I went to the box office yesterday around 6pm and they told me I could either get rush seats because nobody showed up for the lottery or I could do standing room. I chose standing room because it's right there in the Orchastra and an incredible view of the stage.
I was a little dissapointed with it, though. I hadn't seen it since Marisa and Harvey left and a lot of the shows energy left with them. Michael McKean did a fine job, but you could tell he didn't want to do everything Harvey did and the sad fact is that most of the jokes worked because they were done a certain way. There were more than a few that just fell completely flat.
Also, Carly Jibson as Tracy really got on my nerves. I don't know who told her to use that voice, but she needs to stop. She sounds like a whining 5 year old girl doing a Jennifer Tilly impression with a Fargo, MN accent and/or a southern accent. They switched back and forth at any given time.
The rest of the cast was quite good for the most part. I was very pleasantly surprised to see Jackie Hoffman still there along with the incredible Mary Bond Davis who has changed the way she sings I KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN and turned it into a much slower and sadder song. It really sounded beautiful and she is still just one of the sweetest people on earth.
All in all, the show is still a great time. The people standing around me had never seen it and absolutely loved it. But for those who know what it used to be, it was a little sad to see some of the magic gone.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
