#1
Posted: 8/19/08 at 10:09pm
**Spoilerish**
So went to go see Patti as Kira tonight (she's on all this week for Kerry)...Cheyenne started the show, but then at some point after "Magic" and his exit, he must have decided to not continue the show for whatever reason.
I first noticed something different when I saw Cheyenne from the corner of my eye briskly passing backstage in the wrong direction, and then when the "sirens" came out during "Evil Woman", Curtis was missing from the group.
Then after Evil Woman, the telephone booth was preset, and the voice of God came on, announcing a "cast adjustment", with the role of Sonny being played by Curtis Holbrook and Curtis' roles played by Jacob ben Widmar. After a pause of about a minute, Curtis made his entrance into the "Suddenly" scene.
You don't realize how much the show relies on momentum, but it was weird for the audience to get back to the response level they were at before. Luckily Curtis came on strong and did his usual best! Jacob was a little iffy on the tap shoes, but otherwise was great, and as Thalia (in Marty's muse costume), he was able to comfortably fit in with the other muses with great faces and physicality.
Patti, of course, was fantastic, easily grabbing great laughs from lines that don't always fly - and the singing voice is so strong, you people have to see her this week!
Hope all is well with Cheyenne and a fast return.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
So went to go see Patti as Kira tonight (she's on all this week for Kerry)...Cheyenne started the show, but then at some point after "Magic" and his exit, he must have decided to not continue the show for whatever reason.
I first noticed something different when I saw Cheyenne from the corner of my eye briskly passing backstage in the wrong direction, and then when the "sirens" came out during "Evil Woman", Curtis was missing from the group.
Then after Evil Woman, the telephone booth was preset, and the voice of God came on, announcing a "cast adjustment", with the role of Sonny being played by Curtis Holbrook and Curtis' roles played by Jacob ben Widmar. After a pause of about a minute, Curtis made his entrance into the "Suddenly" scene.
You don't realize how much the show relies on momentum, but it was weird for the audience to get back to the response level they were at before. Luckily Curtis came on strong and did his usual best! Jacob was a little iffy on the tap shoes, but otherwise was great, and as Thalia (in Marty's muse costume), he was able to comfortably fit in with the other muses with great faces and physicality.
Patti, of course, was fantastic, easily grabbing great laughs from lines that don't always fly - and the singing voice is so strong, you people have to see her this week!
Hope all is well with Cheyenne and a fast return.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Updated On: 8/19/08 at 10:09 PM
