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Posted: 10/20/05 at 12:49am
I saw the new maureen, mimi and roger this past tuesday... i don't recall seeing anyone post a review about them so I thought i'd kick one off.
antonique- I enjoyed antonique's performance a lot. It took me a while to understand her approach on mimi. She definitely played it A LOT younger, giggling and flirting with a very youthful/innocent grin on her face at times. It really made me believe she was 19, and looked 16 because she did! Her voice was beautiful, oh and she's beautiful. She has a very deep, rich tone to her voice and it was an interesting contrast to her vulnerable character, to hear that intense belt vibrate through the theatre, but i loved every second of it (and the new sound system). she showed just the right amount of emotion during the sad scenes without going over the top. overall, i loved her and would go back to see her many more times.
ava gaudet - umm. okay, so she can sing. for a tiny, tiny white girl she has a nice strong gospel sounding voice and a gorgeous belt. that being said, her over the moon was less than spectacular. she seemed to be holding back quite a bit with her performance and it could have potentially gotten a better audience reaction if maybe she had understood the jokes in the song herself. the rest of her performance, she just seemed too mousy to me. not the crazy, over the top lesbian, wild child maureen is. she didn't even moon all the way! it was a half moon kinda thing. i didn't judge her performance on that, just thought i'd share. hopefully she'll grow more into the role with time. anyone see her and wanna share what you thought of her?
jay wilkinson (sp?) - (note: reviewing him as new even though he's an u/s because he is new to the company. no bio in the playbill as of now, so very new)
honestly, he seemed a carbon copy of cary shields to me. very few things were different in the way he played each scene and even his voice. a bit strange how identical their singing voices were. i was trying to notice differences and maybe a diff. something he brought to the character, but it was a stretch. he looks younger, so the chemistry with mimi was a lot more believable than with karmine and cary, but that was about the only difference i could spot. don't get me wrong, i thought he was good i was just hoping for something a bit more then the exact replica of cary.
just a final note... destan owens as collins gives one of the most touching, spine chilling, amazing solo in the "I'll Cover You" reprise. it was so outstanding it almost made the entire show for me. really suggest you all go see him and the rest of the cast when you can!
antonique- I enjoyed antonique's performance a lot. It took me a while to understand her approach on mimi. She definitely played it A LOT younger, giggling and flirting with a very youthful/innocent grin on her face at times. It really made me believe she was 19, and looked 16 because she did! Her voice was beautiful, oh and she's beautiful. She has a very deep, rich tone to her voice and it was an interesting contrast to her vulnerable character, to hear that intense belt vibrate through the theatre, but i loved every second of it (and the new sound system). she showed just the right amount of emotion during the sad scenes without going over the top. overall, i loved her and would go back to see her many more times.
ava gaudet - umm. okay, so she can sing. for a tiny, tiny white girl she has a nice strong gospel sounding voice and a gorgeous belt. that being said, her over the moon was less than spectacular. she seemed to be holding back quite a bit with her performance and it could have potentially gotten a better audience reaction if maybe she had understood the jokes in the song herself. the rest of her performance, she just seemed too mousy to me. not the crazy, over the top lesbian, wild child maureen is. she didn't even moon all the way! it was a half moon kinda thing. i didn't judge her performance on that, just thought i'd share. hopefully she'll grow more into the role with time. anyone see her and wanna share what you thought of her?
jay wilkinson (sp?) - (note: reviewing him as new even though he's an u/s because he is new to the company. no bio in the playbill as of now, so very new)
honestly, he seemed a carbon copy of cary shields to me. very few things were different in the way he played each scene and even his voice. a bit strange how identical their singing voices were. i was trying to notice differences and maybe a diff. something he brought to the character, but it was a stretch. he looks younger, so the chemistry with mimi was a lot more believable than with karmine and cary, but that was about the only difference i could spot. don't get me wrong, i thought he was good i was just hoping for something a bit more then the exact replica of cary.
just a final note... destan owens as collins gives one of the most touching, spine chilling, amazing solo in the "I'll Cover You" reprise. it was so outstanding it almost made the entire show for me. really suggest you all go see him and the rest of the cast when you can!
Updated On: 10/20/05 at 12:49 AM
