Rachel in DRS?

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 2:24am

Anyone check out the lovely Ms. York?

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:33am

bump!

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:57am

I'll be seeing it today at 2pm so I'll post a review!

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:58am

thanks so much...i hope she is amazing because i LOVE HER

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 8:15am

I KNOW she will be amazing....because i love her!!! lol

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 5:08pm

I went last night too, I loove her, and I'm queen of the long posts anyway so forgive me for the fact that this is pretty long.

MASSIVE SPOILERS


Okay, before the show started I started thinking how much taller Rachel is than Sherie, but when she came out, that's the first thing I noticed, b/c it got to be really amusing. It was awesome though to see the same costumes made for the taller person and such. And then I thought her and Norbert are gonna look so funny, until I remembered he's in a wheelchair most of their scenes. But the few scenes he was standing, she was quite a few feet taller than him, I mean she's wearing heels too, so it was just funny watching her bend down slightly when they kissed. Oh, and during the More We Dance, she barely was able to make it turning under Dennis(Parlato, who was in for Pryce, who's very sick) Really funny. And the last scene with the 3 of them singing the finale, when I'm used to John towering over the other 2, who was clearly the tallest? Rachel. It was just kind of amusing.

Now onto her performance...I mean, it's not perfect, it was her first time, but still was just fantastic. She has an amazing voice, and it really showed on the songs where she used the lower part of her range, I was getting lots of eargasms during "Nothing Is Too Wonderful To Be True" and "Love Is Your Legs." Her high note n that was great, she attacked it as a true soprano, adding this lovely vibrato in. And seriously all I was thinking during Nothing Is Too Wonderful was gah, if there was some way for her to record it. And her last big part, "three of a kind," you can tell she's still experimenting but she put in a great riff. And I mean she was great in Here I Am, holding out that last note, though I think she's still getting used to it, she stayed on that high note instead of coming down a bit like they do for the last "am." Again, something that sounded weird on my ear, but her tone of that was amazing. And during their duets, you could see her and Norbert playing around trying to catch their harmonies. They had a bit of trouble at the end of Nothing is Too Wonderful, it kinda went from together, to more Norbert while Rachel adjusted, to just Rachel. But they did much better w/ the end of love is your legs, the last "legs" sounded beautiful to my ear. Yeah, she's like a vocal goddess to me.

Oh another thing I don't think I knew about her...she's not quite as good a skipper at the end as Sherie, but she's actually a great dancer! The part where Lawrence names the different dances for them to do, she's in the front and looks great doing it, and was perfectly in sync with everyone. And again w/ also being tall but also being a good dancer, at one point her and Dennis kick their leg up really high, it was hard not to notice how much higher her leg went than Dennis'.

In terms of her take on the character, again I think it will be a little more polished as she gets more used to the role, but she def doesn't try to play it like Sherie which is good, offers her own take. I loved what she did at the end when she's in the pit and says her "good-bye boys," I dunno if I could describe it, but she kind of...got her voice higher and accented the "bye," kinda emphasizing the con, I really liked it. Definitely not comfortable jumping over the pit thing yet, she said "jackal" before she left, and she more climbed over one foot in front of the other than jumped like Sherie did. She stays more hysterical even when she gives back the suitcase, but I def sensed she was running really fast to get away. I also kinda liked the way after Norbert was knocked down how she said "I Do That A Lot." Pretty ambigious, like I could more see her saying that as the con than the way Sherie did it, which seemed more like a ploy so the audience wouldn't catch on but out of character. Oh, she almost knocked the table w/ the hot soup over as she closed the doors.

And for her first time, she avoided lots of oopsies (as opposed to Dennis who was silent for like 10 seconds of "Love Sneaks In". A couple of times she came in too early, and Norbert or whoever would finish and then she'd start, only big one I noticed was she was supposed to say I won this all-expense paid trip...she said I won this all-American...and I could see her pause and realize what she said, but then she collected herself and made it work, she said something like All American expense, you know they paid for it, trip or something. Again, not something anyone would catch onto if you didn't know the show so well, and that's all I ask of performers.

I really can't wait to see Rachel develop and become more familar with the role, this woman is just an incredible talent!

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 5:13pm

Sounds great.... i can't wait to see it i might try for friday!

[Parks]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 5:21pm

Ahh! I'm excited!

How is Mylinda??

[Madame X]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 5:25pm

Was Joanna in?

[where's my shoe?]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 5:31pm

I love Rachel York! I'm going to be in NY in March and really want to try to see this show. I've already seen the show, but I've never seen Rachel live. Do you think I would be okay trying to get tickets when I'm there, or is this something I need to do advance purchase for. How is DRS selling?

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 5:33pm

No Rachel De Benect was in. She was great, but I've saw her in the role 3 times already, was kind of hoping I'd get to see Laura Marie Duncan in the part. Oh well.

Mylinda's fine. See, someone wrote this once and I think it's true...Sara's too talented to have that part. And I love Sara, she was so great in the role, but I think I unfairly compare others to her. I definitely liked Mylinda better this time b/c I think I was comparing her less to Sara, has her own take on the part, the audience loved her and it remained funny so I guess that's what matters. Just some of the choreography was changed and I miss the screams.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 5:34pm

Shoe, my advice always is if you def want to go, get tickets in advance. At present, it probably would be quite easy to get tickets the day of, but you know I can't definitely say that for March.

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 1:17am

I agree whole heartedly with you Wickedrentq. Rachel needs time to settle in but she was great. She held back in "Here I am" but really got going from then on.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 1:20am

how is Mylinda's accent? I ask because the one she used in Sweet Charity as Nickie was terrible.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 1:35am

here's a pic of her (she's in the yellow dress and has blonde hair):

copyright by Gregory Jbara

Rachel York in DRS

Updated On: 2/9/06 at 01:35 AM

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 1:43am

holy crap she looks like Sara!

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 2:47am

Bwaybaby, it's interesting that you ask that. Both times I've seen her, she sounds so much like a character...and I can't place which one! Ulgh, okay here's my bad attempt at at least trying to describe it...it was obviously Southern, but had a more monotonous tone to it that made her sound ditzier and overall I think her take on the character is ditzier than Sara's. But I hear voice, it's very distinct, and I just can't think of who she sounds like!

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 6:35am

Rachel looks unrecognizable in that picture. She looks great, though. Can't wait to see her in the show.

Was Pryce back for either show yesterday?

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 7:27am

he was at the night show

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:48pm

Pryce was at both shows yesterday [Sat. 2/18] ... appeared on Greg's cam both afternoon and evening ...

http://www.gregoryjbara.com/cam/feb06/cam021806/021806cam21.html

http://www.gregoryjbara.com/cam/feb06/cam021806/021806cam57.html

[Testing1232]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 6:45pm

Saw Rachel this past Weds mat, and she was great !! Her
"Here I Am" was very good, not great, but her timing was excellent, and as much as we LOVE Sherie... the show really didnt miss a beat !!