Posted: 8/6/17 at 2:33pm
I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I saw the 2NT with Jessica and Ginna and They were Amazing! The entire cast was amazing, and I was so lucky to see them, one of the best Touring Productions I've seen in a while, but this is mainly focused on Jess.
Ginna Claire Mason: wow. She was phenomenal! Like so many others, she was on the more Megan Hilty comedy approach to G(a)linda, but she also really made this emotional connection with the audience, which made some of the heavier conversations and topics, MUCH MORE convincing, and heartbreaking. Her high notes were a little iffy, but it didn't take away from her amazing night.
Jessica Vosk. Wow. I was speechless by her performance, she took the character to new heights, and is truly the best Elphaba I've had the honor to watch. She has really personified and created this complex Elphaba that others don't fully have a grasp on. Her "Signature Songs" (The Wizard and I, Defying Gravity, No Good Deed) are better than the cast recording, by far. Her Defying Gravity is like a breath of fresh air! No crazy riffs with the vocalists pushing to stay on the note. She sticks mainly to the original barebone notes, but that allows her to enunciate and focus on getting the clearest notes possible. Her choices are suggesting that "No Good Deed" as her climax as a character, which is different compared to some Elphabas that really climax for DG and then kind of slowly float down the end.
Catch them if you can! Jessica is only signed on for Philly (but I know she has considered signing on with the company for longer, at the stage door, she said to expect news sometime in August)
Ginna should be with the tour until March if she has a year long contract.
