Memphis Non Equity Tour — Page 3

Or a bout of Montego Glover's boredom, or a rotating roster of Broadway standard woman as Mama delivering sub-par performances in a tricky role.. the list goes on. That is another reason to have hope for this tour. The structure of the show lends itself to finding quality non-union talent of an assortment of age ranges

Yes.
When you see the Broadway DVD a number of times, it sticks in your head.. But yes, no rising catwalk on tour. Stationary only. Huey uses the stairs in Radio and the scene before "Say A Prayer" begins on stage level with Huey and Felicia being corned on the catwalk after taking the stair.

So how is Pat as Mama? How does she compare to Julie?

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Updated On: 11/14/13 at 10:36 PM

that's what I was assuming- Like you said, she is their go to actress, and I also can't think of any of her performances that I really enjoyed.

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Saw the tour yesterday in New Brunswick, NJ at the State Theater. This is probably one of the best non-equity tours I've ever seem. Definitely up there with the Broadway & 1st National casts. I'll say this, I've seen Glover(2x), Boswell & Richardson, and (IMO) Richardson was the best Felicia. Her acting and powerhouse vocals topped that of Boswell and easily outdid Glover. Joey Elrose was good as Huey, but I feel no one will ever top Bryan Fenkhart. Tons of energy from the cast, though smaller[ensemble was cut down from 19 to 13 for the non-equity tour]. And sadly the reports are true about Pat Sibley, such a terrible version of "Change Don't Come Easy", almost no energy, no riffing of any kind. It should be a high energy number, and just turned it into a boring number.

Overall, the rest of the supporting cast were fantastic(Jerrial Young[Bobby] did do the backflip in "Big Love", btw). Such a shame this tour will close come June. It's also interesting to see the the tour does have several week long stops in some cities(Ft. Lauderdale[2 weeks], New Orleans, Jacksonville, Anchorage, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City). I hope to see Richardson, among others, in other tours or some day on Broadway.

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Updated On: 2/9/14 at 05:46 PM

and, here's Julie Johnson's "Change Don't Come Easy".


Julie Johnson's

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Updated On: 2/9/14 at 06:46 PM

Also, I think a lot of people would've changed their minds about Memphis if they saw Bryan instead of Chad Kimball. Just saying.

she's flawless as Mama. Such a shame she never made it to Broadway(at least not that I know of).

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Julie told me that she was going to replace Nancy when her contract was up, but the show closed before then. She really was the best Mama out of the three in my opinion.

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would love to see/hear Boswell's "Colored Woman", as well.

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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4NA4PsqfGn0

Bowsell singing "Colored Woman" at a series of sound checks.

Saw this in Jacksonville last night (opening night). Although at times entertaining, I'm glad I chose not to see this on Broadway during my visits. (especially original cast). I will say for tours, this is one of the most quality as far as sets and talent. I felt Jasmine stole the show as Felicia. I was just okay with the Huey lead. But at least he was watchable, for me, unlike when I attempted to watch the PBS special with Chad Kimball. In our "playbill" the Artist Series announced our line-up for next year. We are finally getting Book of Mormon. And wait for it... I Love Lucy the Musical!!!! Oh boy.