And I was lucky enough to see the 1992 production at Paper Mill Playhouse. Beautiful, very well sung, and it combined the best of the London and NY productions.
I saw a production of this at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, CA with Jodi Benson. The show was great and so was she. So many intense numbers. I thought it was better than what I was lead to expect.
I felt it worked for him, but yeah, it's not the prettiest sound to come out of a man's mouth.
There are some people in the world who say that writing stories, or composing music or dancing sparkly dances is easy for them. Nothing interferes with their ability to create. While I celebrate their creative freedom, a little part of me just wants to punch those motherf*ckers in the teeth...[tos]
It's funny, because I have every recording as well, and I think that Adam's Freddie is probably the best-sung I've heard. I guess a lot of it has to do with preferred vocal styles. Murray Head is great on the concept album, but sounds terribly strained in any of the live versions I've heard of the original London cast. Varla's probably my second-favorite Freddie, with the Danish tour cast being overall enjoyable. I think that the orchestrations are a major strength of that recording, so I'm surprised that some people dislike them so much.
Now, as for Anatoly? To my mind, no one has come close to topping Tommy Körberg.
Josh Groban as Anatoly, Judy Kuhn as Florence and Adam Pascal as Freddy *swoon*
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"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS