Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 1/18/09
Cast: Hunter Parrish, Alexandra Socha, Gerard Canonico, Matt Doyle, Blake Daniel, Emma Hunton, Gabe Violett, Andrew Durand, Amanda Castanos, Caitlin Kinnunen, Emily Kinney, Morgan Karr, Alice Lee, Eryn Murman, Zach-Reiner Harris
Type: Audio
Oh gosh. This was an emotional rollercoaster. First, everyone was great, especially Alexandra.
There was so much excitement in the audience and you could tell that they were totally into it. And I was totally wrapped up in it. And it was so emotional. I can't really say much more about other than a lot of the great parts made me cry. Especially Song of Purple Summer. But let me explain to you my relationship with the show that makes it so emotional. In July, Rachel saw Spring Awakening (it may have been in June...yeah, it was June) and in July I got hooked on the OBCR and the pictures that I found on Google. By August I was becoming a youtube whore. But what was it, October? That closing was announced. I told my mom, who said she'd talk to my dad about letting me go, who said no.
It was too early. I know for some of you out there, you saw it. You met the cast. You got autographs, you did it all. But I did none of it. I was planning on doing all of that in December...of 2010. I thought the show would have lasted that long, I mean it was so popular. You have no idea how envious I am when people talk about all the people they've seen and when I read the reviews of how magical Touch Me, it kills me. And while I'm at it, do you know how mad I get when people complain about an understudy that they saw or something?
My point is that although I'm hiding it, today has been really rough on me. And last year was even worse.
Watch this slideshow I made from the closing pictures:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jWl8_OZAM
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Day 57-1/15/10
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 5/18/08
Cast: Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, Blake Bashoff, Blake Daniel, Matt Doyle, Brian Charles Johnson, Skylar Astin, Remy Zaken, Phoebe Strole, Lilli Cooper, Emma Hunton
Type: Audio
So, I'll forgive Lea for sounding so irritatingly polished. If I were to be nice, I'd just say that she's probably the strongest singer. But she's not right for the role. When she speaks, there's not believable way that she's a 14 year old girl. It reminds me of Lost in Yonkers, the grandmother takes care of Bella even though she's all grown up. That's a little more extreme, but the principle of the matter. I've been finding Christine terribly annoying in the stork scene. MWBMR was quite powerful, Lea's strength in her voice is quite a help here. I think all the other girls have been stronger than others in the same role, maybe not including Emma and especially Lilli. I really enjoy Groff's singing. He always looks like a sweet guy, but his voice is powerful with still effortlessness. I love how in ATK you feel his passion. This was a brilliant show overall, despite Blake. Touch Me was wonderful to listen to. So was My Junk, Matt was fantastic in it. The audience for this show was also fantastic. Constant cheering and excitement is actually great to listen to, although the screaming makes some bits hard to hear. There wasn't just enthusiasm for Groff and Lea, but for everyone. Matt got tons of Cheers in My Junk and Totally Fucked. And Word of Your Body Reprise was wonderful. Groff was great and Lea wasn't terrible, and they have pretty good dialogue with each other. And Whispering was also quite good. Totally Fucked got so much applause, there was a second track made for just the applause.
Lea's speech was wonderful and truly made me tear up.
Date: 5/18/08
Cast: Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, Blake Bashoff, Blake Daniel, Matt Doyle, Brian Charles Johnson, Skylar Astin, Remy Zaken, Phoebe Strole, Lilli Cooper, Emma Hunton
Type: Audio
So, I'll forgive Lea for sounding so irritatingly polished. If I were to be nice, I'd just say that she's probably the strongest singer. But she's not right for the role. When she speaks, there's not believable way that she's a 14 year old girl. It reminds me of Lost in Yonkers, the grandmother takes care of Bella even though she's all grown up. That's a little more extreme, but the principle of the matter. I've been finding Christine terribly annoying in the stork scene. MWBMR was quite powerful, Lea's strength in her voice is quite a help here. I think all the other girls have been stronger than others in the same role, maybe not including Emma and especially Lilli. I really enjoy Groff's singing. He always looks like a sweet guy, but his voice is powerful with still effortlessness. I love how in ATK you feel his passion. This was a brilliant show overall, despite Blake. Touch Me was wonderful to listen to. So was My Junk, Matt was fantastic in it. The audience for this show was also fantastic. Constant cheering and excitement is actually great to listen to, although the screaming makes some bits hard to hear. There wasn't just enthusiasm for Groff and Lea, but for everyone. Matt got tons of Cheers in My Junk and Totally Fucked. And Word of Your Body Reprise was wonderful. Groff was great and Lea wasn't terrible, and they have pretty good dialogue with each other. And Whispering was also quite good. Totally Fucked got so much applause, there was a second track made for just the applause.
