#51
Posted: 7/24/15 at 7:26pm
I'm not sure if Elizabeth Stanley is right for the part, but she's anything but bland. Andrew Samonsky...meh.
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#52
Posted: 7/24/15 at 9:34pm
I haven't seen either of the leads, but this is one of those rare times that I will take what I read on this site as gospel and assume this is indeed very poor casting. It's a good way to relieve my initial disappointment that they are not coming to Chicago, Milwaukee, or Madison. I initially really wanted to see this since I missed it on BW but now it sounds TERRIBLE and thank god I won't be subjected to it.
If one of these cities is added to the schedule I never said that. :)
#53
Posted: 2/24/16 at 10:09am
Saw this tour recently, and since I couldn't find any other thread about the tour, I figured I'd post my thoughts here. It was, in a word, exquisite. I've loved the score from the first time I heard it, and it held up the show even through the weakest moments of the book (which was, as others have pointed out, a bit uneven). The best moment of the show for me was "One Second and a Million Miles"- best song in the score, and beautifully acted and sung. Visually, it was one of the loveliest shows I've seen in a while, in part because of its simplicity and its gorgeous lighting (those sunsets, those stardrops...).
I didn't have the privilege of seeing O'Hara and Pasquale in anything except the promo clips/cast recording stuff, but I thought Stanley and Samonsky did a wonderful job. Stanley is anything but perky, but she does find Francesca's dry humor alongside her suppressed passionate nature. "Almost Real" and "Always Better" were particularly heartwrenching. Likewise, Samonsky didn't just play Robert as a bland "hunk", but found a nice balance between the dreamy romantic lead and the awkward dork who says dumb things around the woman he's falling for. And then there's "It All Fades Away." Powerful and emotional. A good chunk of the audience around me spent the last 10-15 minutes of the show sniffling- I myself teared up.
Maybe I'm just too easy to please, but I came into the show a bit wary, in part because of what I'd read on this thread, and I was pleasantly surprised. If anyone wants to know anything else about the tour, let me know and I'd be happy to answer any details :)
#54
Posted: 2/24/16 at 11:46am
So glad you enjoyed the show just as much as we had last fall when the tour stopped at the Ahmanson in LA. Great to know the leads are still in such great voice. If you want to follow other comments on the tour, find them at The official Bridges of Madison County tour thread.
Updated On: 2/24/16 at 11:46 AM
#55
Posted: 2/24/16 at 12:56pm
Thanks for the link, Someone! I'll move my comments to that thread :)
#56
Posted: 2/24/16 at 10:43pm
My comments are already in the other thread, but I want to add another voice here who loved the leads (especially Stanley) and the entire production. ChITheFan should beware the assumption that there is consensus here that the tour is not worth the trouble. (We drove for four hours through LA traffic to see it.)
#57
Posted: 2/24/16 at 10:53pm
Does anyone know if this tour with this cast is expected to make its way to Chicago? I know on their schedule there are a few missing weeks, but one of those weeks are in March so I would expect they would have already announced the cities.
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