Erin Dilly's Final Performance — Page 3

I hope the director/stage manager/whoever doesn't try to stop them from ad-libbing, these actors are especially great at it. And, it's closing anyway, is a harmless joke here and there really going to hurt the show? If anything, it makes it better!

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Couldn't agree with you more!

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I agree with you to a certain point but acting and improv are two very seperate skills.

It could also be laziness on HIS part.

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I've only ever seen the two of them together. Actually, I've only ever seen the original broadway cast in it's entirety. But I didn't feel that way. I felt like she would just brush off some of the things he would do. Either ignore them or not react to them at all. And there was always way too much flailing of the arms from her part. In what ways do you think she kept him on his toes?

Of course the show is different. You have different actors that are going to have different objectives, and higher or lower stakes. He's worked with Erin since the beginning. They've probably talked alot about their two characters in relation to each other and the story. Understudies get very little rehearsal time and don't have that luxery.

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And I also don't think it's fair to accuse Raul of laziness. He has a job to do, some days he may be more of a smart ass than others. But people are used to him giving a level of 150 percent of whetever he does. And perhaps he's not feeling up to working so damn hard for the both of them and only gives 100 percent. If she isn't doing her job, it makes him have to work harder for the both of them. And that can be exhausting.

I am NOT saying Raul is a perfect human being who does everything right and never makes mistakes. But he IS the hardest working actor I have ever met in my life and I would never think of him as lazy. On Raul's laziest of days, he is still working harder than most of the average people.

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I believe that both of them have grown a lot and become more comfortable and found their characters together since the beginning. I think it's a different show then it was.

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Granted, three months is a long time since I've seen the show. But I still felt back in September that they had A LOT of things working against them. I don't feel like they compliment each other. And I'm not anti-Erin Dilly. I'd see her in other musicals. Basically my point is I won't be seeing her in a play anytime soon.

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