I saw her (Robyn) last night too, and thought she did a great job! Even if she did miss the water, haha.....
Chalk it up to it being a Tuesday night, but there was definitely something missing. Energy, mainly, though it did pick up in Act II. But the audience was pretty dead. I've never seen the show before without Amy, and it did make a huge difference last night with her not being there, though Robyn did awesomely (not a word, but okay, :)). Does anyone know if these absences were scheduled? j/w.
Funny things I noticed:
-I'd never seen J. Elaine Marcos throw the cat offstage during "Casualty of Love." She threw it and then looked a little horrified; I almost died. Also, David Josefsberg was making
the most ridiculous noises during the dance- grunts, yells, screeches. I was so confused.
-Laura continued miming "hari-kari" with the fork after that verse while Glen's dialogue enters. Hilarious. I was the only one who laughed, but that's okay. She also raised the roof, just a little bit, with the "Yaaay" engagement line.
-Stephen finally spit on me. I was waiting for it to happen...it's pretty inevitable in the front row, I feel. At the very beginning of Act II w/Dream Holly. I jerked back and the girls next to me died laughing, as they saw the trajectory of the spittle.
-At the beginning when Robbie and Julia meet, with the keyboard sound, Laura looked straight at Stephen and kept mouthing "So cold. So cold. So cold." Which I thought was hilarious (and highly out-of-place, not in the moment at all), as it was freakishly cold. Didn't think much of it, as I thought that maybe I was lip-reading wrong, until in "Grow Old With You" when Robbie sings, "Give you my coat when you are cold" Laura was like, "I'm cold." Out-of-control.
LeaGirl can attest to this, there were some cookoo-crazy things going on last night on stage! Just in general.
Last post for a while; headed home to FL and the world of dial-up modems. Ouch. Happy thanksgiving everyone!
"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
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I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
