New Drowsy Cast Members!

I had the chance to see Drowsy again tonight (love that lotto!), and I was really impressed with the new cast members (it was my 6th time).

John Glover has a slightly different take on Man in Chair, but it's really good. I was a little hesitant about him at first, but by the end of "Fancy Dress" he had me in the palm of his hand. He was great at the stage door and was happy to hear that someone who'd seen both Bob and Jonathan still liked his take on things. Apparently Jonathan was there in a box tonight...I didn't see him though.

Janine LaManna was really good as Janet. No, she's not Sutton, but she brought her own charm to the role and I really enjoyed her. I see her only getting better and better as she goes along. She did come out the stage door, but as she had her baby girl with her and it was chilly, no one asked her to sign. She did say hi to everyone though.

And JoAnne Worley as Mrs. Tottendale is wonderful!! Again, it's her take on the character and some things have been changed slightly to take differences in size and stuff into account. My friend was cold, so we didn't wait for her to come out.

The others were great. Beth, of course, stole the show for me. I'll have to either send her or go back so I can take her a card one of the children I teach made for her. (I've got my Christmas BCEFA picture with her on my desk at school and one of the girls in my class looks at it all the time and made her a card.) I told Beth I'd forgotten it but would mail it or bring it the next time I go and she was really touched. I think it's adorable the little girl decided on her own to make a card for someone she's never met. :) I teach Special Ed.

Overall it's still a great, fun show. I think I will end up surprising my parents with tickets when they're in town (comedy for a Sunday matinee after a Saturday night of the intensity of The Year of Magical Thinking should be good) ~ though the idea of seeing it from anywhere but the front row gives me the willies since I've ONLY seen it via the lotto. But I know they like the music as I took the cast recording home at Christmas, so I think I'll make the "sacrifice". :)

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I'm glad to hear that the show is in tip top shape with the new cast members!

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thanks. i can't wait to see JoAnne Worley...i may go next week!

I really want to see this show again! It'll be....interesting with the new cast. I saw the original cast seven times. I hope I can adjust.

Mint: Yes, he did. He was so cute...apparently someone else has done it at the other shows this week because he was like "This is my first time to do this! It's so exciting!"

I really want to see it again because there were so many new faces, I couldn't watch them AND man in chair at the places I usually switch. So I need to go again and focus on him more the next time. :)

Oh, one thing that was really funny... John apparently does NOT like Power Bars. He made a face with every bite. I wanted to tell him Jonathan used a Nutri-Grain bar but forgot until I was on the subway coming home.

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^^ It was hysterical. He was like choking the thing down. I felt kinda bad for him. Especially having seen Jonathan eat a Nutri-Grain (apple cinnamon actually) bar on Saturday.

Josh: I agree. Worley is definitely louder and more "in your face" than Engel was. They changed the costumes for Mrs. Tottendale ~ at least for her (don't know if for understudies they'll change them or keep them as they were) ~ to make them flashier and more...showy. I just take them as two very different takes. I don't know that one's better than the other. I think the ditz part works a little better with the more soft-spoken side, but Worley is amazing in her own right.

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I don't know. Maybe he didn't think to ask and hasn't said anything about it? Or maybe his take is that Man in Chair eats it but doesn't like it. :)

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Mint: I didn't! My friend asked me if it was his last night and I didn't know. I was next to the girl who got it on Saturday, but I didn't look at it. Too funny. But you're right, that's probaby why. And so they know the person doesn't go spend it on merch or something. LOL.

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Thanks for the review! It's nice to hear that the new cast is doing well -- this show seems hard to imagine with a different cast.

tkt2ride: JoAnne is wonderful. She does the vodka scene avout the same...spit takes and all. Her spit takes were larger than Georgia's though. Poor Underling was drenched. During "Love is Always Lovely", the tap dance part is gone...she has a long string of pearls and twirls them around her neck hula hoop style, and they dance a little, then she pushed the cart off-stage and Underling sits on it. I think that was the only significant action change. The costumes for her Mrs. Tottendale are flashier. I think the best way to describe it is her Mrs. Tottendale is just kinda flamboyant-crazy where Georgia was kinda...little girl-crazy. If that makes sense. Words are hard this morning. LOL.

John definitely has a different take on Man in Chair. Not quite as...how to put it...delicate (?) as Bob or even Jonathan. I'm still not sure that's the right word (as i said, worda are hard this morning). But close. John's take does I think make the scene with the Super even funnier. It almost played to me like with Bob and even Jonathan, the Super expected him to love musicals. With John, he seemed a little more surprised. If that makes any sense. He's different, but still really good.

I'm looking forward to seeing it again in a few weeks and see how they've all settled into their roles.

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Oh, I only do lottery with Drowsy. I've never seen it from anywhere BUT the front row. LOL. I know I have to go back because one of the little girls in my class made Beth a card ~ I had my pic taken with her during the Christmas BCEFA fund raiser, and it's on my desk... The little girl is always looking at it, and during choice time the other day, she made Beth a card! :) I forgot it the last time I went, so I said I'd bring it the next time. Hee!

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I see John walking down the street every day. He looks odd without the beard.