Eric Petersen to Succeed Brightman in SoR on Nov. 7th- Page 2

[adamgreer]

Posted: 2/18/17 at 11:10pm

ACL2006 said: "it could be for the alternate, too. Is the show touring this Fall?

 

There is in fact a tour going out this fall. It comes to my neck of the woods (Orlando) in December. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/19/17 at 10:53pm

Hm. Interesting. I know it's a rough show vocally + high energy, but that sounds terrible. Is it just the nature of how they have to sing the songs? I feel like it's a fairly tough part to cast. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/22/17 at 12:24am

I rushed the show tonight and got a box seat. I'd see the show before, so I wasn't bothered by the view. It was pretty much sold-out, which for a Tuesday in Feb. is pretty impressive. 

Eric Petersen took some getting use to. Overall: he was great in the role. But vocally, he had some more "musical theater" moments as opposed to a straight up rock sound. He was a little more low-energy than Brightman, but I felt like he made it more his own as opposed to Brightman who felt very shackled by the Jack Black characterization. 

Emily Crumer (I think?) was on for Rosalie and she nailed it. It was so nice to hear someone actually belt/sing "Where Did The Rock Go?" Wish we could have a recording of her singing it. She nailed the operatic moments, but really nailed the pop/rock sound. She was fabulous. 

Everything else felt more or less the same. The kids were all great, and the audience responded as such. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/22/17 at 1:17pm

Oh nice! I would have liked to see Jenn, but Emily was wonderful! I loved her voice and her whole presence was perfection. That's how that song should be sung! 

And nice! I think I was sitting near the new understudy/standby. 

I do enjoy the show - most of the songs are a lot of fun - I just feel it gets a little "cheesy" towards the end. And some of the child actors are A LOT - like dial it back to a 5. But still a fun night out. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/22/17 at 4:21pm

I noticed that today is Will Blum's final day with the show. I wonder if it was for his replacement?

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/22/17 at 5:39pm

Don't have my playbill with me, but I think they had announced his replacement. 

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 2/22/17 at 7:01pm

^Jonathan Wagner is replacing Will - he was the previous Dewey alternate and is really great in the role. 

I was at today's performance and Will's Dewey is just so perfect and I am sad to see him go.