Mediamaven2 said: "I went. It was also Isaiah Johnson's ("Mister"
final show.
It was a great show.
First time I saw it without Heather Headley. Interesting to see the slight production changes for Jennifer.
During Isaiah's solo in Act II he stopped after the first few lines, looking directly out to center orchestra and stepping out of character said, "put away your damn phone, man!" or something almost exactly like that. The audience roared with applause. Then he stepped right back into it, and continued.
I couldn't see much of what was going on as I was SRO in the back.
At the curtain call, Isaiah spoke movingly. He said that the show (forgive me for paraphrasing less eloquently than he spoke ) spoke to all of us and taught him about casting off your straitjacket of the past that traps you, and flying free. And that we should all heed that message. He also said we need to be kind to our neighbors. Denise did not speak at all. Cynthia got emotional, giving each a tribute. The cast sang It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday. It moved me because it also made me think of politics the last few days.
The opening was phenomenal--I wondered if it was because that Church Lady is taking on Denise's role and it was, in a sense, her 'last' performance in that role. The final picnic scene was moving because Cynthia looked around at the end and looked toward Denise and Isaiah and there were longer than normal pauses due to emotion.
Anyway...look forward to reading anyone else's experience of this ??
THE TITLE OF THIS THREAD IS 'DANIELLE BROOKS' FINAL SHOW', HOW CAN YOU CALL HER DENISE.....
