Sorry this is so long.
So I was lucky enough to win lotto and see the craziness that was the show last night. I saw someone posted the cast board, but it was a little crazier than that. The video Andrew tweeted explains it better than I can, though, so go watch that if you haven't yet (
http://www.twitvid.com/C1A87 ).
First off, to the cast's credit, if you never saw the show before you would have no idea of all the cast craziness, aside from the u/s slips. Even with cutting a tribe track, everything was covered, and I overheard people during intermission talking about how great the understudies were.
So I loved Nicole Lewis as Sheila. Her voice really surprised me, having seen her elsewhere, I didn't know it was so strong. It was also nice hearing Sheila's songs sung somewhat differently- I also love Jackie's Sheila, but she sounds a lot like Caissie, so hearing Nicole was a nice change. Her voice is a little deeper and more...soulful, I guess, than Caissie and Jackie's voices. I liked her acting choices, although some lines were a little rushed. But overall, loved her Sheila, and hope she goes on again. Oh, and since people probably want to know, she has the same costumes as the other Sheilas, from what I could tell, except her crocheted jacket is short sleeved, and her be-in dress is cream/light yellow/light orange. She had a long, dark wig on, also.
I've seen Steel as Berger before, and still like him, although he was crazier than the last times I saw him. I had liked that his Berger was a little more serious than Will's, but yesterday it seemed like he was going more for laughs. Oh well. Still has a great voice, love his Donna.
First time seeing Kaitlin as Crissy, she did a really good job with Frank Mills, but she didn't quite stand out from the rest of the tribe except when the spotlight was on her. I felt the same way about Briana, though, so it's probably just that the part really doesn't do much, and Allison Case is awesome in that you just can't help but notice her in the background. lol. Kaitlin's Crissy also comes off not quite as innocent and out of it as Allison's Crissy, which is not necessarily a bad thing. She has a great voice, so it was nice to hear it. Had the same costumes as Allison, her hair was her normal hair with the daisies.
So...I'm really not supposed to be typing this up at work, so here's just some randomness that I remember:
Amusing Black Boys/White Boys since the trios were Megan R, Hannah, and Lauren for Black Boys, and Sasha, Maya, and Chasten for White Boys.
Kaitlin and Nicole didn't run after Megan L. when it looks like she's going to fall off the stage during Give Up All Desires quick enough, so Bryce ran after her.
Gavin hit some awesome notes during I Got Life.
Have they permanently cut throwing Claude in the air a couple times before 3-5-0-0? I noticed it the last time, but don't know if it's just because they had understudies on as the people catching. One of the shows I saw they almost dropped Gavin, so I can see why it would be cut.
Chasten was a nice Abe Lincoln, but I prefer Saycon.
Saycon's replacement seems to be Krystal Brown, and she apparently starts rehearsals on Tuesday.
The lights for curtain call didn't come up on time, so the cast was just standing there in darkness for a bit.
Saw Megan L. dancing with her son on the band platform during the finale, that was adorable.
And really should go do something productive now. Will answer questions if there are any. Sorry my thoughts were kinda scattered.