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Posted: 9/6/04 at 4:22pm
Forgot to post this until now, but here it goes anyway. Third time seeing the show, this past Wednesday, lovely as always, just wanted to give a brief overview. Here goes:
Idina-seemed a little off tonight. She was doing a lot of throat clearing, before the big numbers, and even went into a huge coughing fit right before Defying Gravity. Seemed to be preparing for the big moments or something, productive coughs? I also noticed that she literally gasps for air, loud gasps when shes singing. Definitely can't be good for her. I was worried she wasn't going to be able to get all of the notes, and might have a Tony night replay but she ended up singing wonderfully! After all it was a Wednesday, two shows in one day has to be killer. And as a side note, I think Eden's voice is a bit stronger and more solid than Idina's. Saw Eden in the role back on the 26th of June-that girl holds her own, and adds a little more spunk and excitement to Elphaba than Idina, a freshness almost.
Jennifer Laura Thompson-wow I was totally floored by her performance! Her voice is absolutely flawless-she has the wondeful abilty to mix up high just like Kristin, and in my opinion was better in some ways. She makes singing all those parts look so easy, and adds a lot more to the part than Kristin did in my humble opinion. She also threw in some really great little add libs during Popular "is this thing on? Have to change the battery!" "Ooo Pink goes good with Green!" She is perfect, and I dont think anyone could ask for a better star replacement, if thats what we have to call her. Shes excellent.
Joey McIntyre-Can't say that he was horrible, and can't say that he was amazing either. She seemed to be straining to sing a lot of the notes in Dancing Through Life-you could basically see the veins popping out of his neck he was reaching so hard. His acting is good, a bit blah, but overall he was fine. And the fact that they had to lower his section of "As Long as Youre Mine" seemed like a serious cop out if you ask me. I just prefer Norbert.
George Hearn-I'm a big fan of his performance in Sweeney Todd, maybe he should stick to playing murdering hair dressers from now on. Hes good, and certainly has a wonderful bass/baritone voice-adds a sort of maturity or "James Earl Jones" quality to the Wizard. He doesn't do much on stage, kind of just stands there and sings, but I'd agree he doesn't seem like much of a dancer. I like him overall but I agree when someone else said Sean McCourt was the best Wizard.
Thanks for reading!
Idina-seemed a little off tonight. She was doing a lot of throat clearing, before the big numbers, and even went into a huge coughing fit right before Defying Gravity. Seemed to be preparing for the big moments or something, productive coughs? I also noticed that she literally gasps for air, loud gasps when shes singing. Definitely can't be good for her. I was worried she wasn't going to be able to get all of the notes, and might have a Tony night replay but she ended up singing wonderfully! After all it was a Wednesday, two shows in one day has to be killer. And as a side note, I think Eden's voice is a bit stronger and more solid than Idina's. Saw Eden in the role back on the 26th of June-that girl holds her own, and adds a little more spunk and excitement to Elphaba than Idina, a freshness almost.
Jennifer Laura Thompson-wow I was totally floored by her performance! Her voice is absolutely flawless-she has the wondeful abilty to mix up high just like Kristin, and in my opinion was better in some ways. She makes singing all those parts look so easy, and adds a lot more to the part than Kristin did in my humble opinion. She also threw in some really great little add libs during Popular "is this thing on? Have to change the battery!" "Ooo Pink goes good with Green!" She is perfect, and I dont think anyone could ask for a better star replacement, if thats what we have to call her. Shes excellent.
Joey McIntyre-Can't say that he was horrible, and can't say that he was amazing either. She seemed to be straining to sing a lot of the notes in Dancing Through Life-you could basically see the veins popping out of his neck he was reaching so hard. His acting is good, a bit blah, but overall he was fine. And the fact that they had to lower his section of "As Long as Youre Mine" seemed like a serious cop out if you ask me. I just prefer Norbert.
George Hearn-I'm a big fan of his performance in Sweeney Todd, maybe he should stick to playing murdering hair dressers from now on. Hes good, and certainly has a wonderful bass/baritone voice-adds a sort of maturity or "James Earl Jones" quality to the Wizard. He doesn't do much on stage, kind of just stands there and sings, but I'd agree he doesn't seem like much of a dancer. I like him overall but I agree when someone else said Sean McCourt was the best Wizard.
Thanks for reading!
