Oooh, I forgot to post this...
I FINALLY saw a LIVE production of tick, tick, BOOM! and it was miserable. My friend was in it so I went with a small group of people (including the equity actor I'm in love with, and our acting teacher.) It was awful. I sat there and wanted to cry. The guy playing Jon was so gay. And he would scream to try to reach the pitch, and sometimes (quite often) he didn't hit the high notes. THEN, they slowed "Green Green Dress" way way down. I kept praying the speed would pick up, but it didn't. So my friend (who was playing Michael, ran to me after the show and goes "You're a ttb fan, what did you think?" ugh! This is the dreaded question asked by your friend when you see their show! All I could say was "it was different than I expected." and "you stole the show!"
So I'm sitting there the entire time by the love of my life (who just happens to be an equity actor) and I'm just WISHING that was playing Jon. Cause the show was...rough. So after dinner, my friend sang me a few bars of 30/90 and I couldn't believe it. This guy currently can't find a job anywhere, and he would make a perfect Jon. But, he cant do certain projects because of equity regulations. Not fair.
Anyways, back to the lesson. Don't see community theatre productions of ttB. ESPECIALLY if your friend is in it.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
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