Saw MILLIE tour last night

I saw and enjoyed the MILLIE tour in Dallas last night. Just a few thoughts:

*The seats in Music Hall are an abomination. Does anyone else hate having to lean back like that?
*Matt Cavenaugh made a fine Jimmy, but sadly kept his shirt on the entire performance.
*It took me a while to adjust to Darcie Roberts' (Millie) appearance. The costumes were exact copies of those on Broadway and it was strange, after viewing so many pictures from Broadway, to see someone other than Sutton Foster in them. Also, Darcie is a big, tall gal vs. the petite Sutton. Not a criticism at all, just an adjustment for me.
*I was impressed with the overall energy and enthusiasm of the cast, especially Hollis Resnik (Mrs. Meers). I had seen the show on Broadway in May and Sutton Foster and Harriet Harris both seemed to be bored and phoning it in. Darcie really sold "Gimme, Gimme" and was rewarded with an enthusiastic ovation.
*Other than a bit of added or changed dialogue here and there, the book, as far as I could tell, was faithful to the Broadway version. The most noticeable difference in the set is the omission of the elevator.
*The Dallas audience seemed much more receptive to the comedy than the New York audience. The Chinese "translations," for example, drew hearty laughter in Dallas versus less enthusiastic chuckles in New York. This may be due to the low energy of the New York cast on the day I saw the show.
*Pamela Isaacs was a standout and audience favorite as Muzzy.

Just my observations.... Anyone else see the show?

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Updated On: 7/24/03 at 11:50 PM

Maybe so....not to suggest at all the Darcie is not lovely in the costumes. She just seems bigger to me than Sutton. Hmmmm, all preception I guess.

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Did you meet Juilana?

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yes, Ms.Foster is 5'9.

Maybe he means Darcie is more built (muscular) than Sutton. In the picture on playbill.com w/ Darcie at the end of Gimme Gimme, her arms are RIPPED.

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She looks good as Millie. When I see it, I want to see Juliana as Millie (just as much as Darcie)

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I want to hear her "Gimme Gimme" as well. Matt Cavenagh is probably who I want to hear the most, although I hear he wears his glasses. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I think he looks ten times better without them!

does matt really wear glasses?? i wonder why they added them into the show?? i know on broadway jimmy does niot wear them. in the touring they are used as his cover up

by the way matt sounds good as jimmy great singing voice!! i did not know he was so tall.
darcies gimmir gimmie is good to! she does not have the same power in her voice like sutton but she does sound good singing it! she does not stop the show like sutton though

Ugh! Don't remind me of the La Jolla production. Those costumes, those glasses, the height difference between Jimmy and Millie!!!! I can't bear to think of it!

Don't go dissin' the La Jolla Millie. The costumes were better than on Broadway! They also had great songs, a great Jimmy ( Jim Stanek) and a great Miss Dorothy ( Sarah Uriarte Berry)a lot of wonderful cut songs and although I love the Broadway production, La Jolla had some wonderful elements!!!

where can i find pics and sound bits of the la jolla production??? thanks

La Jolla costumes, in my opinion, and remember-this is just based on pictures, sucked. The green dress Millie wears while out with JImmy in the speakeasy is absolutely disgusting, and Muzzy Van Hossmere's costumes are hideous looking things. Uriarte Berry probably was better, because I really don't like Angela Christian, but Gavin Creel beats all, hands down. I don't care who Jim Stanek is!
And Broadwayguy2- I know there's a big height diff. btwn Sutton and Christian. I saw the show with the both of them, but in costume on stage, Sutton and Christian's heights do not vary as much, and the original Jimmy seemed like her little brother.

No, I meant Jim Stanek- Gavin, to me, didnt come across as a younger brother- no way. I'm talking about Jim Stanek's height difference. So, if we're talking height difference, the one between Sutton and Jim Stanek was much bigger than Sutton and Christian.