#1
Posted: 8/20/04 at 8:27pm
Well, I went last night with my friend, and we were in Row EE Center Orch, and it was a great view. She was frightened by the monkeys because she has a phobia of people in costumes where you can't see their face, but it was all good. Anyway, Idina did a great job. She had maybe two moments where her voice was a little off, but her "No Good Deed" performance was her best I've ever seen, so that was good. Jennifer Laura Thompson did a great job also. But I still think Kristin was a lot better, probably because she had more time to rehearse the part, but also I kind of saw Kristin as a more demanding stage presence. And she had great comic timing. But Jennifer was still awesome.
Joey McIntyre surprised me by actually doing a good job in the first act. I was really pissed off though in the second act because "As Long As You're Mine" was sung just plain awful. His and Idina's voice didn't match together at all. It was like one voice was high, one was low, and it was a horrible thing to hear. Idina sang it the way she normally does, but he was singing it in such a low tone that couldn't sound well with her tone. I wonder if it sounds like that at every performance? I was disappointed because that's one of my favorite songs from the show.
George Hearn did a good job. Now the thing is I never really expected much from that character because the Wizard just doesn't have that much to work with. I didn't even care much for it when Joel Grey played it. But when I saw Sean McCourt play the character last time, it was the first time I enjoyed the Wizard character and found him more interesting. He was great in the role. But George does a good job also, except I missed the dancing during "Wonderful". I mean he does a little, but not as much as there usually is.
So anyway after the show, it was my first time running to the stage door because I was determined to get autographs, and I ran ahead of my friend because she was just going to wait away from the crowd for me. I got to the front right by the door, but after an hour, they said Idina left which really disappointed me. But I did still get Jennifer's, Joey's, Christopher Fitzgerald and Derrick Williams' autographs. I actually saw Derrick come out and was the only person who asked him for his autograph, and I just said "oh I've seen you play Fiyero, you did a good job." Someone was like "who is that?", and I just told them he's the understudy for Fiyero. With Christopher Fitzgerald, it was so funny because my friend actually saw him passing her, and tapped him and went "hey", and he was like "what?" And she told him I was trying to get autographs, and asked him if he was going to go by the crowd? He was all hesitant, like "eh I don't know." So she asked him to go to a tall blond by the end by the front of the crowd (me) to sign my poster. He ended up coming down out of nowhere except I think he thought I was another girl because he wasn't coming near me, and then my friend came by me, and she was like "hey!", and he came, and I was like "yeah I was trying to get your autograph", and he was like "oh I didn't know it was you, you got to be louder" or something like that in a joking tone. He was really nice. After he left, I heard someone behind me go "hey he never usually comes down and signs autographs", so I thought that was cool. Jennifer seemed really nice. Joey seemed to have this attitude like he was doing everyone a favor by giving autographs, but whatever. It was a good night though.
Joey McIntyre surprised me by actually doing a good job in the first act. I was really pissed off though in the second act because "As Long As You're Mine" was sung just plain awful. His and Idina's voice didn't match together at all. It was like one voice was high, one was low, and it was a horrible thing to hear. Idina sang it the way she normally does, but he was singing it in such a low tone that couldn't sound well with her tone. I wonder if it sounds like that at every performance? I was disappointed because that's one of my favorite songs from the show.
George Hearn did a good job. Now the thing is I never really expected much from that character because the Wizard just doesn't have that much to work with. I didn't even care much for it when Joel Grey played it. But when I saw Sean McCourt play the character last time, it was the first time I enjoyed the Wizard character and found him more interesting. He was great in the role. But George does a good job also, except I missed the dancing during "Wonderful". I mean he does a little, but not as much as there usually is.
So anyway after the show, it was my first time running to the stage door because I was determined to get autographs, and I ran ahead of my friend because she was just going to wait away from the crowd for me. I got to the front right by the door, but after an hour, they said Idina left which really disappointed me. But I did still get Jennifer's, Joey's, Christopher Fitzgerald and Derrick Williams' autographs. I actually saw Derrick come out and was the only person who asked him for his autograph, and I just said "oh I've seen you play Fiyero, you did a good job." Someone was like "who is that?", and I just told them he's the understudy for Fiyero. With Christopher Fitzgerald, it was so funny because my friend actually saw him passing her, and tapped him and went "hey", and he was like "what?" And she told him I was trying to get autographs, and asked him if he was going to go by the crowd? He was all hesitant, like "eh I don't know." So she asked him to go to a tall blond by the end by the front of the crowd (me) to sign my poster. He ended up coming down out of nowhere except I think he thought I was another girl because he wasn't coming near me, and then my friend came by me, and she was like "hey!", and he came, and I was like "yeah I was trying to get your autograph", and he was like "oh I didn't know it was you, you got to be louder" or something like that in a joking tone. He was really nice. After he left, I heard someone behind me go "hey he never usually comes down and signs autographs", so I thought that was cool. Jennifer seemed really nice. Joey seemed to have this attitude like he was doing everyone a favor by giving autographs, but whatever. It was a good night though.
Updated On: 8/20/04 at 08:27 PM
