Alex Ellis Fly Fly Away

[steven22]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 9:09am

Let this girl play the role. Love her in the ensemble when I saw the show!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AwZNRSv6BvE

[suttonfoster]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 12:50pm

agreed. she is fantastic

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 1:58pm

Nice to hear the song sung instead of whined.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 2:02pm

^ agreed adam. I think the reason I don't like this song is because of the way Kerry Butler sings it.

Updated On: 5/11/11 at 02:02 PM

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 2:06pm

"I think the reason I don't like this song is because of the way Kerry Ellis sings it."

Oh, I'd LOVE to know where you saw/heard Kerry Ellis sing it!

[shrekster224]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 2:45pm

Ellis would be so much worse than Butler, if she ever tried to sing the song.

[broadwaybabe1234]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 2:48pm

i really liked Alex Ellis's interp of the song. really gave it new heart. i can't really stand Kerry Butler and i think she is way overrated. Just give the role to Alex!

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 2:54pm

Ha sorry about that!! Meant Kerry BUTLER. It's been a long week

[ReggieonBway]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 4:24pm

Nice to know that Kerry has a perfectly able understudy.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 4:45pm

That was LEAGUES better than Butler's interpretation.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 5:41pm

That was good... but not as good as this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPm-0yYPlYc

That is how the song SHOULD be sung.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 6:13pm

Is it just me, or does anyone else think this girl sounds a whole lot like Butler? Not a knock, though, since I actually do like Butler in this role.

That said, Shoshana's remains the best version of that song I've heard.

[BwayTday]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 7:06pm

I love Alex Ellis, she is really really great. I don't however think it was exponentially better then Kerry's, but definitely not worse. In the theatre, I was stunned by Kerry's performance of this song. But opinions opinions.

I agree that they have similar qualities in their voices.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 7:21pm

bwayfan, I agree with you somewhat. I think she has the same style voice as Kerry and would go as far as to say they have VERY similar tones. The difference is that Kerry sounds super forced while Alex just seems to be able to sing the notes without belting her face off.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:24pm

^Keep in mind that "belting [one's] face off" is what impresses most theatergoers.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:28pm

"belting [one's] face off" comes in two varieties though. Shoshana belts her face off, but she does it effortlessly. Kerry belts her face off, but it literally looks like her face is going to fall off she is trying so hard. It's more like screaming than singing.

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 9:45pm

When she goes on for Brenda, I must be notified ASAP.

[rjm516]

Posted: 5/11/11 at 9:48pm

I would see this show again to see her as Brenda! So good.


Question - did they change the order of the lyrics since previews, or was that just a mistake that she made (and covered up seamlessly)? (She started with the 'when I was a child' verse and later did the 'men who you call real' verse.) Updated On: 5/11/11 at 09:48 PM

[Kalimba]

Posted: 5/12/11 at 5:53pm

I think the song lends itself to whinyness. She certainly sounds just as whiny as Kerry Butler.

[Performer]

Posted: 5/12/11 at 6:00pm

LOVE Shoshana's version. But am I really the only one that liked Kerry's version as well? At least when I saw it, she was absolutely fantastic - not strained at all

[Kalimba]

Posted: 5/12/11 at 6:05pm

Kerry was one of the few things I liked when I saw the show.

[defygravity24]

Posted: 5/12/11 at 10:47pm

She has a video series on youtube about the show which is really cool and I definately also want to see her when she goes on for Kerry.