GMF's CHORUS LINE and SPRING AWAKENING review !

A CHORUS LINE
Well, we all know and love the show and I had a great time seing the revival on stage, since I was a baby when the original was playing ! It was great ! Jessica Lea Patty was on as Cassie and she did a great job ! Deidre Goodwin was perfect !! It was Michel Berresse's last show and he choked up on his BCEFA speech at the end, which was really emotional ! What a love letter to Theater this show is ! I realise that I have been a bit too generous in my review points, so, for the second week, I'm gonna be a bit more strict, so 7 out of 10 !

SPRING AWAKENING
Well, I wasn't planning to see it, but being here I've become more addictive, so, since tonight I had an opening, I grabbed a discounted great seat a couple of days ago ! I'm so GLAD I did ! I LOVED it !!! What a great score, wonderful cast and how about that incredible lighting ! No understudies tonight, yay ! Jonathan Groff is very talented and a hunk, but what is it with all the spitting ???? I had seen mentions of that before, but that was unbelievable !! It made the audience laugh at some inapproporiate moments, which I felt bad about ! Is that his thing or is he doing it as a part of the role, for some reason ? I wouldn't mind getting spit by that cutie, but it was hell for his cast mates and the front row people LOL
But as I said I am really happy I saw this fresh, energizing, unconventional show. 8,5 out of 10

I'm glad you got to see Spring Awakening, and boy yes. Jonathon spits like no other, I feel bad for the boy who's on top of him in the masturbation game scene, when I saw it the boy was like dodging the spit as best he good. but Jonathon is sooo sweet and so talented and so handsome that a little[ okay, alot] of spit is the price one must pay.

thanks for the review on a chorus line - I was hoping to see it before I leave for the summer and this confirms I plan too

Any person who speaks English correctly will spit because of all of the consonants. Some spit more than others, especially when projecting.

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I know, it is crazy. I am just letting GMF know that English is a very weird language (most other languages focus on the vowels) and that is what CAUSES the spitting.

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Berressee will be back when Mario Lopez is out for three weeks.

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Does he have another job lined up?

Yeah, shh, hes doing a Hair concert. =(

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Really jacob ??? Wow, thanks for informing me ! So, I guess that ALL the other actors that I saw in the 10 shows I've seen so far, plus all the great people I've met from here, who don't spit AT ALL, are NOT speaking English correctly ??????

Welll, I DO think it's fairly typical of stage actors to spit at least some- and I think most probably do, but it's just not as noticable due to lighting and the fact that they probably don't spit as much :)

I just know that it's pretty common practice for actors to "strive for such clear diction that the spit flies". (obviously this is only on stage- I'd hope that in every day conversation in real life people are able to speak proper English without spitting lol!)

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I've seen some other actors with pretty good diction that didn't spit that much. Kelli O'hara, Victoria Clark, even Lea Michele in the same show.

I'm glad you had another great day of theater. And to catch Michael Berresee's last day is great luck!

As for the spitting, I am just always reminded of the Friends episode where Joey is acting with someone I can't remember and they practically end up having a spitting war (I think it was something about war). Anyways, it just makes me laugh!

Greekmusicalfan, I am very jealous of your list! If only I had the time (and money!) to see that many shows in NYC for a couple of week. Glad you are having fun!

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GMF, any understudies for ACL aside from Jessica Lea Patty? Let me rephrase that, Who were the understudies for ACL? I've seen the show 3 times, and not once did I not get an understudy.

When I saw ACL last Sunday, in At The Ballet, Deidre Goodwin sung, “Though she was 22, she hated him,” not the correct line “she married him.” I would think that after a year and a half, people are less prone to making mistakes. It didn’t bother me though, she probably was just distracted at first.. She delivered the rest of her performance.

My favorite on the show has to be Natalie Cortez though.

thanks for the reviews and everything, and sorry to mention this, but it's been bugging me for a while. GreekMusicalFan, does your computer not have a full stop in it? It seems every sentence ends with a ! or a ?. Really, after a while, with all those exclamations, they lose their effect.

But i am very jealous of all the shows you are getting to see.