Stars On Ice Review - Philadelphia, PA - Feb. 25, 2000

All I can say is Wow. It was terrific. Kurt was absolutely hysterical and his two solo numbers were really well done. Everyone went nuts when he came out. And his number with Tara was much cuter than I expected. I really liked it. I also really liked Katia and Ilia's number, though I'll admit, it's still wierd to see her without Sergei. She looked happy though and her ribbon number was breathtaking. So was the Roca/Sur number. I'm not big into ice dancing, but they did really well. Scott, as always, was wonderful...so was Kristi. But they were all popping jumps left and right and down around my end too! :) I think though, as silly as Kurt's character was, it takes tremedous skill to make was he did look effortless and I don't think anyone else could have pulled it off as nicely as he did. He was just so cute! I also loved Bechke and Petrov's number...those lifts were incredible and she did 2 or 3 flips too! And Meno and Sand were wonderful as well. LuLu was okay...so was Stephen Cousins, but I have to admit, I'm not one of their biggest fans. I did like the number Kristi and LuLu did together and the Simon and Garfunkel medly was so cute. Katia as Cecelia was terrific and Kristi's Bridge over troubled water was fantastic. I also though the photographic motif for "Old Friends" was good, but the music was kind of annoying. However, when Katia stood on the ice, arms crossed and Scott came over to get her during the number, I just burst out laughing! I understood the sentiment though and thought it was a nice number. The "Me and Julio" number that led into Cecelia was funny too with Kurt and Steven skating around and Scott trying to catch up. I have to admit, I was laughing for a good part of the time Kurt was on the ice. And Scott's Quijote (I think that's the theme) number if funny too...as if spoofing amateur skating. I really enjoyed the show and if you haven't seen it yet, I"m sure you will too.