West Side Story in North Carolina

At the NC Theatre in Raleigh.



These are not full numbers, just snippets:


Dance at the Gym

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx38ZzWG5Ac


America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoU4O-0Q94o


Cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaS7ExGHbh8


Tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPs-Puue5eo


Somewhere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXatIgiUAJM


I Feel Pretty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBsvUpCXJYY

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I saw this last Friday. It was my first experience with the live show, so I can't make any comparisons to the current Broadway production. I thought the show overall was great! One of the only things that bothered me was the accents. Most of the actors portraying the Jets frequently slipped in and out of their accents. ESPECIALLY Asmeret Ghebremichael, who played Anita. Her singing voice was great, but lacked anger during "A Boy Like That". Catherine Cheng Jones & Josh Young were fantastic as Maria and Tony. I loved both of their voices, and you really believed that they loved each other. The dancing was very clean and sharp. If a dancer messed up, I never caught it. There was this really cool part near the end of Act 1 where all of the Sharks flipped over a fence one by one. I'm guessing that it's in the Broadway show as well. I know it's not a major part of the show, but it was SO FREAKIN COOL! Sorry, back on topic. I would definately recommend this show to anyone that gets the chance to see it! (If you want to know anything else, I'll do my best to answer.)

I wish the clips were longer too.

Asmeret has an amazing voice, wow. The only thing I've seen her in was Legally Blonde, so I had no idea she could sing like that. I'm very curious about what her Anita is like.

Josh has the "Tony voice." I've also heard clips of Max Von Essen in the Houston TUTS production. He also has the "Tony voice."

The dancing in this North Carolina production, from what I've heard, is electrifying.

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Joshua Bergasse also choreographed the production a Wolftrap in 2007. I happened to be sitting next to hin in-laws.

Josh Young sounds great. I'm not surprised. He made an excellent Link Larkin in Walnut Street Theatre's production of Hairspray last year.

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I wonder if Laurents is paying attention to this production for when he has to cast the Broadway replacements. I would definitely go see Josh Young as Tony.

I wonder if Laurents is paying attention to this production

I'm sure Arthur's warm-hearted answer to that question would be "NO!"

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Now that's some dancin'...

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