Nice Ensemble Members

#1

Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:07pm

I had the pleasure of meeting Jonathan Ritter(Boq u/s) and Brian Slaman , of the WICKED touring cast, last night and today. They were very nice and talked with me for a little bit after the show. So I thought I'd start a thread for some other nice ensemble members. What ensemble members have have you met that were nice, sweet, ect.?

On a side note....ensembles NEVER get the praise they diserve and I just wanted to say that, while the choreography is just ok, the ensemble for the WICKED tour dances wonderfully! They are all SO talented! Go see them/it if you can!

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#2

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:09pm

All former All Shook Up ensemble members.

#3

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:11pm

Christina Sivrich ("fake Cyndi Lauper") from The Wedding Singer was a delight to meet.

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#4

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:13pm

Joe Cassidy, Laura Marie Duncan, Dennis Stowe, Rachelle Rak, in fact pretty much the entire DRS ensemble, Rob Sapp(before he took over for Boq).*

I totally agree that ensemble members don't get the praise they deserve!

*Clarification: I didn't mean that Rob is no longer nice, he's always a doll. I meant that before he took over for Boq he's still in the ensemble. Now I can't consider him an ensemble member

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Updated On: 5/30/06 at 10:13 PM

#5

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:13pm

Jan Neuberger!

#6

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:14pm

EVERYONE from ASU!

Jan Neuberger (spl?) from Wicked was fantastic. They are all usually pretty nice, they just don't stop because few people know them. In my expirience, everyone I've stopped has been quite friendly and nice.

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re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:16pm

you beat me wrq!!

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#8

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:16pm

The entire ensemble of The Wedding Singer is filled with the nicest people I've ever met in my entire life. I took my 14 year old stepsister to see the show yesterday (her first show ever), and David Josefsberg (ensemble/"drunk best man" at the first wedding) took us backstage so she could see everything back there. It was a really memorable experience.

#9

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:49pm

Definately the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ensemble (especially Laura Marie Duncan, Sally Mae Dunn, Rachelle Rak, Rachel deBenedet, and Jacqueline Bayne). Haven Burton and Mayumi Ando from Rent are two of the sweetest girls ever. Also Bryn Dowling and Michelle M. Robinson from Chicago, and Renee Klapmeyer from The Producers.

Updated On: 5/29/06 at 10:49 PM

#10

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 11:26pm

Everyone from Lestat was great...I met Nikki, Colleen, Rachel, Megan, Chris and Tommar. Rock on to them...they're all fantastic!

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#11

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 11:28pm

Oooh speaking of Colleen, anyone else think she looks insanely like Carolee Carmello? Despite knowing what Carolee looks like, everytime Colleen came out of the stagedoor, I'd doubt myself and ponder if it was Carolee, not that I went more than once, ahem...

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#12

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/28/06 at 11:33pm

Everybody in the current Rent cast is very nice, except Maureen (Ava Gaundet) and Marks mom and others (Karmine Alers.)

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#13

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 1:26am

Roxanne Carrasco and Michelle M. Robinson, both from Chicago

#14

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 2:41am

Karmine was a doll when I talked to her.

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#15

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 7:06am

The current ensembles of DRS & Rent are very nice, as is Robert Fowler (The Producers), and a lot more that I can't think of right now.

#16

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 8:44am

Renee Klapmeyer of THE PRODUCERS is very, very nice (and very, very hot)
and DRS and RENT have very nice ensembles
I've never really met mean ensemble members, but they are all very nice and very talented, and i think many times, as other people say, dont get the praise they should!

#17

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 8:47am

Shame on you, BluCat!

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#18

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 8:51am

The entire ensemble of Woman in White, but most particularly Daniel Torres, Greg Mills and Lisa Brescia...all amazingly talented and incredibly nice.

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re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 10:18am

THE PRODUCERS gang has always been FABULOUS. The gang at DRS is really great. The PHANTOM cast is sweet, too.

Rachelle Rak is terrific! Great talent and reallt kind.

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#20

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 10:23am

I second Lestat's ensemble!

Colleen, Megan, Nikki, Tommar, Rachel, Dominique, Chris are all especially sweet!

Phantom's cast is really sweet too!

Especially Kara Klein and Susan Owen!

#21

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 10:40am

Yes, Colleen Fitzpatrick was extremely nice at the stage door yesterday.

#22

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 11:50am

Whenever I see Karmine she never stops to give autographs she just runs away.

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#23

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 12:30pm

Dios, someone with Wicked in their name shamed me, that's not good.

Anyway, I agree everyone at Lestat was fabulous, but I cannot possibly be the only one to see the resemblance...

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Updated On: 5/29/06 at 12:30 PM

#24

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 1:13pm

Everyone in the DRS incredibly sweet. And when Rocky Horror Show was on Broadway, holy crap, the ensemble members rocked. Went out to dinner with Jon Sharp, and Jason Wooten even called me on my birthday. Man, Rocky Horror had such an awesome cast.

#25

re: Nice Ensemble Members

Posted: 5/29/06 at 3:44pm

Maria Eberline, Emily Rozek and Barbara Tirrell from the Wicked Tour.

Mayumi Ando, Marcus Paul James and Karmine Alers from Rent.

I can't think right now but I may add to this later.

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