I saw the show for the third time today and for the third time Rosa was chosen the murderer. Also for the third time Neville and Helena were the lovers. Bazzard was Datchery for the second time....once it was Helena.
My 13 year old daughter loves the show so I imagine we will be seeing it again before it closes, but as much as she loves Rosa's confession, she really wants to see someone else as the murderer!
I did notice during the voting that none of the areas around me (orchestra)voted Rosa as the murderer yet she was chosen. Her numbers were a lot lower than Puffer's and Neville's so I was SURE we'd see a different ending....very strange. During the line-up it was clear that she was not in the lead as audience favorite. BUT she gives such an incredible performance in the confession that it is worth seeing it more than once.
Just to note: we did see the show when Helena was both Dathcery and one of the lovers. She is AWESOME and I would love to see her confession.
We also got to see Janine Davita today as Drood and she was wonderful! She was a very crisp Drood, and I loved her "Writing on the Wall"...she really punches it. Having seen Betty Buckley do it years ago, I have to say that Davita's performance is closer to Buckley's than Block's is. I also saw Alison Cimmet do Puffer on the 29th and she was awesome! She gave the role a completely different flavor than Chita. It's almost more believeable that Rosa have a younger nanny who turned bad. Cimmet's voice is amazing. And she really has character. I'm happy to have seen the understudies do the roles at 2 shows since the murder and lovers voting results for all of the shows I saw were the same!
Love the show...we will be back!
Updated On: 2/9/13 at 09:36 PM
