Spring Awakening Tour Baltimore 2pm 6/13/09

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Posted: 6/14/09 at 7:57am

Okay this is my 3rd time seeing the show, twice in New York and once in Baltimore. I would have to say overall I enjoyed the performances from the tour cast much better than the Broadway, but I did miss some things from the Broadway cast, mainly acting choices. O ya Matt was out and Chase was on as Georg!

Christy Altomore - Great voice, her acting could be more innocent but overall she was just great!

Kyle Riabko - His acting and voice were just amzing, there was nothing really bad about him! His replacement will have a hard time filling his shoes.

Blake Bashoff - I just fell in love with his Mortiz! He was so funny, compared to Gerard Canonico, who had a rocker edge to him, which was enjoyable! I like his voice, but do not love it but it is very nice and different. ***Spoiler*** My friend who came with me knew that he was going to die and said "I just don't want to see him go, his story is not finished!" Which is so true!

The Girls - Gabrielle Garza, Kimiko Glenn, Sarah Hunt, and Steffi D - They were all great!! They sounded just very nice together, Mama Reprise WOW!!!! They had a lot of energy!! Kimiko was so spunky! Gabrielle just had this innocence to her which was nice to see. Sarah did a good job as Martha, the scene before the song was good, I really enjoyed her acting there but in the song I would have liked to see a little bit more. Steffi! What can I say her voice was just the greatest! I can look beyond her acting choices and just listen to her voice!

The Boys -Andy Mientus, Ben Moss, Anthony Lee Medina, Chase Davidson ? Overall they were a much stronger group than the closing Broadway cast but I do love those guys! Andy was such a creeper! I really enjoyed him; the creeper approach was very funny! Ben has a great voice and he was perfect as Ernst, his acting choices were spot on! Anthony made such a small character have some substance to him, good voice! Chase was such a good Georg! I asked him at the stage door how many times he has went on as Georg and he said this was his 7th. After hearing that I could definitely see how he was settling into the role! His Touch Me solo was a little reserved but good! My Junk was spot on! Angela and him were just so funny!

The Adults - Angela Reed Henry Stram ? I have to say I was disappointed by the both of them. Angela could have done so much more for the characters, especially the school teacher! I think the problem was that I was use to Christine, she was just so funny she was totally hamming it up towards the end of her run! As for Henry the biggest thing was the scene between him and Moritz, when he was telling his father that he had failed. If I remember correctly there was a slap somewhere in there and that was not done, Blake just got down on his knees and looked like he was praying, I am not sure if Henry was not conformable with that, or was it Blake?

Overall the show was great and I am so happy I got to see this cast! The one thing I missed was in the reformatory scene was the circle jerk it was not in the hole in the stage but above it. It turned out fine but I liked the other way better.
****1/2 Stars