adamgreer
To be honest, very few broadway performers have actual rock voices, that is exactly why I put those little quote things ' ' over it. The only performer I can think that has a TRUE rock voice is Daphne Rubin-Vega (I know a lot of people can't stand her, but her voice is DEFINITELY a rock one...without a doubt). Anywho, when people on a theatre board refer to someone with a 'rock voice', they usually mean a vocalist with a modern-ish sounding vocals. For example, Hugh Panaro has a more old-fashioned tone to his voice...Norbert Leo Butz's is a little more modern, if that makes sense to you (And by no means am I saying that Bobby sings like Hugh Panaro, just an example). My point is, even though Bobby has a good voice...I feel it doesn't fit N2N's score very well. Whenever I listen to him singing 'I've Been', he just seems to sound out of place. That's just my opinion though. As far as acting goes, he seems to be just fine (from what I've seen of him in short clips) and the general opinion of his performance seems to be very favoring, but it isn't fair for me to judge his acting because I haven't seen the show. I haven't seen N2N...if I could see it, I would....but unfortunately, I can't. All I'm saying is, when I listen to him on the cast recording...his vocals seem out of place for the music and slightly too old fashioned. Sure, if I said 'Bobby can not act to save his life', that wouldn't be fair because I haven't even seen him act, but I don't see anything wrong with me saying Bobby is vocally out of place for Next to Normal, considering that I have hear him sing the music on the cast recording.
ETA:I also felt that Brian D'Arcy James was vocally out of place in that role as well.
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Updated On: 7/23/09 at 02:38 PM
