CT2NYC said: "As long as there's an Evan alternate on Wednesday matinees, that will most likely be the show with the least demand, especially during the middle of winter."
We specifically avoided last Wednesday's matinee because we saw Michael Lee Brown in August when Ben Platt was unexpectedly out sick and neither of us cared for his performance. Instead, we bought tickets for last Thursday night's show with Noah Galvin, which appeared to be a full house (there were certainly no empty seats in the orchestra).
Vocally, Mr. Galvin is nowhere near Mr. Platt, but he did a commendable acting job in the first act; unfortunately, his performance became progressively weaker towards the end. He actually, inexplicably, smiled - a lot - beginning with "Words Fail" and continuing throughout "So Big/So Small" (Rachel Bay Jones did the best she could, but she actually laughed out loud at one point because of his weirdly out-of-character expression).
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