#1
Posted: 11/7/07 at 2:29pm
I wanted to just give some thoughts on my return visit. I found John Owen Jones as Jean ValJean to be incredible. His singing voice is excellent and he truly pulled me in everytime he was on Stage.
My lease favorite of the night was Judy Kuhn. I have to say I did not enjoy her performance at all. I know this is going to sound weird but I really prefered Daphane.
Adam Jacobs was enthralling as ever. I did feel that Gary Beach was kind of going through the motions last night. I was not too thrilled with Max Von Essen either he did not envoke anything in me.
I thought over all it was good but the cast when I saw it in previews was much better, with the exception of Jones. He by far made the evening for me. I can not say enough good things about his performance.
Also, had a bit if a confrontation after the first act. There was a younger woman (maybe 17-18 ) in my row 4 seats in who was text messaging a lot during the first act. At intermission she had to pass me to get out and I told her that it was extremely rude to text during a show and that she needed to be considerate of others. She said to me that no one else complained and I was sitting on the end why do I care. I informed her that the shinning light from her blackberry was not just isolated to her lap and it was distracting. I told her that I would inform the usher of her disregard for the show and the patrons around her. She said fine do that and left. I did talk to the usher and he said that he already had a complaint and he would talk to her. He did talk to her. A few minutes into the second act she opened her phone and imediately had 2 flash lights on her and she never opened the phone again. Some people.
My lease favorite of the night was Judy Kuhn. I have to say I did not enjoy her performance at all. I know this is going to sound weird but I really prefered Daphane.
Adam Jacobs was enthralling as ever. I did feel that Gary Beach was kind of going through the motions last night. I was not too thrilled with Max Von Essen either he did not envoke anything in me.
I thought over all it was good but the cast when I saw it in previews was much better, with the exception of Jones. He by far made the evening for me. I can not say enough good things about his performance.
Also, had a bit if a confrontation after the first act. There was a younger woman (maybe 17-18 ) in my row 4 seats in who was text messaging a lot during the first act. At intermission she had to pass me to get out and I told her that it was extremely rude to text during a show and that she needed to be considerate of others. She said to me that no one else complained and I was sitting on the end why do I care. I informed her that the shinning light from her blackberry was not just isolated to her lap and it was distracting. I told her that I would inform the usher of her disregard for the show and the patrons around her. She said fine do that and left. I did talk to the usher and he said that he already had a complaint and he would talk to her. He did talk to her. A few minutes into the second act she opened her phone and imediately had 2 flash lights on her and she never opened the phone again. Some people.
Updated On: 11/7/07 at 02:29 PM
