Beauty and the Beast

Last Saturday we went to see the musical Beauty and the Beast in the Winnipeg Concert Hall. Wonderful show, relaxing music, great voices. We enjoyed it immensely. I wish though, they would have turned down the volume of the sound. The speakers sounded a bit distorted at times. The Concert Hall was designed for sound and there is no need to have the speakers blaring.
Blaring loudspeakers seem to be the problem with many concerts. Not that we're going to any of those concerts. Steel guitars, loud drums, and screaming voices is not my thing. I have difficulty hearing at the best of times, no need to damage my hearing any more.The last concert we went to was Andre Rieu in the MTS Center last year. It was great, but it would have been nice to see him in the Concert Hall. I don't like the MTS Center for concerts. We sat at the far end on one side. Even though we sat in the first row, we felt somewhat disconnected. Couldn't see the faces, unless you watched the big screens. I don't want to watch screens when I'm going to a concert. I might as well stay home and watch it on TV.  And the seats were terrible; broken and overused. Probably from all those big and heavy hockey players who sit in the first row. The seats need fixing already. They shouldn't even sell them. At least not as premium seats.
Beauty and the Beast reminded me very much of Cats, another great show. We saw it last year at Rainbow Stage. We'll try to get tickets again this year, it all depends what they are bringing.  The seats are not very comfortable, you have to bring a blanket  or a cushion to sit on, but the admission price is reasonable.
Those are the kind of shows we like. I wish they'd bring more of that caliber. Let the young people spend their money watching tattooed singers with crazy hair and rings in the most unlikely body parts jump around on the stage, like someone who drank too much coffee, screaming their lungs out. That way us old fogies don't have to fight for tickets to more relaxing, beautiful shows. It'll also keep the price down.