As a person who has directed LSOH I did not like Zak's take on the show AT ALL.
That said I will now break down my thoughts by character:
-Hunter Foster was a great actor and an ok singer. I did not like the fact that he (or Zak) decided to keep Seymour nerdy at the end of "Suddenly Seymour". This is the moment where Audrey is supposed to see Seymour as a MAN not a geek.
-Kerry Butler did an ok job. All in all she is a terrific performer but Zak's direction and her take on the character just made Audrey look like a mentally challenged person. However, Kerry is a POWERHOUSE singer, but I do not feel like she stayed 100% in character while singing.
-Rob Bartlett=Hilarious! This man made me proud to be a fellow Mushnick. His mannerisms were great, his accent(and lack thereof) was great, and his singing was IN CHARACTER!
-Michael Leon Wooley has a great voice but at times wasn't, for lack of a better word, sultry enough. I believe Audrey II is a female at heart and it is her flirting with Seymour that truly leads him on his path to kill.
-The Urchins-I feel like they were good singers but that they weren't quite gritty enough.
-Alas I did not see Douglas Sills but Darren Ritchie did a fantastic job covering all of those roles. I have seen some...um...video of Douglas Sills' performance and I was most surprised to see that both of these men had completly different takes on their characters. This is one of my dream parts and both of these men helped me see what this role can do.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
Love it!
