffers from ADHD and dyslexia-are mentioned, and then never mentioned again-and don’t visibly influence anything on stage. ![]() Percy (Chris McCarrell) himself is yet another generically good-looking white teenager, who sings songs about feeling different. The story ambles along, with all its shocking bits not that shocking-even its vengeful wraiths are disappointing because you have seen similar puppetry in War Horse, and other shows subsequent to it.
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