Jason Tam's Last Day On "A Chorus Line": Details Please.....
Jason Tam's Last Day On "A Chorus Line": Details Please.....
#1Jason Tam's Last Day On "A Chorus Line": Details Please.....
Posted: 8/12/07 at 4:19pmWould someone share details about Jason Tam's last day on "A Chorus Line." I've wondered sometimes how Broadway performers deal with their ending participation in a show. Thanks... RC in Austin, Texas... T.O.P.L.F.
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#2re: Jason Tam's Last Day On 'A Chorus Line': Details Please.....
Posted: 8/12/07 at 10:10pmI want to know, too!!!!!
#2re: Jason Tam's Last Day On 'A Chorus Line': Details Please.....
Posted: 8/12/07 at 10:16pm
I wasn't there but I am reporting what I heard. Apparently Jason was just as good as he usually is. It wasn't that much more emotional than usual, though he got applause both immediately after the monologue and then again right before the rest of the cast came back to do "One" the first time. He also got big applause at the curtain call.
Jessica Lea Patty was on as Cassie and apparently she was absolutely amazing. I heard she danced and sang the hell out of "Music and the Mirror".
Nadine Isenegger was on as Val, and apparently was good, but not as good as Jessica Lyn Goldyn.
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#3re: Jason Tam's Last Day On 'A Chorus Line': Details Please.....
Posted: 8/12/07 at 10:19pmCurtain call?
#4re: Jason Tam's Last Day On 'A Chorus Line': Details Please.....
Posted: 8/12/07 at 10:21pmThe "One" reprise.
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#5re: Jason Tam's Last Day On 'A Chorus Line': Details Please.....
Posted: 8/12/07 at 10:23pmOooh oops. I thought you wrote that he got a big applause when the cast appeared in "One Reprise" and that they actually did a curtain call. Sorry!
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#6re: Jason Tam's Last Day On 'A Chorus Line': Details Please.....
Posted: 8/12/07 at 10:26pm
ehh i saw nadine as val yesterday- the show just isn't the same without jessica in =[
is jessica out for matinees because while leaving the theater i saw that she was in for the night performance.
#7re: Jason Tam's Last Day On 'A Chorus Line': Details Please.....
Posted: 8/12/07 at 10:36pmI saw Nadine as Val on Friday night. Needless to say, I missed Jessica a whole lot.
#8re: Jason Tam's Last Day On 'A Chorus Line': Details Please.....
Posted: 8/12/07 at 11:19pm
Jason was as amazing as ever. This time I brought my binoculars and could see his eyes glistening with tears as he delivered the monologue. Whether it was emotion or just an excellent actor delivering a believable performace, I don't know.
Interestingly, the Playbill did not list Jason in the role of Paul. It listed Bryan Knowlton and there was no slip inserted, nor a sign in the lobby. I thought Equity required this, but I'm no expert.
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