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I may be missing something here, but I think I'm the only one who's posted anything critical in the last week or so, and I've never waited by the stage door or met any of the actors. I've also only rushed twice out of the four times I've seen the show so I don't really consider myself a "rusher." But maybe that comment was directed by other people and I just don't get it.

I've only seen three Frankies, but I remember being thrown off by all three when they came up to sing "I Can't Give You Anything But Love." The attempt to portray Frankie young seemed to lend all three of them a comically nasal sound - with CKJ I remember thinking he was also wavering off key, with Jarrod it was just disturbingly nasal, and same with Rick. I don't know why they're directed to sing that way but it doesn't give a very good initial impression of Frankie's "amazing" voice and it ...

Ah that makes sense. I was wondering if he was just having an off night because there were signs of strain and wavering control I wouldn't expect to see on someone in a lead role like that, in the sense that if he performed like that every night, he'd never make it through the week. And like I said, it wasn't consistent - sometimes his falsetto sounded great, sometimes he seemed to be having trouble getting up there, sometimes he didn't sound like he was even trying to do it in falsetto - and...

I just saw Jersey Boys for the fourth time in SF tonight. I knew the run was nearing its end and couldn't resist trying for rush seats to catch this cast (I previously saw the 1st tour once and the 2nd tour twice). I left work early and got there at 5:45PM and was a bit worried because there were 13 people ahead of me in line, but ended up with lower box seats that were better than the rush seats I got last time - limited view but not as limited, and limited in the opposite direction (I was o...