I don't even know where to begin. The whole evening was just such a joy. Everyone was really on their game. I've never been a McPhee fan, but even I was pretty impressed with her tonight. They had her doing pretty intense choreography all night, which she handled well. It did give her a few breathing problems during 20th Century Fox Mambo, but I forgave her considering they were LITERALLY throwing her all over the stage. Donna M was lovely. Leslie Odom Jr was suave and delicious. Jeremy Jordan sang Cut, Print, Moving On instead of the girls, and he pretty much nailed it. Ann Harada singing I Never Met A Wolf... was hilarious. Will Chase sounded great in his two duets and Lexington and 52nd Street. Christian Borle had an excellent command over Don't Say Yes... including a ton of choreography (all of the numbers were EXCELLENTLY staged, by the way). Brian d'Arcy James sang The Right Regrets, which I found odd since nobody sang Our Little Secret. I think he should have done that song instead. But he still sounded great.
And then... there's Megan Hilty. MEGAN. EFFING. HILTY. Boy can she command a stage. And her voice is stupid good. I can't even begin to put into words how phenomenal she was. She did her part of Let Me Be Your Star, National Pasttime (super raunchy), History is Made at Night, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Second Hand White Baby Grand, Let's Be Bad in THE red dress (which I had been told Katherine was doing), and half of Don't Forget Me. But she also ended Act 1 with a rendition of They Just Keep Moving the Line the tore the roof off of the Minskoff. This girl has talent. Get her a show immediately. Also, she looked absolutely stunning. I lost count of how many costume changes she and Katherine had, but they both looked great.
My only disappointment was that neither Smash! nor Our Little Secret was performed (I didn't miss Dig Deep). All in all, it was INCREDIBLE. I almost didn't go, but I'm so glad I did. Phenomenal.
Updated On: 6/8/15 at 10:31 PM