bare The Complete Studio Recording — Page 26

Well, I've finally given this a full listening to and I have a few thoughts. I'm not really bothered by the lyric changes as much as people seem to be. "Look into these big blue eyes..." works the same as "Feel the beat of my racing heart..." for me. "Dash another..." Same thing. It's not saying anything different. It's just subtlely different ways of saying the same thing. Putting Bare before Queen Mab works better for me. The lyric changes in Bare were the toughest to swallow for me because they were so different. Birthday, Bitch! is a bit of a mess and the only place I can see where Matt Doyle lacks in the acting. He sounds remarkably sober in the end.

Regarding the performances; Matt Doyle's voice is beautiful and I have no idea how people can't hear the emotion in it. He's fabulous. James Snyder is so dynamic as Jason, he is perfect and I would love to see him actually perform the role. Keili Lefkovitz is Amazing as Nadia. I don't find her grating. I think her voice is quite lovely. Jenna, I don't think this was the best representation of her. I didn't really like her voice at all on the CD, but live, she's amazing.?. Stephanie Anderson, I'm with the majority that there was something lacking there. CJ as Matt---I got nothing. He sounds 12. Kaitlin Hopkins is just perfect. The rest of the ensemble sounded great!

Overall, its a keeper. I'm glad it was recorded and it was worth the wait and all of the drama.

Danesaw, I think I agree with you to a certain extent, I just think that if Michael Arden were on the CD, it would be the same sort of vocal arrangment, just with Michael singing it. I think anyone who's seen Michael perform knows he puts his heart and soul into everything and his facial expressions are priceless. Those "Magical" things can never be on a CD. I've seen Matt Doyle perform only in Spring Awakening and he blew me away. Maybe there's some benefit to seeing him perform anything live, even if its not bare, and being able to incorperate that into his performance on the CD.

I can't say I prefer LA or NY because I only saw it in NY and you all have way better memories than I do, because I don't remember all the specifics. That could be why the changes didn't effect me as much.

I am in final talks to mount a production next april!

Northeastern Ohio, in the Cleveland area.

Yes, it will be well worth your drive. I am very excited to begin work on the project.

I'm having trouble figuring that out myself. The DVD makes it look like Matt (the character not Matt Doyle) is singing the higher part.

I noticed those little timeline errors as well. The best guess is that its a Catholic Boarding school with all 12 grades, but St. Cecilia's is the highschool part?

Just because Peter knows Jason played baseball when he was twelve doesn't mean he knew Jason when he was twelve. Just means that he knows that fact about Jason.

I always thought that it was just something he knew about Jason and while I agree it is odd wording it is something that can be figured out and we don't really need to be nit-pickey about it.

I don't think its being nit-picky. There was a question about it and people are giving their opinions. I don't think anyone intends to jump off a bridge over it. Its just a discussion.

Since we're asking questions I have one that came to mind today. I apologize if this has been discussed before. Is the cast performing in a musical version of Romeo and Juliet or is it just because Bare is like an opera that some of the passages are set to music?

I was wondering, for all of us who either have not received the set or gotten to order it yet...what is the DVD like? What is the running time, what is the structure? Be as detailed as you like
Thanks.