HeyMrMusic said: "I thought I saw somewhere that Josh Daniel would be on for Seymour next week."
I was at Little Shop on Thursday. Josh Daniel was on for Jeremy Jordan, who I saw once before. This particular performance seemed a bit low-energy. The urchins were singing quietly and almost dispiritedly. Borle was still his high-energy, funny self and got a ton of audience laughs and applause as usual.
Intermission seemed to take longer than usual, and finally an announcer came on to say that one of the urchins would be swapped out for another performer during the second act. Probably not Covid related given that she performed the first act (I assume she was tested on arrival at the theater, but what do I know?). The swap actually helped… the substitute actress did a fabulous job and her enthusiasm crept into the two other urchins who suddenly sang with more enthusiasm, too. I do hope Jordan is back this week. I noticed that the theater is packed and/or sold out for most performances.
I don’t blame anyone for not being at their tip-top best this week. It has been dispiriting for everyone, audiences and cast/crew alike, I’m sure. I’m glad I saw Music Man a couple times with Sutton Foster before she tested positive. My third ticket was cancelled, but I managed to get a [relatively] cheap ticket for this coming week so that I can see it with the swing everyone is praising so highly.
Based on everyone’s comments that Tina may be short-lived I nabbed tickets to see it on Christmas Day but, as we all know, it cancelled just 2.5 hours before showtime. I wasn’t shocked. Next I turned to TKAM, which then cancelled as well. There weren’t many shows running today… but apparently nothing brings Phantom down!
