Anyone going to the 'Dreaming Wide Awake' CD Release Party @ Birdland — Page 2

IT WAS AMAZING! I plan to post more tomorrow because i am exhausted but everyone was phenomenal and Scott has so much to be proud of.

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Not to be a Downer, but I was very disapointed.
The singers, musicians and arranger were incredible but I thought the songs were just not that good.
I wish the composer luck and he should coninue writing but I don't see his talent as a Theatre song writer.
The lyrics were banal and I only caught a few glimpses of melody.
That said, WOW what voices!
The songs just didn't tell stories, they were full of images that didn't go anywhere.
Shosanna can SING but I didn't understand what she was saying half the time.
All that talent, Bean. Brescia, Calloway, Groff. Jackson, Block, and many others I just don't get what they saw in those songs.
I do appreciate that they like Mr. Allen but they all can do better.
Sorry, just my opinion, very cute Drummer.
I prefer Jason Robert Brown anyday.

Updated On: 1/8/08 at 01:27 AM

I thought last night was simply amazing. The energy from the audience and the performers was fantastic. I noticed when I walked in that a lot of people were waiting outside and Scott said on his blog that around 70 people were turned away. Jesse did a wonderful job arranging everything for last night as well.

Liz Callaway was excellant last night. Her vocals are always top notch and she gives over 100% with every song she sang last night. Jill Zadeah is really good. Where did this girl come from? She has an amazing voice and deserves to be in a show. Lisa Bfdscia was a nice treat to have last night...her version of "Magic" was phenomenal. The two newcomers Natalie Weiss and Sarah Davis are both extremely extremely talented...also for learning the music in just two days I thought they were fantastic.

Danny, Jonathan and Cheyenne were amazing as always. Sounding and looking great. Now comes my two favorite performers...Shoshana Bean and Stephanie J. Block. Both of them are just powerhouse and sing Scott's music perfectly. It was really nice to see how close they really are with him and just how much it meant to be performing at his CD release concert.

Scott did excellant and showed off a new song that he wrote that was great. The CD signing after while hot and crowded was worth it. Better than what you would get it you stage-doored with some of the actors. They were all so willing to talk, take pictures, give hugs etc.

Scott has SO much to be proud of and shows how in only 4.5 years you can get very far in the biz. I look forward to one day seeing "Piece" somewhere.

I had a fantastic evening!! It was well worth the trip from Philadelphia.

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Updated On: 1/8/08 at 09:52 AM

A few years ago, I went to the Duplex to see a showcase of Scott Alan's songs mainly to see Cheyenne Jackson who sang a couple of times. Marty Thomas and Shoshana were also there. Although all three sang with great gusto and were very impressive, I agree with Curtain that I am just not that impressed with the songs themselves. As big of a Jackson fan as I am, I just couldn't go last night. I do wish Scott Alan and all the performers the best of luck of course.

The pictures that are now up on BWW look great! Glad everyone enjoyed themselves!

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Would you go a$$ to mouth?

haha that picture is hilarious =)

70 people turned away?! That's crazy. Sounds like a great night, wish I would have gone.

cough? i wasn't sick last night... maybe another guy looked like me. I was sitting by the wall with a direct view of Scott From the back of the piano so on the side.

But thanks for caring lol.

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Congrats to Scott for pulling off such a fantastic night. He had written a blog (and I'm paraphrasing here...) saying how he was worried about how all these amazing performers were going to get thunderous applause and how the crowd was going to hear crickets after he got up there... there were NO crickets heard! So much love from both the performers and the audience for him. You can tell there is a mutual respect and friendship shared between him and his singers. He was so proud to have them there and they were so honored to be there for him.

It was a great evening. Shoshana is hilarious! I'm surprised nobody mentioned her speech introducing Stephanie. LOL
She told a story about how she called Stephanie up before her WICKED audition. She hadn't heard Defying Gravity yet and wanted to ask Steph to hum a little for her so she could learn the song. So she hung up thinking Steph might sing a line or two for her when, with the sounds of the NY traffic behind her, "this b*tch calls me back and sings the WHOOOOLE song!" Too funny!

Great chatting with some of you there!

Happy New Year everyone! I'm now back to just reading about these types of things from CA. Was sure fun to actually be a part of it - it doesn't happen very often!