LESTAT Rave
LESTAT Rave
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#0LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 7:46pm
I know I am going to get brickbats hurled at me from all directions but after all the years on the board i should be used to it
My wife & I saw it today & were blown away. The show is awesome. The score & book were good & the acting was uniformally great. Panero was very good & his voice is out of sight. The physical production was very good
I read Interview With The Vampire & saw the movie. They made as good a transfer as was possible. We cannot wait for the CD
Allison Fischer was out today but her understudy, Amy Sparrow , did not miss a beat. My wife never stays for autographs but needed to meet Hugh & tell him how much she loved his peformance. He was quite nice & even took a picture with her
People, do not listen to critics. Make up your own mind. The show is much better than you have read or been told by critics both in media & on this board
Poster Emeritus
Updated On: 5/14/06 at 07:46 PM
#1re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 7:48pmWell I am glad you liked it! I enjoyed it as well, but it was a shame you missed Allison Fischer!
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#3re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 7:56pmI want to see it! You're so lucky! I hope Allison get's better! I heard she has a great voice!
you say i'm weird! look at everyone you're sitting with! and hey, those guys over there just threw napkins up in the air like they were on something! it's contajous! you can't help it!
broadwaybelter
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/26/04
#5re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 8:07pmI saw Allison on Thursday and she was wonderful. I do agree that the show is solid. Its not spectacular but the premise and story were compelling.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#6re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 8:34pmNice to see not everyone thinks it is a dog because it is not. It is really quite good
Poster Emeritus
#7re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 8:55pm
Glad you enjoyed it. I LOVED the show!
Get better Allison! She's the best thing about that show!
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#8re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 9:15pmi haven't gotten a chance to see it in NY. i saw it in tryouts in SF. and yes, Allison Ficher's voice is AMAZING! i hope she gets well, soon. :)
LET OTHERS RISE TO TAKE OUR PLACE UNTIL THE EARTH IS FREE!
#9re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 9:33pmIt's nice to see people who throughly enjoyed the show coming out of the woodwork on here now. I can't wait to see the show again. :) Sad you missed Allison, but it's nice to know Amy was wonderful. I think this was her first time going on? I could be wrong..
joanna2
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/06
#10re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 9:34pm
HOORAY for Lestat love. Glad you enjoyed the show!!
I THINK Amy's gone on twice now.
Updated On: 5/14/06 at 09:34 PM
#11re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 10:07pmI'm very glad you enjoyed it. I wish people would give this show a chance and not write it off so soon. It has an amazing and talented cast and some of the music is pretty good.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#12re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 10:50pmSaw the show in previews and on opening night. I also loved the show, I have been a big fan of the books and enjoyed this production of the work. Thanks to all the cast for signing my playbill on opening night. Hope for a cast recording soon!
#13re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 11:12pm
Can this be? Not one negative post on here yet? :) That makes me happy. jimnysf, staaaaaaay aaaawwway, or I'll kick your behind. 
It IS a good show and the score and cast are top notch, I hope it pulls through during the summer months, I really want to see the revived NY version since I saw it in SF.
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#14re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 11:22pmI've been tempted but I am trying to be good. :)
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
#15re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 11:32pm
"People, do not listen to critics. Make up your own mind. The show is much better than you have read or been told by critics both in media & on this board."
BRAVO!
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
caught by surprise
Swing Joined: 5/4/06
#16re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/14/06 at 11:36pmI'm seeing this in two weeks and after hearing so many horrid things about this show, it is nice to hear you enjoyed it. That actually got me pretty psyched. :)
joanna2
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/06
#17re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/15/06 at 12:23am
jimmy, we really appreciate you biting your tongue. I'll speak for myself right now, but it means a lot to be able to discuss Lestat without any worries.
Thank you.
#18re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/15/06 at 12:31am
I agree, Joanna. Thank you for keeping your comments to yourself, Jimmy. :) It's appreciated.
WaltSummersPI saw the show today and said Amy's take on Claudia is completely different from Allison's. I wonder how so? Curious people want to know...
#19re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/15/06 at 1:04am
Aha, j'arrive.
Amy's a lot YOUNGER than Allison, and it shows in her delivery. Her Claudia is much more vulnerable and much brattier. Also, Amy is REALLY tall, just as tall as Jim Stanek, so when Claudia goes after Lestat, it's more believable that she'd have that strength.
I know it was only her third time on, but I thought she was VERY good. She's got a very pretty voice and does some excellent character work, especially with Hugh.
rockfenris2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#20re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/15/06 at 1:50am
So, let me get this straight... you're holding back your opinions because you're afraid of a certain member harassing you? If I were you, I'd tell that member to f### the hell off
Who can explain it, who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try
-South Pacific
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#21re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/15/06 at 1:54am
I'm sure you are not directing another personal attack to me but if you are, I say right back at you and please take your own advice! Don't have a nice day.
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
Updated On: 5/15/06 at 01:54 AM
#22re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/15/06 at 1:54amWhere did anyone say that?
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
rockfenris2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#23re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/15/06 at 2:00am
It's all the same. I see it is a personal attack.
Wasting my time, whilst taking it out to read threads and finding incessant, relentless damnation of a show we already know you don't like. We get the picture...
That's all I'm concerned about
Who can explain it, who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try
-South Pacific
#24re: LESTAT Rave
Posted: 5/15/06 at 1:56pm
rockfenris2005, I can tell that comment was directed at me. jimnysf and I happen to be friends and like to dig at each other on the Lestat boards for the hell of it. He loaths Lestat just as much as I adore it, and instead of biting each others heads off we have enjoyed teasing each other about it.
Thats all, it was not a personal attack in any way. Hence the wink after my previous comment.
Also it's kind of funny, because I am the last person to pick a personal fight with anyone on these boards.
Updated On: 5/15/06 at 01:56 PM
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