Did Heidi Blickenstaff Ever Go On For Ursula? — Page 2

hehe...

This kind of harkens back to that line in [title of show] about Heidi auditioning for the replacement/ensemble/understudy/offstage singer/dance captain/assistant stage manager track at Mamma Mia but not getting the part because some other girl fit in the existing costumes.

"I didn't get it...[wah-waaah.] Yeah, we sang, danced, read, sang again...they narrowed it down to three of us. And then they measured us, and I didn't fit the existing costumes so another girl got the job. And can I tell you? The girl who did get the job: gorgeous, stunning, but she sang a little something like this..."

But get this: Heidi already has Ursula costumes made for her! She fits the costumes!

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Does she get SRS's dressing room too because that dressing room is HUGE.

That is so sad to hear, BettyBoy. I saw the show five times in previews and a sixth time right after opening and the entire cast was on fire every time. It's too bad they are all already walking through after only a year's worth of performances. (Patti LuPone is still giving 100% eight times a week at GYPSY!) I loved THE LITTLE MERMAID, but if I saw it this week, maybe I would feel differently.

WAT, I totally understand what you are saying. I think the show might have been better earlier. But honestly, I got the sense that the cast knows they are in a lackluster show and it is wearing on them. The people in the audience I was talking to (including many gay guys) were just underwhelmed. The applause at the end of the show was midly appreciative. Norm and Sherrie are clearly not being creatively challenged, which sad because SRS has such an amazing voice and she was literally singing these incredible notes with little behind it.

Also I had seen Mary Poppins during the matinee and the crowd was going nuts, so the comparison to the Little Mermaid was marked. No one was going nuts for it. I also cant get over how cheap it looks. It is worse than Tarzan. It is weird to see BATB, MP and you wonder how these porrly made musicals get approved.

WAT, Im glad you enjoyed it. I did not.

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Bettyboy, I agree. I have no idea how a multimillion dollar, Disney-funded musical can look so garish and cheap. It is a downright ugly show. But, I saw the third official performance and was still unimpressed, and I like EVERYTHING. I can think of maybe two Broadway shows I flat didn't like, and TLM is one of them. I think the cast deserves better, but I found myself only watching Sierra. I hope to see her and Sherie in another, better project soon (I doubt it's gonna be Phantom 2, but I would love to be proven wrong).

That being said, I'm proud of Heidi. A Broadway show is a Broadway show, and good for her for landing this. Maybe she can inject some life into it!

The Grease revival. For obvious reasons.

Although I'm starting to realize that I'm not too hot on Grease in general.

I've seen some of Cicily's performance, and while I thought it was good, I didn't really think the emotion she brought really fit the stage Ursula that well. I'd really like to see Meredith in the role!

They should totally make understudy recordings and sell them on itunes or something.