Anyone seeing Montego as Rose?- Page 4

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 7/3/25 at 7:38pm

Bette's Turban said: "What is the source of this alleged tour?”

I presume AC126748 might’ve been referring to this.

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 9:09am

All these posts from people who have no dog in the this fight.

Well, I do.  Saw Montego last night.  Mostly full house.

She was brilliant.  I've also seen Audra, as well as every other Broadway Rose since Tyne.

Glover has the voice to belt the entire show, but wisely held her vocal cards a bit closer to her chest in the first act.  ECUR was the first real taste of what she could do when really letting go.  It was brilliant.

Her Rose's Turn was epic.  Not as blisteringly sad as what Audra is doing, but very much her own version and she absolutely crushes the vocal.  It's strong, angry and pointed. 

Glover's performance easily finds the comedy and there's a natural ease with how she interacts with Danny.  The streaks of anger and 'it should be me up there' are evident throughout and wonderfully uncomfortable.

The negativity on this thread from some people who will never see this performance feels on-brand.

 

Updated On: 7/4/25 at 09:09 AM

[east side story]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 10:48am

Or other folks see the show and have their own feelings that differ from yours. Again, two things can be true here. 

[Huss417]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 11:14am

BenjaminNicholas2 said: "All these posts from people who have no dog in the this fight.

Well, I do. Saw Montego last night. Mostly full house.

She was brilliant. I've also seen Audra, as well as every other Broadway Rose since Tyne.

Glover has the voice to belt the entire show, but wisely held her vocal cards a bit closer to her chest in the first act. ECUR was the first real taste of what she could do when really letting go. It was brilliant.

Her Rose's Turn was epic. Not as blisteringly sad as what Audra is doing, but very much her own version and she absolutely crushes the vocal. It's strong, angry and pointed.

Glover's performance easily finds the comedy and there's a natural ease with how she interacts with Danny. The streaks of anger and 'it should be me up there' are evident throughout and wonderfully uncomfortable.

The negativity on this thread from some people who will never see this performance feelson-brand.

"

Why is it if someone has a different opinion it is either considered negative or hateful? Just odd to me.

I was reading where others said there were plenty of seats available last night or maybe they were just referring to the closed off sections.

Updated On: 7/4/25 at 11:14 AM

[binau]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 11:19am

It looks like they might be closing the rear mezz. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 11:22am

binau said: "It looks like they might be closing the rear mezz."

And the rear orchestra 

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 11:33am

THDavis said: "RippedMan said: "She sang a bit in Old Friends and I’d be there."

It’s what really got my wheels turning. She’s so wildly talented."

FWIW, I thought Lea’s “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” was electrifying. Honestly? Even out of context, in the middle of a revue, I enjoyed it more than Audra’s rendition. 

Closing the rear mezz AND the rear orchestra is crazy. I don’t see this production lasting very much longer, even with Audra. What a disappointment on so many levels. 

[Huss417]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 2:26pm

binau said: "It looks like they might be closing the rear mezz."

Will be interesting to see how it's reported in the grosses. If they are not counting the closed off sections as far as attendance goes it might look like the show sold 75% of seats when in all actuality it's probably half that. Grosses will be quite dismal one way or the other.

[east side story]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 2:30pm

Perhaps some audios have landed on TT?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 4:06pm

 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 4:35pm

Was Tovah Feldshuh not free …? Lol

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 5:18pm

WldKingdomHM said: "WasTovah Feldshuh not free …? Lol"

If this production had ANY reason for being this casting would be the antithesis of this production.

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 6:32pm

WldKingdomHM said: "WasTovah Feldshuh not free …? Lol"

Well she’s certainly not freE but busy signing letters and fighting for the “civilized” against the “uncivilized” 

[abcd12]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 6:42pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "https://youtu.be/uk0dQ9cXuk8?si=3-v626OMa8uPH_fm”

Nurse! He’s out again!!

 

Updated On: 7/4/25 at 06:42 PM

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 8:52pm

WiCkEDrOcKS said: 

FWIW, I thought Lea’s “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” was electrifying. Honestly? Even out of context, in the middle of a revue, I enjoyed it more than Audra’s rendition.."

It was Rose by ways of Disney princess. 

