Veuve, I would like to thank you for being judicious in your explanations why you feel Laura has been miscast, rather than resorting to some low blows being tossed by others. I do agree that she is the sort of actress who has a complicated presence. She's like Ingrid Bergman bringing something more to a role that isn't written to be so much (she did that for both Cinderella and Claudia), and I can see how it may work against her here.
Stephen Lynch is very cool, whoever it was who complained that they had never heard of him, don't worry. He's a silly vanilli.
Cameron, glad you liked her. Do you really own a piano tie?
Michael Bennet, no, it isn't, but I had formerly been under the impression that Laura was one of the reasons this was happening at all. I guess not so much.
I'll admit I'm much less interested in "THE WEDDING SINGER: THE MUSICAL!" than I am in "FEATURING LAURA BENANTI!" I mean, come on, who heard about this and said "Wow! I've been waiting for that musical all my life!" :P I think I'll enjoy it though.
yr ronin,
joey
Good modern soprano Broadway roles are hard to come by... 
