I just got home from the matinee performance. I had seen the show last year with Laura Bell, so I knew Bailey had big shoes to fill. I wasn't expecting much out of her, but I honestly thought she did an amaaaaazing job. I thoroughly enjoyed her performance! She's a such a good dancer, her voice has improved a lot and I thought her acting was great, as well. I was in no way disappointed by her, and I think she's definitely the perfect girl to be playing Elle right now. My friend who had never once watched the MTV show and had no idea who she was, was also very impressed by her. And I thought she had great chemistry with both Richard and Christian. Right before "Find My Way" when she goes to Emmet to hug him, she just ran, jumped and flew into his arms, haha. I thought it was so cute. And she NAILED that last note in "So Much Better"!!
Everyone else was great, too! Orfeh was her usual amazing self, and I got to tell her that after the show. Autumn was okay, Richard was awesome and I'm so sad he didn't come out at the stage door because I wanted to meet him so bad. Same goes for Christian and Bailey, but I guess they never do come out after matinees (even when all the teenage girls were gathered by the door, chanting her name lol).
Oh, and Ven definitely got big laughs today. I know some people here said the audience didn't seem to like him, well this audience certainly did.
Overall, I had a greeeeat time! =)
Updated On: 8/3/08 at 06:55 PM