Taylor Trensch as Evan Tonight?!- Page 4

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/9/18 at 1:35am

What makes people enjoy this show so much? I saw it and I don't get it what about the story is so compelling? 

[Lot666]

Posted: 2/9/18 at 8:30am

RippedMan said: "What makes people enjoy this show so much? I saw it and I don't get it what about the story is so compelling?"

I think some people find this story compelling for the same reason that others find Phantom compelling - the plight of the principal character is relatable. In both, a person who feels condemned to live their life in the shadows seizes on an opportunity to metaphorically "step into the sun". Unfortunately, the seizing of that opportunity involves morally repugnant behavior which the character attempts to justify in his mind because of the way he's been treated by society at large, and the consequences are felt not just by the principal character, but by all in his orbit.

[haterobics]

Posted: 2/9/18 at 12:27pm

It's dealing with a lot of compelling themes and things affecting society right not from social media to virtue signaling and such. So, as to why you don't enjoy it, who can say... but I think it's naturally compelling given the themes and topics it is covering and the backdrop they all play on.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 2/9/18 at 1:12pm

Kids with divorce issues feel it.

Kids that feel unseen/overlooked feel it (most theater kids).

Parents that know their kids have fallen in both/either of those categories.

 

I never got Rent as found too many of the characters people that I don't like....but I keep from bashing those that do.

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 2/20/18 at 10:44pm

i saw taylor tonight with the rest of the obc after seeing ben twice last summer

taylor couldnt have played evan more different than ben and gave an outstanding performance.
taylor played evan small in the first few scenes and then made evans character a bit bigger during waving through a window. and continued through evans heady period before the confession

his voice is also very different, a bit thinner than ben and able to hit beautiful falsetto highs throughout

this is such a strong show im convinced the franchise will thrive through many evans the tour evans and the british evan

this is such a beautiful musical that weaves effortlessly from humor to empathy to tears and back
and the pasek and paul songs are just right for every moment

i was sitting next to a bway choreographer and even thoigh theres little actual dancing commenting on the fluidity of the blocking and transitions

i will see it agaon this week

its now in my top 10 all time fav musicals

[MrsSallyAdams]

Posted: 3/2/18 at 10:53am

I hadn't realized Taylor was getting press reviews. The first ones are trickling in. They contradict each other a bit.

Jesse Green: He has pruned Mr. Platt’s armamentarium of tics and twitches to just a few blinks, a stammer and some wringings of the right hand. He is more naturalistically and intermittently troubled than Mr. Platt was, more apprehensible as an actual 17-year-old.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/theater/dear-evan-hansen-cast-change-taylor-trensch-review.html

Tim Teeman: Trensch as Evan is nervier and slighter... Yet, for as puppyish and lost as Evan looks, he’s also acting as something of a weirdo, if not a sociopath. This the musical skirts in favor of farce.... his astonishing singing voice reminds you why he is on stage. 
https://www.thedailybeast.com/reviews-dear-evan-hansen-gets-a-taylor-trensch-makeover-the-magic-of-flight

Matt Wyndman: Trensch struck me as less vulnerable and overly aggressive, tensed up and irritated. Trensch also looked too mature for the role.
https://www.amny.com/entertainment/dear-evan-hansen-review-taylor-trensch-1.17025857

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 3/2/18 at 12:52pm

I agree with the reviewer who says he looks too old. I saw the promo shots and he looks about 35 next to Zoe. Also the awful wig they’ve given him does him no favors. It ages him greatly.

[MrsSallyAdams]

Posted: 3/2/18 at 2:40pm

Another review:

Roma Torre: Trensch claims the role in a unique way - adding nervous tics and vocal inflections that allow us to see a different if nonetheless equally compelling star turn.  And when it comes time to pull out all the stops in those highly cathartic scenes, Trensch, like Platt seems to lose it - weeping full throttle without missing a beat. 
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/theater-reviews/2018/03/02/theater-review--dear-evan-hansen-

[broadwaynerdnewbie]

Posted: 3/2/18 at 3:00pm

Something else I noticed was that the Times in their review mentioned that with Taylor’s Evan the ensemble is able to shine through a bit more. I think they specifically mentioned Michael park and a lot of my friends who’ve seen Taylor made a similar comment (yes they also saw the show with Ben). I just thought that was neat to see the Times point out. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 3/2/18 at 3:14pm

Bettyboy72 said: "Also the awful wig they’ve given him does him no favors. It ages him greatly."

Is he wearing a wig?! He looks the same in the promo shots as he did when Richard Ridge interviewed him..

[Michael19]

Posted: 3/2/18 at 3:40pm

Taylor wore a wig in Dolly...as Evan it's his own hair.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/2/18 at 3:45pm

Bettyboy72 said: "I agree with the reviewer who says he looks too old. I saw the promo shots and he looks about 35 next to Zoe. Also the awful wig they’ve given him does him no favors. It ages him greatly. "

That’s interesting you think that since Taylor and Laura are nearly the same age

also, I did not know taylor wore a wig for Dolly? Why?

Updated On: 3/2/18 at 03:45 PM