Dilemma - DRS or Spamalot???- Page 2

[musicnmath]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:10am

DRS :) *Loved* it. Plus, don't you want to see the guy who's going to win a tony?

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:12am

norbert will definitely win... and he's in his boxers in this show! and i'm listening to the cd right now!

[Practically Perfect]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:23am

I am surprised at how many of you have chosen DRS over Spamalot; I thought Spamalot was THE show to see this year on broadway. Don't know how I got that impression... But thank you all so much for the advice. I'll definitely be writing reviews once I've seen the shows (I apologise in advance if they bore you!)

Mary P x

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:30am

my thoughts are most people here prefer drs... spamalot is definitely a tourist show... it has 3 household acting names (curry, azaria, pierce)... most people know monty python and are just looking to be entertained... no doubt lithgow and gleason (to some extent) have a good effect, as well as the movie for drs. but it's magnified for spamalot i believe... and in my opinion drs works better on stage and has a better score. i think most "broadway people" (like on this board) think that when comparing the two.

[Glebb]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:39am

I still laugh when I think of Sara Gettelfinger.

[Mattio98]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:45am

Down in the paaaaaanhandle...

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:46am

sara g.... i don't know how to express my thoughts on her. she was very funny. but then we got to her song... there's just way too much dancing and she's trying to belt too high. she was out of breath the whole time due to the dancing. she was straining for notes because she was doing high kicks at the same time. but she's much much more enjoyable on the recording because obviously she wasn't dancing!

[Glebb]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:47am

where we maaaanhandle..

She was frosting on the cake of my very special Sunday.

[Justice]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:52am

She was hysterical!
The song itself is hysterical, but she was great!

[musicnmath]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:01pm

apdarcey, I completely agree on sara. I haven't yet heard the CD (I don't live in NYC!), but I was quite surprised to see her quite so out of breath during the dance. Well, I guess not so surprised with all the dancing. She had too much to do at once. And the reach for the high notes was painful. Glad to hear all is well on the CD! Ruprecht had Norbie out of breath a little in places, but Lithgow could cover with his lines, so it was no biggie...

*goes back to being a cheerleader for DRS* :)

[Justice]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:03pm

Maybe Ya'll saw her on an off night. I saw her twice, and she was great, hitting the notes, both times I saw her.

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:04pm

I think the squeals and lack of breath in Oklahoma makes me enjoy it even more. It's my least favorite song in the show, but I still love it. I think Sara g. did a great job with it.

I have to agree with apdarcy entirely on the whole DRS vs Spamalot thing.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:05pm

oh yeah. totally thought the show was wicked fun overall... but i wanted to pull jerry mitchell aside and be like, let sara be the star of this number. let them dance behind her. don't make her stretch for stuff and give her too much. it was sad as an audience member to know what it could have been and it just wasn't because of a bad choice by the production team.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:07pm

justice, i've heard several accounts that sara's usual performance is a stretch vocally and she is constantly gasping for breath (not due to her abilities... simply due to her choreography)

[Justice]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:14pm

Well, I can say that she was panting in between places...as I was sitting dead center, front row...but, personally, I don't think it hurt her performance. As for her, she's only on in that one number, and getting paid lots of bucks to do it, so why not overwork her?
I understand what you're saying, though. Too bad she doesn't have a Tony nod.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:16pm

tony nod's aren't out yet. she could (she won't)... overworking her in one number because that's the only one she is in is complete bs... they should be going for the best overall product.

[broadway betty]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:25pm

The first two times I saw DRS, she sang the songs perfectly while squealing and dancing but the last time I went she seemed to be really out of breath. It's nice to hear her sing it so clearly on the cast album. I do wish she had more to do in the show cuz she's really talented.

[TheGaIsSilent]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:31pm

"Wait, did I miss a scene?" :)

[miguelito]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:47pm

You couldn't pay me enough to see Spamalot again. I would suggest DRS any day.

However, that's just me... lots of people like Spamalot. (I don't understand it, but they do... )

[Thoroughly Modern Cara]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 5:01pm

"I think we both did"

DRS definitely! I hope you have a great time, let us know what you think when you get back.

[Sporti2005]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 5:12pm

i'm SO SO SO SO glad you chose DRS, it is such a great show!! i mean, it's norbert (who MUST win a tony, if he doesn't, i'll make him one), john lithgow, SHERIE RENE SCOTT!, and gregory jbarra....what's to go wrong?!?!?

it's sparkly and fabulous.

and i don't like monty python, hahahaha!!

[Rodgers]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 5:20pm

And I've seen Spamalot 6 times and laughed so hard each time - Nothing like it. It's way funny. Okay way, way funny and no I'm not a Python Freak. So I guess if you want to laugh go see SPAMALOT but I think the other one needs the business more. So give them some change. :)