Posted: 8/23/26 at 12:31pm
I think we have a firm disagreement here. While Michaela Jae made some very odd choices with her singing (direction?), she at least had a singing voice and could hit those higher notes when necessary. Valentina doesn’t have that from my perspective. She can talk-sing in a slightly alto register, but her being the lead off for the Floor Show is always painful (especially since, in using the accessible seats, I am RIGHT in front of her). I honestly wish Larkin or Star (Caleb) got a promotion instead.
On the other hand, some of those call outs last night were DEFINITELY obnoxious, but watching Dratch play off some of them was absolutely priceless. Part of me is thinking she is going to be hard to replace when she decides to bow out. (Or, she could just stay the rest of the run since it’s a solid comic relief princess track). Andrew also played one off really well which caught me off guard.
I am also REALLY going to miss Luke’s ad-lib when Brad/Janet get called out and he says, “It’s the plumbing”
