Hi all, not usually around this thread much, posted briefly after the first time I saw DRS and he was AMAZING...but heh came to read the funny comment about the Greg thread...(me?? crazy? why, just b/c the other day I was told on aim that I am currently scaring my friend too much?) But one thing I can respond to...well from a page or two ago..
I have been fortunate to see DRS 6 times(::looks around whistling::) but for good prices--3 lottos(friends won, not me), a TDF preview, and two half price times, and the 6th time I went which was a lotto time, Joe was in for Norbie. Now considering it was my 6th time, I knew the show so well, that I pretty much knew everything he did different from Norbie which is kinda sad. I am biased and did prefer Norbie, but I think Joe did a great job, considering what he had to live up to. His singing was great, I think the only thing I could say that was def weaker was some dancing, and he didn't slide down the stair rail. But like my friends who were seeing the show for the first time thought he was absolutely fantastic, so I really wouldn't think it would be necessary to get a refund on your tickets if Norbert is out, Joe is a very adequate fill-in!
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli