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Posted: 3/10/07 at 10:51am
As I walked into the beautifully restored Opera House, I knew that I would not be seeing the same show I had seen last year with Jonathan,Norbert,Rachel,JoAnna and Gregory, so I kept an open mind with the tourning cast. What I did not expect was seeing a cast on tour that was so such a delight. Lets just do role call here;
TOM HEWITT-was charming as Lawrence the only problem I had with him, was in the way he carried a joke. Some MAJOR punch lines were lost during his dictation of the jokes. I think MY major problem was always comparing him to Jonathan Pryce, who I saw as Lawrence on Broadway. Hewitt's voice was very nice tho.
D.B. BONDS- First sentence out of my mouth during intermission was "Freddy was so funny". D.B. was funny indeed, but not original, most of his actions I laughed at were things that Norbert did that was funny. It was clear that D.B. understudied Norbert in the past (Last 5 Years) because a lot of Norbert came out through D.B. An aspect I enjoyed from D.B.'s perfrmance was his voice. The Character "Feddy" is , in my mind" not likely to be the best singer, but hearing D.B. really belt some numbers (parts of "GBS" and "DRN") made me realize that "Maybe Freddy could sing really well".
LAURA MARIE DUNCAN- Overally pleased with her performance. I did notice a change in her costume tho, "Christine's" yellow dress she wears in the "Here I am" was a little bit different. She had some type of a tiny jacket over the top part of her dress (sorry I dont know the techinal name,ha). MOST IMPORTANT, her riff at the end of the show was amazing! I was kind of waiting all night to hear what she had, and I got a little nervous when her "Here I am" was not what either Scott or York sang. Laura's "Nothing is too wonderful" was her best number of the night.
HOLLIS RESNIK-(Muriel) I was happy with her performance, tho I felt that Muriel should read a little bit older on stage, maybe just 5 years or so.
DREW McVETY-(Andre) One of the best performances of the evening! So funny! Was really pleased.
PAIGE PARDY -(Jolene) What a ROAR! SO funny and out of her mind.
Overall I was satisfied with the production. I did not laugh much because I had expected most of the jokes. The set scaling back was not as bad as I thought. If you want to rush this you could go 10 min before the show and get a seat.
Quick Funny story tho.
Before the doors opened I was looking at the items for sale when a guy threw a program, that he had purchased, at the man selling them. The vender screamed at him as the other man walked away "Tat was unnessary, dont you trow (he couldnt pronounce the "th" sound) tings at me, i'll trow you out" My grandmother turned to me and said "Oh my, lets to in"
TOM HEWITT-was charming as Lawrence the only problem I had with him, was in the way he carried a joke. Some MAJOR punch lines were lost during his dictation of the jokes. I think MY major problem was always comparing him to Jonathan Pryce, who I saw as Lawrence on Broadway. Hewitt's voice was very nice tho.
D.B. BONDS- First sentence out of my mouth during intermission was "Freddy was so funny". D.B. was funny indeed, but not original, most of his actions I laughed at were things that Norbert did that was funny. It was clear that D.B. understudied Norbert in the past (Last 5 Years) because a lot of Norbert came out through D.B. An aspect I enjoyed from D.B.'s perfrmance was his voice. The Character "Feddy" is , in my mind" not likely to be the best singer, but hearing D.B. really belt some numbers (parts of "GBS" and "DRN") made me realize that "Maybe Freddy could sing really well".
LAURA MARIE DUNCAN- Overally pleased with her performance. I did notice a change in her costume tho, "Christine's" yellow dress she wears in the "Here I am" was a little bit different. She had some type of a tiny jacket over the top part of her dress (sorry I dont know the techinal name,ha). MOST IMPORTANT, her riff at the end of the show was amazing! I was kind of waiting all night to hear what she had, and I got a little nervous when her "Here I am" was not what either Scott or York sang. Laura's "Nothing is too wonderful" was her best number of the night.
HOLLIS RESNIK-(Muriel) I was happy with her performance, tho I felt that Muriel should read a little bit older on stage, maybe just 5 years or so.
DREW McVETY-(Andre) One of the best performances of the evening! So funny! Was really pleased.
PAIGE PARDY -(Jolene) What a ROAR! SO funny and out of her mind.
Overall I was satisfied with the production. I did not laugh much because I had expected most of the jokes. The set scaling back was not as bad as I thought. If you want to rush this you could go 10 min before the show and get a seat.
Quick Funny story tho.
Before the doors opened I was looking at the items for sale when a guy threw a program, that he had purchased, at the man selling them. The vender screamed at him as the other man walked away "Tat was unnessary, dont you trow (he couldnt pronounce the "th" sound) tings at me, i'll trow you out" My grandmother turned to me and said "Oh my, lets to in"
I'll have them clawing at eachother, like drag queens at a wig sale"
I hope the the comes close!
