TONIGHT- understudies LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, Mermaid

[liotte]

TONIGHT- understudies LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, Mermaid#1

Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:16am

Tonight at 8! I love these concerts!


Performers scheduled to perform on Monday, April 21st are Haven Burton (Understudy for the role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde), Jason Dula (Standby for Male roles in Make Me a Song), Jennifer Foote (Understudy for the roles of Val, Sheila and Judy in A Chorus Line), Annie Funke (Standby for the role of Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray), Lisa Howard (Understudy for the role of Bloody Mary in South Pacific), Alan Mingo, Jr. (Understudy for the role of Sebastian in The Little Mermaid), Doreen Montalvo (Understudy for the roles of Abuela Claudia, Camila and Daniela in In the Heights), Krysta Rodriguez (Understudy for the roles of Carla, Nina and Vanessa in In the Heights), Andrew Samonsky (Understudy for the roles of Lt. Joseph Cable, U.S.M.C. and Cmdr. William Harbison, U.S.N. in South Pacific) and Bret Shuford (Understudy or the roles of Prince Eric and Flotsam in The Little Mermaid). Musical Director/Accompanist for the evening will be Brian Cimmet.

Monday, April 21st at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, (above the Promenade Theatre- Broadway at 76th Street), 3rd Floor at 8 PM.
Updated On: 4/21/08 at 11:16 AM

[suicidalmickeymouse]

re: TONIGHT 8pm- songs from LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, Mermaid, more!#2

Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:17am

I wish I could go! Make sure to give us a review!

Hunter: Your teeth need whitening./ Heidi: You sound weird./ Jeff: You taste funny.
-Jeff Bowen's worst onstage line flub.

[Anakela]

re: TONIGHT 8pm- songs from LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, M#2

Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:28am

I'll be there!!

Hating having to choose between At this Performance and Freestyle Love Supreme, but consoling myself with the fact that I'll get a little FLS at Don't Quit on Thursday night. :)
Updated On: 4/21/08 at 11:28 AM

[shh282]

re: TONIGHT 8pm- songs from LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, M#3

Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:33am

I'm going! - so excited for Haven and Bret

[winston89]

re: TONIGHT 8pm- songs from LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, M#4

Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:38am

I would have loved to go because I love Krysta and Haven. But, my family did passover seders a bit screwed up this year due to my brother coming home from a semester in Rome. We had seder one on saturday and are having sader two today so I can't go.

It would have been great to finally get to one of these because I used to preform in that theatre and it would have been interesting to see something in a space that I used to perform in. And to see my two favorite ensemble members on one stage and it would have been my only chance to get a glimpse of Haven as Elle.

"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll

[liotte]

re: TONIGHT 8pm- songs from LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, M#5

Posted: 4/21/08 at 12:49pm

I think I prefer when the actors pick their own songs to sing, rather than the show songs. So many people have such different ranges and talents, and they sometimes don't get to showcase them in the shows they are doing. For performances like tonight, they really get to show off (in a good way!).

[Anakela]

re: TONIGHT 8pm- songs from LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, M#6

Posted: 4/21/08 at 4:23pm

Oh no, I totally enjoy the doing of the show songs, esp if it's someone who u/s an actor with a great attendance record, it might be the only time to hear someone else do the song.

[liotte]

re: TONIGHT 8pm- songs from LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, M#7

Posted: 4/21/08 at 5:41pm

I enjoy the show songs too! I just mean it's cool that they can do both, but esp to pick a song they know they are good at.

[Anakela]

re: TONIGHT 8pm- songs from LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, M#8

Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:57pm

Genius show tonight! The songs from their shows that were performed:

- Annie Funke "Good Morning Baltimore" Apparently she landed the standby Tracy role a month after moving to NY? Good for her. Very adorable.

- Jason Dula "When the Earth Stopped Turning." Ok this is what I love about this concert series: I have never seen/heard him before tonight; I am now in love. This song, this singer, it was just...brilliance. Committing this name to memory, I want to see him onstage again like now.

- Doreen Montalvo "Paciencia y Fe." To repeat what I said in gthe Heights thread, omg amazing, I desperately want to see Doreen go on as Abuela some night. Fierce.

- Andrew Samonsky "Younger than Springtime"

- Haven Burton "So Much Better," who brought James Sampliner along with her to play her piano, hee. :)

- Jenifer Foote "Dance: 10, Looks: 3"

- Bret Shuford "Her Voice"

- Lisa Howard "Bali Ha'i" Ok can we discuss for a sec the genius that is the fact that Lisa Howard is an understudy for Bloody Mary in South Pacific? (Technically second understudy, I guess?) Anyway, she said herself she doesn't think she'll ever actually get to go on and perform this number, so it was great to be able to hear her do it tonight.

- Krysta Rodriguez "It Won't Be Long Now"

Everyone was great, and their choose your own numbers were all great....sorry, I feel like I started falling asleep halfway thru writing this, I will be back to add more later. :)

[maya5892]

re: TONIGHT 8pm- songs from LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, M#9

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:06am

ooooh I saw Bret on for Prince Eric when I saw TLM with my school and he was great

[suicidalmickeymouse]

re: TONIGHT 8pm- songs from LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, M#10

Posted: 4/22/08 at 8:36am

How did Haven do with So Much Better?

Hunter: Your teeth need whitening./ Heidi: You sound weird./ Jeff: You taste funny.
-Jeff Bowen's worst onstage line flub.

[Anakela]

re: TONIGHT 8pm- songs from LB, ACL, Hairspray, South Pacific, ITHeights, M#11

Posted: 4/22/08 at 10:36am

Her "So Much Better" was fine- I've actually seen Haven go on as Elle, (as well as Krysta go on as Vanessa), so it wasn't like I was hearing those two with their songs for the first/only time last night. Sorry, I know I sound a little unenthused- Haven's totally fine, but it's no secret she's not my favorite Elle.


I thought Haven's "Embraceable You," though, was TOTALLY brilliant, and such an excellent choice. And after the new shoes story, and then the 'bless you' mid-song, from the stage, to the sneeze from the audience, she completely had the crowd in the palm of her hand- she's got *amazing* stage presence.