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Posted: 9/27/06 at 2:36am
I just returned home after seeing Dirty Rotten Scoundrels for the first time. I was so excited when I heard that Norbert Leo Butz would be performing in Houston that I had to see it. I was a little worried that I was not going to like the Touring cast, mainly for the reason that I grew to love the OBC through the cast recording. I was not disappointed, totally.
Freddy Benson was played by the originator of this role, Mr. Norbert Leo Butz. I absolutely love this man. His comedic timing was perfect, his voice was great and he totally stole the show IMO. He had my friends and I cracking up throughout the entire show and afterwards on the way home. It was kind of sad that after his performance of "Great Big Stuff," I was the only person who woohoo'd! him. I thought that it was fantastic. My favorite scene with him was "All About Ruprecht." His poise, character traits, and facial expressions that he provided for Ruprecht were hiliarious. Second fav. scene was "Love is my Legs." That scene was so fantastic. NLB really truly made my evening.
Tom Hewitt played Lawrence Jameson. He was good in this role. He had some pretty funny lines and did a great job in the first act. His "The More we Dance" was just ok, kind of slow IMO. Overall the partnership that he shares with NLB is great.
Laura Marie Duncan portrayed Christine Colgate. I love her. Her voice is so similiar to Sherie Rene Scott, I was blown away by how much so. She really helped NLB steal the second Act for me. They were great together.
Hollis Resnik played Muriel Eubanks, she was just alright. The only song that I liked by her was "What Was a Woman to Do?"
Drew McVety was just ok as Andre Thibault. His "french" accent was not that great. At times he sounded like the IKEA man. His singing was good and his time spent with Muriel was fun to watch. "Like Zis/Like Zat" is a very cute song and he did that well.
We had the understudy playing Jolene Oaks, her name was Beth Curry. She was fantastic as Jolene. Her facial expressions had me cracking up in "All About Ruprecht."
The ensemble was great. The women in this cast are stunningly beautiful. The men have great bodies and they all worked well together.
All in all, I had a great time seeing DRS for the first time. I was worried when I walked into a not so full house, that the audience was not going to be too receptive. And at the end of Act 1, I still felt that same way. They really got into it more during the second act and made the night so much more enjoyable.
Sorry that this is so long, I just wanted to say what I felt after seeing this. Thanks for reading.
Freddy Benson was played by the originator of this role, Mr. Norbert Leo Butz. I absolutely love this man. His comedic timing was perfect, his voice was great and he totally stole the show IMO. He had my friends and I cracking up throughout the entire show and afterwards on the way home. It was kind of sad that after his performance of "Great Big Stuff," I was the only person who woohoo'd! him. I thought that it was fantastic. My favorite scene with him was "All About Ruprecht." His poise, character traits, and facial expressions that he provided for Ruprecht were hiliarious. Second fav. scene was "Love is my Legs." That scene was so fantastic. NLB really truly made my evening.
Tom Hewitt played Lawrence Jameson. He was good in this role. He had some pretty funny lines and did a great job in the first act. His "The More we Dance" was just ok, kind of slow IMO. Overall the partnership that he shares with NLB is great.
Laura Marie Duncan portrayed Christine Colgate. I love her. Her voice is so similiar to Sherie Rene Scott, I was blown away by how much so. She really helped NLB steal the second Act for me. They were great together.
Hollis Resnik played Muriel Eubanks, she was just alright. The only song that I liked by her was "What Was a Woman to Do?"
Drew McVety was just ok as Andre Thibault. His "french" accent was not that great. At times he sounded like the IKEA man. His singing was good and his time spent with Muriel was fun to watch. "Like Zis/Like Zat" is a very cute song and he did that well.
We had the understudy playing Jolene Oaks, her name was Beth Curry. She was fantastic as Jolene. Her facial expressions had me cracking up in "All About Ruprecht."
The ensemble was great. The women in this cast are stunningly beautiful. The men have great bodies and they all worked well together.
All in all, I had a great time seeing DRS for the first time. I was worried when I walked into a not so full house, that the audience was not going to be too receptive. And at the end of Act 1, I still felt that same way. They really got into it more during the second act and made the night so much more enjoyable.
Sorry that this is so long, I just wanted to say what I felt after seeing this. Thanks for reading.
