Nope, I saw his first performance at the matinee of August 18. Still my favorite performance of the show, to date. Truly incredible performances from all three understudies on that day (Gerard as Moritz, Jenn as Martha, Matt as Otto), and every other cast member.
I was relying on the Spring Awakening site the whole time to keep me updated when John Gallagher was leaving but clearly that was a bust. So when I saw the show I was a little rushed to get into the theatre and didnt bother looking at who would be playing who, and I thought Blake was John the whole time until I went to the stagedoor. He was really nice, and he's an AMAZING performer!!
DRSislove: Wow that's amazing I've never seen an understudy of Marta.
Renthead: LOL that's hilarious!
Here's a photo of Gallagher with Bashoff, passing the torch at Gallagher's last performance:
Cute picture of them both! Thanks for posting!
GeeBee -- HEY...I know you are too! Enjoying that script??
And um...RentHead...the boards over at SA talked about Johnny's departure forever. It was pretty annoying actually.
Stand-by Joined: 5/31/07
...EVERYONE talked about Johnny's depatrure forever. Here, that creepy Guilty Ones message board, Playbill.com...I'm also astounded that Renthead didn't even look at the Playbill when they saw the show to notice that Johnny Gallagher wasn't even in it...
I wonder sometimes...
I am!! I seriously think I've read it about 5 or 6 times so far. There's something so addicting about it.
And I've been listening to Bare like non-stop because I'm still so happy about getting to hear Matt's amazing harmonies. I still can't get enough of him.
I'm glad, I should re-read it. (Oh, and a PM to you.)
I, too, am embarrasingly addicted to Bare.
On the way home from Theatre Fest, my friend woke up with Moritz hair. I was so tempted to get a picture but before I could, he fixed it.
Understudy Joined: 7/7/07
I don't think anyone said this, but just to clarify, in "Lost" he was Carl, who is Alex's boyfriend. Alex is Ben's adopted daughter and Rousseau's biological daughter. They find Carl in that creepy room with the glasses forcing him to watch that hypnotic video. Then they take him back on the boat. Remember?
Can't wait to see him in S.A. this March!
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