I saw the show again last night and, unless he has made some improvements from the first few shows, I think people here are grossly exaggerating their comments.
First of all, Don is barely a noteworthy character. He is a plot device if anything. So to be all up in arms about is he good?! I hope I see an understudy instead or this just cheapened the work of everyone else is laughable.
He was fine and perfectly adequate last night. Hes not fat but hes still a bigger build, so there werent any issues of the lines. The audience had a good time and he got a big boost of cheers at curtain call. I am at least happy that he was actually serious about this and put effort into the performance, as opposed to other stunt castings I have seen on Broadway.
Callum Francis is wonderful but a little work to be done on general stage presence, IMO - this is also his Broadway debut, so congratulations to him.
I think the cast is in great shape and I was happy that the audience was invested and responsive last night. The orchestra was full (outside of a couple seats on the far right) and the mezzanine was almost full as well. I dont think they will have to worry about these last few months.
Maybe I just caught a rare, good night? Im just surprised at the responses Im seeing here.
I am big. It’s the REVIVALS that got small.