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Posted: 6/15/09 at 12:42am
DancingThruLife04 and I went to Shrek this afternoon and had the pleasure of seeing Haven Burton as Princess Fiona, but also experienced some "technical gremlins."
This was my third time seeing the show, so I noticed a flashing light off to stage right during "Big, Bright, Beautiful World" and right as Mama Orge was going to sing "Goodbye, look out for men with pitchforks" her microphone was cut and stage hands walked on. A voice came over the loud speaker saying they were having technical difficulties and the curtain came down for about ten or so minutes.
The curtain came back up as Little Shrek was already out on his own and heading to the swamp and the act continued fine.
Haven was really great as Fiona, she seemed to have a lot more sassy and sarcasm to her than Sutton. Her voice was really great and her acting was good while her dancing was the weaker of the three but still good nonetheless.
I adore Brian D'arcy James as Shrek, he brings so much heart to the character and I just absolutely love his voice and how it works for the score. When he sings "Who I'd Be" and "Build A Wall" it brings tears to my eyes because he really does an amazing job with the character and making him seem less like a cartoon and more genuine.
Daniel Breaker still makes me laugh and I truly love him but today it was clear the Tony week schedule had taken it's toll on him. He sounded good, but you could tell he was tired at least vocally, but his energy was still really high!
So, Christopher Sieber was my pick to win Featured Actor before I saw Billy and fell in love with Gregory Jbara as Billy's father but I still stand by my love of Sieber. He is just so ridiculously funny and could charm the pants off even the worst of audiences, which today's wasn't the greatest. This leads me to my second set breakdown of the day: Right before intermission ended, a voice came over the loud speaker and told us that the "technical gremlins" struck again which delayed the beginning of Act Two by what DancingThruLife04 claimed was "twenty minutes to a half hour." After about ten minutes, Christopher came out with his Farquaad wig on and began to talk to the audience and asked if people had seen him perform on the Tonys and if anyone had seen him trip coming out of the elevator, which DancingThruLife had to my amusement. Christopher then pulled "a special friend" from off-stage, Shrek himself! Brian and Christopher charmed the audience for awhile by taking questions from the kids in the audience and handing out Freak Flags to the front row(s).
Despite all the mishaps, the show was still wonderful and I just love the entire ensemble of this show because they are just really wonderful and bring the show to life with color and zest even with technical gremlins.
This was my third time seeing the show, so I noticed a flashing light off to stage right during "Big, Bright, Beautiful World" and right as Mama Orge was going to sing "Goodbye, look out for men with pitchforks" her microphone was cut and stage hands walked on. A voice came over the loud speaker saying they were having technical difficulties and the curtain came down for about ten or so minutes.
The curtain came back up as Little Shrek was already out on his own and heading to the swamp and the act continued fine.
Haven was really great as Fiona, she seemed to have a lot more sassy and sarcasm to her than Sutton. Her voice was really great and her acting was good while her dancing was the weaker of the three but still good nonetheless.
I adore Brian D'arcy James as Shrek, he brings so much heart to the character and I just absolutely love his voice and how it works for the score. When he sings "Who I'd Be" and "Build A Wall" it brings tears to my eyes because he really does an amazing job with the character and making him seem less like a cartoon and more genuine.
Daniel Breaker still makes me laugh and I truly love him but today it was clear the Tony week schedule had taken it's toll on him. He sounded good, but you could tell he was tired at least vocally, but his energy was still really high!
So, Christopher Sieber was my pick to win Featured Actor before I saw Billy and fell in love with Gregory Jbara as Billy's father but I still stand by my love of Sieber. He is just so ridiculously funny and could charm the pants off even the worst of audiences, which today's wasn't the greatest. This leads me to my second set breakdown of the day: Right before intermission ended, a voice came over the loud speaker and told us that the "technical gremlins" struck again which delayed the beginning of Act Two by what DancingThruLife04 claimed was "twenty minutes to a half hour." After about ten minutes, Christopher came out with his Farquaad wig on and began to talk to the audience and asked if people had seen him perform on the Tonys and if anyone had seen him trip coming out of the elevator, which DancingThruLife had to my amusement. Christopher then pulled "a special friend" from off-stage, Shrek himself! Brian and Christopher charmed the audience for awhile by taking questions from the kids in the audience and handing out Freak Flags to the front row(s).
Despite all the mishaps, the show was still wonderful and I just love the entire ensemble of this show because they are just really wonderful and bring the show to life with color and zest even with technical gremlins.
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
Updated On: 6/15/09 at 12:42 AM
