theatreguy12 said: "They do a very cute performance of this show at Disney's California Adventure park, with some very interesting effects. It's not my favorite Disney movie though. Maybe my expectations were too high based on the excitement and passion generated by the reviews. I just thought it was good. Not the best of all time. And I have to add myself to the list of those who find "Let it Go" rather irritating. And I thought this the first time I heard it. I know I'm not part of the status quo though when it comes to my opinion on this one. It has done quite spectacularly without my high five. And I'm sure will have a good run on Broadway.
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Oh trust me, the DCA one has been discussed here. It's underwhelming to say the least. I know it's "theme park" and it's meant to entertain than anything else, but even then, it's...not great. It just comes off as lazy in terms of writing, structure, and production quality. I guess I didn't want just "cute" even at a theme park. And the DCL one is kinda the same, but what I do know about it is that it seems to improve on many other aspects that the DCA one failed on. But for the love of heaven, SOMEBODY get that costume change right...
Btw, I know many are worried about Cassie and her ability to handle the vocals, and rightly so. Someone reminded me of when she bowed out of Wicked soon-ish after she began, but I'll say this...we all know Elphaba is a vocal bitch and beast to sing 8 times a week. Even the Queen of Steel Cords, Willemijn, at one point was out at least one show a week back when. That role is a bitch. But...I still don't know if the argument of "Elsa sings the ONE song...it can't be THAT hard" holds up...I'm here to tell you otherwise. That damn song is almost like Elphaba's Holy Trinity of WAI, DF, and NGD, rolled into one song. It's THAT hard to sing. At least the Wicked Holy Trinity has points in those songs where one can sort of rest. LIG has NO rest, except maybe mixing the first verse into chorus and the four measure break leading into the bridge. Other than that's it's all belt, all the time, jumping ranges out of nowhere with AWFUL vowels and constants used in the most uncomfortable parts of a woman's belt voice...YAY PASSAGIO. Pedagogy matters. If one's voice is one iota off, it's almost impossible to sing and it's already near impossible to sing on a good day. And add 8 shows a week...And let's just assume they're writing/have written more material for her too. I'm already thinking she has the 11 o'clock number. I've been saying for a while the powers that be need to make the Elphaba standby the designated alternate at this point. The standby already tends to go on quite a bit. I'm hoping, depending on how much new material Elsa has, that there'll be an alternate, or at least a standby. Anna may be the lead, but at least she has singable material that's doable 8 times a week.
Make up, lighting and glamor shots have a strong impact. Still has it going on for sure, nice-looking guy, but not exactly what I was imagining. 
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