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Yes, it's worth it. One of the best musicals I've seen.

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It's fantastic! It won the Tony for Best Score. So yeah, the music is REALLY great. you should absolutely plan on seeing it.

I echo the encouragement to see it. Run; don't walk!

You absolutely must see it. One of my all-time favorites, if not my favorite musical. The story is heart-wrenching and the music is, as everyone has said, phenomenal. Alice Ripley is perfect as Diana so the tour is still worth seeing, I think. The rest of the original cast was absolutely stunning as well, so I'm curious to hear about the tour cast.

I've heard great things about Preston Sadleir's Henry. Has the Natalie u/s gone on yet? I think its Caitlin Kinnuen.

I saw the tour in Denver and then again in Seattle. Alice was sick for the first two weeks in Seattle which is why there was all the drama about her. But I saw the Saturday before closing and she sounded exactly like she did the 10 or so times I saw her on Broadway. The rest of the cast is really strong.

Jeremy is on family leave apparently. I saw him in Denver and he was great. Michael McElroy played the Doctor the last weekend in Seattle. He was still getting the hang of things, but I think he'll be fantastic with a few more performances under his belt.

Emma is a FANTASTIC singer and a okay actress. I like that she isn't the tall thin pretty type they used on Broadway. It makes for a more interesting dynamic between she and Gabe the perfect son.

Curt is really good. No he isn't Aaron or Kyle. But he's also 6 or 7 years younger and doesn't have the experience they do. I'm guessing they were in the exact same place he was at his age.

Preston is fine. Asa is good (better than Jason Danielly, but not as good as Bobby and Brian).

I have not seen Pearl but many of my friends did while in Seattle and said she blew it out of the water. Caitlin went on for the first time in Seattle as well. By all accounts she doesn't have the vocal power of Emma, but she is a far superior actress. Again, I didn't see her. I'm just passing on the thoughts of people I know.

I think overall, the cast is stronger than the closing cast on Broadway. It's awesome to be able to see Alice do the role again. I hope to catch the tour a few more times before it's gone.

See it! The entire tour cast is really good. I have seen it twice. I would recommend taking advice from only those that have actually seen it (some people on this board are a little biased). Google some reviews and see what they have to say. There are even a few on this website from a couple of different cities.

Saw the tour twice in Seattle (second Tuesday and third Tuesday).

The first time I saw it, Alice was out and Pearl was on. Pearl did a really good job, and having an Asian actress play Diana really put an interesting spin on the family. She was pretty strong voiced, and still complemented the rest of the cast.

The second time I saw it, Alice was back in, and Jeremy Kusnier was out, Jason Watson played the Dr.s. Alice sounded like she was in better voice than how some of the others described her. I was trying to figure out what her voice sounded like, and the best way to explain it is, you know that feeling you get when you're choked up and about to cry, and your voice gets a little out of control. That's what Alice's voice was like while singing. Which worked O.K. for me for the most part. Her regular speaking voice was fine, and her acting was great, a little more off kilter than Pearl's performance.

As for the other cast memebers, I really likes Asa and Emma, and felt they did put their all into the roles, and I found myself really sympathizing with them. Preston I really liked (and I like his voice better than Adam's on the cast album).

As for the two doctors, I liked Jeremy's singing voice better, it was a little more forceful. Jason's singing and acting was a little more "lightweight", but Jason I thought was "sexier" in the role of Dr. Madden, which I liked, putting that added tension to the relationship between Diana and Dr. Madden.

I think the weakest cast member is Curt. Sure, he looks the part, but I found his singing voice a little too nasal to my liking, and I had this constant problem with him. Whenever he sings "I'm alive, I'm alive, I am so alive", the very first "alive" he never enunciates it well, though he does the second time he sings the word. It sounds like he's singing "I'm a lies". I noticed this from the very beginning, but my sister (who also saw both shows with me), did not notice this until after the second time when I talked to her about it during intermission. She really noticed it then during the reprise of "I'm Alive" in act 2.

But it's a great show (I did end up crying both times I saw it), and it really resonated with me.

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Wow. Sounds like this is a really well loved play. Haven't heard of the cast members but they sound like they're a good match too. Thanks for all the comments.