and WHAT exactly is up with Maia Nkenge Wilson - that's the SOL soloist, right? There's one performance artist in Rent, and that's Maureen. I thought Maia's hand motioning/gesticulations during SOL was distracting, but not enough to distract from the fact that her singing was simply not up to par. I literally grimaced when she sang tonight.
As for the two golden boys - they were fantastic. Anthony did stumble on that first line. It was a little silly how those people screamed for Adam and interrupted him, but c'est la vie. Adam sounded better than Anthony vocally tonight. I think Anthony might have been taking it easy on his voice, but that was just my observation. Their "What You Own" was probably the best I've heard yet. And Tamyra is growing on me. I'm really starting to like and appreciate her Mimi. She only fell out of character once which is a real pet peeve of mine - during the beginning of "Another Day" right after the kiss. I get that that's usually a "funny" part, but I thought it sort of took away from Roger and Mimi's moment. For awhile after that, she sort of seemed apathetic as Adam sang, but then she stepped it up and sang with a lot of passion, and it was amazing.
Stagedoor situation - only Nicolette and Anthony came out. Sorry kids, no new Adam paparazzi photos
I had a good spot close by and everything. But I did get my Playbill signed by Anthony - yay!
More tomorrow, I'm beat.
ETA: Tonight, in "Happy New Year" during the part when Maureen, Joanne, and Mark walk down the fire escape stairs and everyone else is sort of crouching by the padlocked door, Justin Johnson mouthed - slightly audibly- all their lines while they were crouched down.
Does anyone else notice that he always moves/turns his head directly to the beat of the music? You can see him do it on the bww "welcome back Adam and Anthony" video when they show the clip of Finale B at the very end- he moves his head so dramatically to that drum beat before the "no day but today" line. I thought it was a one time thing, but tonight he did it more, lol.
Also, does D'Monroe's Benny always move like a mechanical object? I always feel like he's doing the 80's robot dance when he's on stage.
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
Updated On: 8/23/07 at 02:00 AM