Bell-clear vocals, but no desperation or soul.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 8:57pm

BenjaminNicholas2 said: "WiCkEDrOcKS said:

FWIW, I thought Lea’s “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” was electrifying. Honestly? Even out of context, in the middle of a revue, I enjoyed it more than Audra’s rendition.."

It was Rose by ways of Disney princess.

Bell-clear vocals, but no desperation or soul."

 

This is a very astute observation. Agreed entirely! 

[FolliesCabaret]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 10:10pm

BenjaminNicholas2 said: "WiCkEDrOcKS said:

FWIW, I thought Lea’s “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” was electrifying. Honestly? Even out of context, in the middle of a revue, I enjoyed it more than Audra’s rendition.."

It was Rose by ways of Disney princess.

Bell-clear vocals, but no desperation or soul."

Spot on. And true to all her work, in my opinion. 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 10:30pm

From a financial point of view, given the money they are likely to lose this week and next, you have to wonder whether they should have just closed for good.  Between the limited seats and the reduced prices, they are going to have a bloodbath.  Will they even be able to recover the money lost in these two weeks, let alone the original investment.

 

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/4/25 at 11:22pm

BenjaminNicholas2 said: "WiCkEDrOcKS said:

FWIW, I thought Lea’s “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” was electrifying. Honestly? Even out of context, in the middle of a revue, I enjoyed it more than Audra’s rendition.."

It was Rose by ways of Disney princess.

Bell-clear vocals, but no desperation or soul."

Could not disagree more. The night I saw it, she was on FIRE channeling Merman and not even anywhere near the realm of “Disney princess.”

[Robbie2]

Posted: 7/5/25 at 1:55am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Robbie2 said: "I doubt this will makek itafter Labor Day and predict last 4 weeks after her return."

Oh don’t be so doom and gloom.

It has been above $1 mil for all but two weeks in the year 2025.

Now, that still means it could have lost money some weeks (what’s it cost to run, $1.2?) but they’re only on sale through the first week of October anyways. As long as Audra is consistently on 8x a week I doubt we see an early closing.

Whatever happens, investors will not see a dollar."

 

lol yea it's whatever you always say and hey look at all the doom and gloom posts after mine

[always bway]

Posted: 7/5/25 at 9:53am

Montego was brilliant! She was vocally perfect and though she had deep emotion and pathos and anger...she held onto the notes. I was so moved by her performance. 

[Dancingthrulife2]

Posted: 7/5/25 at 10:50am

TheatreFan4 said: "tacotheatrelover said: "Why are a lot of y’all so ****ing negative all the time?

I know I should be the one being told this, but you guys need to be more grateful about having the resources and money to see all this theatre in the theatre capital. The arts are dying and heavily underfunded and over budgeted in today’s world, it should not cost 1.2 million for a revival of Gypsy or 1.16 million for a production of cabaret. The least you can do is buy your ticket, shut the **** up, and watch and support the damn show."

Diva, you have no information about how much how many people are just scrapping by to live here. Don't try and tell people that they should just put up and shut up when they put down money to see something. Thisproduction in particular is not some tiny small production being put up in a tiny little theatre, it's a vanity project financed to put Audra on stage by rich producers. Save the dramatics."

Do you understand what vanity project means?

[Dancingthrulife2]

Posted: 7/5/25 at 10:52am

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "BenjaminNicholas2 said: "WiCkEDrOcKS said:

FWIW, I thought Lea’s “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” was electrifying. Honestly? Even out of context, in the middle of a revue, I enjoyed it more than Audra’s rendition.."

It was Rose by ways of Disney princess.

Bell-clear vocals, but no desperation or soul."

Could not disagree more. The night I saw it, she was on FIRE channeling Merman and not even anywhere near the realm of “Disney princess.”"

Channeling, but not embodying.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 7/5/25 at 10:57am

always bway said: "Montego was brilliant! She was vocally perfect and though she had deep emotion and pathos and anger...she held onto the notes. I was so moved by her performance."

Glad to hear Glovers performance has gotten better as the week has progressed.

Updated On: 7/5/25 at 10:57 AM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 7/5/25 at 11:12am

I heard audio of her EVERYTHING'S and the section after the keychange sounds quite thrilling since she belts it, whereas Audra uses head voice.