#1
Posted: 9/13/09 at 7:28pm
It's still a great show, but I think all of the new casting just shows how essential the meshing of everyone is to the overall dynamic of the show. Ryan Link was on a Berger. While he wasn't bad, he just didn't really command the stage or have any sort of new perspective on the part. I feel like he was going through the motions of lesser Will Swenson impersonation. I'm confused on some of the new tribe members. The different tracks seemed to be switched up from what they once were. Like the guy who is now in American Idiot and he played Booth is now split up. His old costume was given to a new tribe member, but his old "track" is given to someone else. It just seems weird. Also, the "bigger" red headed guy left right before the Be-In in Act 1. He was replaced in the Be-In and for the rest of the show by Matt DeAngelis without any sort of announcement. It seems like a lot of the ensemble members were out today, but it was hard to tell who has quit the show and moved on (Steel Burkhadt? Anthony Hollock? Lauren Elder? Allison Gunn?) because there was no mention of them being out or whatnot and a lot of their pictures are still in the program (which has a new cover and is in black and white). And now for the worst new addition: Heath Calvert. Wow. Wow. He was so AWKWARD. When the curtain fell I was like "who is that?!" He looked like someone's dad had wandered onto the stage. He looks far too old and too out of place. His movements were stiff and he just seemed so disjointed from everyone else. Not to mention his AWFUL wig. He looks like he should be in Phantom of the Opera down the street instead of a hippie musical.
