MOULIN ROUGE! Broadway Casting Thread — Page 8

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I am leaving town on my trip on the 9th, sucks. I didn't love this show but I love Titus

Is anyone seeing Tituss Burgess's Zidler debut tonight?

Tituss Burgess is a great Zidler. He brings many comical elements to the character that had the entire audience laughing. His voice is higher and smoother, in contrast to Eric Anderson, who had a lower and rougher voice. So, it was fun for me to notice that difference. However, Chandelier seemed to be a bit too low for him. I felt like he was somewhat uncertain about whether to sing higher or to attempt to reach the lower notes. But, I know he is a very talented performer, and I trust that he will find a way to deliver that part much better. Also, in this performance, he was slightly off with the stage effects such as lighting and sound effects. Yet, I understand that it was only his second day performing, and he will definitely improve with more performances.

On ''The Broadway Show,'' Casey Cott tells of his joy making his Broadway debut and working with Courtney Reed, plus the ''great'' support he's gotten from Aaron Tveit and Derek Klena. Cott also recalls how his mother roped him into doing his high-school production of ''Oklahoma!,'' in which his older brother, Corey, arrived onstage on a real horse!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EydC6jxthy8

quizking101 said: "I want to go see Tituss but I’ve been seeing lots of tweets lately that Patrick Clanton has been going on for Zidler (at least 2x a week) so I’m hesitant"

I can only find two tweets about Clanton going on (10/13 and 10/21 matinee) and it looks like Dylan Paul was on for the 10/21 evening.

Going to give Tituss the benefit of the doubt on this one before the boards crucify him for his attendance record: The man is doing eight shows a week for the first time in 14 years. Three call outs in two weeks isn't a great look, especially when he's the selling point for the show, but he's singing to the high heavens in a show that historically boasts some really spotty principal attendance during cold and flu season.

Spend your money cautiously, sure, but let's not characterize it as an attendance issue supported by "lots of tweets."

If anyone is seeing the tour in. Buffalo or anywhere else soon, please report back with the changes made. They’ve been reteching the show this past week, besides a few costume changes and the omission of the windmill/elephant pieces I’m curious what else might be cut.

slow_the_rain said: "quizking101 said: "I want to go see Tituss but I’ve been seeing lots of tweets lately that Patrick Clanton has been going on for Zidler (at least 2x a week) so I’m hesitant"

I can only find two tweets about Clanton going on (10/13 and 10/21 matinee) and it looks like Dylan Paul was on for the 10/21 evening.

Going to give Tituss the benefit of the doubt on this one before the boards crucify him for his attendance record: The man is doing eight shows a week for the first time in 14 years. Three call outs in two weeks isn't a great look, especially when he's the selling point for the show, but he's singing to the high heavens in a show that historically boasts some really spotty principal attendance during cold and flu season.

Spend your money cautiously, sure, but let's not characterize it as an attendance issue supported by "lots of tweets.""

I'm going to cop it due to illness, as almost everyone I know has some sort of sinus infection the last few weeks, including myself. But the role really isn't "singing to the high heavens" that it would necessarily already be dropping out due the vocal demands.

That said, I'm returning to the show for the first time in a while tomorrow night to see the almost all-new cast, really hoping to see him there.

Updated On: 10/23/23 at 10:39 AM

He’s leaving 12/17 apparently. What a short contract!

I just got out and ooooooof.

Casey is…not good. His acting is passable, but his singing is nowhere even near the basic par it needs to be to be successful in this role. He has all the comportment of a high school jock self-consciously faking his way through a musical - I could see him mentally preparing whenever a higher note was coming up. The worst part was his duets with Courtney, because you could hear her having to lower her power to match his and it was detrimental - though she shined vocally (not so much the acting, but again, probably going to blame Casey for being a bad scene partner).

Tituss is less menacing than his predecessors and more cheeky - he had his moments to shine (especially Chandelier), but I think he had quite a few mics issues today because it was hard to hear him at times and that is not a man who has a low setting on his volume button. Also, David Harris is DADDY - I have never rooted for a Duke in my life

Updated On: 11/4/23 at 05:35 PM

quizking101 said: "Also, David Harris is DADDY - I have never rooted for a Duke in my life"



Check out his Instagram and thank me later.

I saw this over the weekend and woof the show is not in good shape.



Tituss voice was shot and he is very miscast, also Casey can barely sing the songs.

NYadgal said: "Boy George is joining the cast."

This is a really interesting, out of the box choice. I wonder what kind of drawing power he will have at this point in the run? (Same with Tituss)