Sneak peek of Last 5 Years, video of Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor

Betsy Wolfe sounds PHENOMENAL!


https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=460344

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Updated On: 2/7/13 at 05:32 PM

Maybe it's for a demo... would love to hear it if it becomes available.

2nd sneak peak from LAST FIVE YEARS...

Happy Valentine's Day indeed!


Beautiful!

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Betsy sounds incredible, perfect casting, but I'm not that impressed by Kantor.

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"He can't sing."

Bit of a bold statement. I think this video disproves that.

He can sing fine, I just can't picture him as Jamie. I think Wolfe will overpower him, to me she is in another league.

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I'm not really familiar with Adam Kantor, but in the videos I think his Jamie comes across as how I always think of the character--cute and charming but also a douchebag. So I think he fits the role well, although of course it's hard to tell from clips of them recording songs.

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Have you ever met Adam? I think he's amazingly charismatic.

No one, but no one, can pull this one off like Norbert. His performance is so ALIVE on the cast recording, and his comic timing, physicality and musicianship were so effortless. In a way, it threw off the show...he certainly outshined Sherie (no small task) and the show titled heavily in Jamie's favor, because the performance was just outstanding.

That said, I couldn't for the life of me figure out who they were going to get for this revival who would come close. When I heard it was Adam, I thought "yeah, that makes sense." But his biggest challenge may be that he's far more handsome than Norbert, whose looks were appealing, but offbeat. I think he risks coming across as a frat-boy asshole and will have to overcome that.

And who knows--maybe time and distance, a happy marriage and a couple kids have given JRB a different perspective on that relationship, and he is willing to shift the audience's sympathies a little more in Cathy's direction. Ideally, the show should leave the audience seeing both sides of the argument, which I don't think it quite achieved in the original production.

"Can't sing is an opinion. I didn't mean it literally. Of course he can carry a tune"

Why say he can't sing then, when it's obvious he can?

And who knows--maybe time and distance, a happy marriage and a couple kids have given JRB a different perspective on that relationship, and he is willing to shift the audience's sympathies a little more in Cathy's direction. Ideally, the show should leave the audience seeing both sides of the argument, which I don't think it quite achieved in the original production.

I'm not sure that I agree with you there. The only people I know who side with Jamie and hate Cathy are the show's fangirls who love Norbert Leo Butz. Pretty much everyone I've seen on this board thinks that Jamie is a huge jerk. I agree that JRB probably tried to make Jamie more sympathetic, but I don't think that he succeeded.

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"I guess for the same reason people nitpick obvious hyperbole on message boards."

Which is not nearly as annoying as those who make these statements in the first place.

I love both of their voices. Besty, of course is amazing, but Adam has a unique sound that I like. Haven't seen or really researched the show, but can't wait to see it.

A new one is up.
It's Just Betsy. Enjoy Adam Haters.