Brian Stokes Mitchell May 15, 2005 (Opening Night) - REVIEW INSIDE

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/12/05 at 1:16am

Anyone else going?

I can't wait!

He is such a great performer and an even more amazing singer. I shall be there, somewhere (free tickets!)

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Updated On: 5/15/05 at 01:16 AM

[apdarcey]

Posted: 5/12/05 at 1:19am

free? i'm wicked jealous! have lots of fun!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/12/05 at 1:21am

I. LOVE. STOKES.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/12/05 at 1:22am

thanks...

well, my uncle got them. I'm not paying. So it's all good!

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/12/05 at 9:10pm

As they say in shady clubs, "BUMP and grind!"

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 5/12/05 at 9:17pm

Stokes is a musical theatre God. I cannot wait to hear his set.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/13/05 at 3:55pm

Are you going, mef, on sunday?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 5/13/05 at 3:59pm

No, next week.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 11:48pm

OK, so I just got back from the show.

All I have to say is, WOW. It is great to see Stokes not as anyone but himself. He is just so great on the stage. He has this comic at one moment and a great romantic side at another. His voice, need I say anything about that? I don't remember the songs he sang - well, I do, but am too tired to write them out. Let's just say, if you are thinking about going, GO! This should not be missed.

I am glad I got to see him opening night. I know people who saw it in previews and said the show ran an hour. Not so. It ran about 1 hr 15, 1 hr 30. He came out for an encore and played some piano. Great. If you missed him in Man of La Mancha, definately come see the show. The price of admission alone is worth hearing him sing "Impossible Dream." I must say, he sang that song as BSM, not as Cervantes. And for the last two notes, he didn't use the mic and could still be heard over the music (a live 5 piece band). Nice, traditional theatr singing.

GO SEE LOVE/LIFE! Trust me, you will regret it if you don't.

[suzycat]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 12:57am

I was there too! He was wonderful. As a warning for anyone who goes, the first half of the concert is very jazzy, so don't let that throw you. I went in expecting to hear standards (I'm not a huge jazz fan), and was a little worried after the first few songs that all he was going to do was jazz. But the second half is more geared toward a Broadway audience. Either way, he was fabulous and even though I don't care for jazz I still really enjoyed the first part.

"Impossible Dream" gave me goosebumps! Stokes rocks my world.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 1:02am

Where'd ya sit suzy?

Yeah, I like Jazz so it was cool. I thought he did amazing - I loved when he was flirting with those two women...HILARIOUS!

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 5:41am

one of them was the drummer's mother

[Madame X]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 10:04am

I was there too - it was amazing hearing him SING "I'm an Ordinary Man."

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 1:11pm

really, yankeefan? That's great.