Lea's speech was wonderful and truly made me tear up.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Day 51-1/9/10
Show: Spring Awakening
Cast: Morgan as Georg, Jesse as Melchior, Rest of the closing cast
Date: 11/20/08
Type: Audio
Socha still sounds like she wants to be young, but MWBM was pretty good. The reprise was not all that strong, but the voices do fit well. Jesse was better than Hunter in many ways, but that’s not exactly hard. All That’s Known was quite good. It was a bummer that BOL hadn’t been recorded, I would have liked to hear the understudies and Matt. I’d say Caitlin wasn’t as bad as she has been at times. My Junk was fairly cute, the girls mesh well vocally. Matt’s Hanschen is well, wonderful and also realistic. I kind of could picture a guy being like that. Morgan’s Georg worked alright, sounding kind of nervous and eager. Definitely liked Jesse and Gerard working together. Morgan’s Touch Me was…beautiful beyond belief. I just wish he had been even more powerful in his second solo, other than that it sounded fantastic and gorgeous. When Socha is talking to Jesse, she just sounds way to young and he sounds more natural than she does. I didn’t like her in WOYB so much, he was fine again. Amanda’s DIKW was haunting, I really do like her voice, she sounds very comfortable with the singing and she really seems effortless. Emma was too sexy yet again, but the duet was perfect they both sounded very equal. My problem in the Beating scene is that Jesse just sounds too angry in general and the whole beating is just ugh overkill. And jeez, Socha just sounded unnatural and high and “young.” For once I am actually remembering Gabe! I liked his WOYBR, I like it more than his Touch Me solo, it really works when his voice is soft like that. Gerard owns And Then There Were None, he just brings all of his energy and emotion to it, and it’s wonderful to hear. Jesse in Mirror Blue Night is fairly good, his voice is kind of deeper. I sort of hates the hayloft today. Socha’s voice is irritating the living crap out of me, she’s adapting to Jesse’s Melchior all that well. He has a deepish matureish voice, and she sounds all high pitched and it’s soo hard to listen to. The Guilty Ones was good, Socha sounded pretty good here. I have no idea why, but in this audio there is Guilty Ones with Hunter as Melchior. I think its because TGO wasn’t recorded from that night, so a different performance was subbed in. Gerard was great in Don’t Do Sadness, but I feel like he should just own it a little bit more. I mean really, just EXPLODE. He sort of only explodes. Not in big capital letters. Emma sounds just too sexy in Blue Wind, but that doesn’t mean her voice isn’t totally beautiful. Left Behind sounded like a bit of a struggle for Jesse, just like it was too high. TF was missing a little something from Jesse. Oh, but Matt was wonderful. That note. I think Jesse could have put just some more passion into it. WOYBR was 50000 types of amazing. Oh Matt, so good at seducing. No wonder he got himself such a cute boyfriend. Must have been easy ;) Whispering wasn’t as bad as it has been, but not great. TYK and SOPS were both pretty good.
Cast: Morgan as Georg, Jesse as Melchior, Rest of the closing cast
Date: 11/20/08
Type: Audio
Socha still sounds like she wants to be young, but MWBM was pretty good. The reprise was not all that strong, but the voices do fit well. Jesse was better than Hunter in many ways, but that’s not exactly hard. All That’s Known was quite good. It was a bummer that BOL hadn’t been recorded, I would have liked to hear the understudies and Matt. I’d say Caitlin wasn’t as bad as she has been at times. My Junk was fairly cute, the girls mesh well vocally. Matt’s Hanschen is well, wonderful and also realistic. I kind of could picture a guy being like that. Morgan’s Georg worked alright, sounding kind of nervous and eager. Definitely liked Jesse and Gerard working together. Morgan’s Touch Me was…beautiful beyond belief. I just wish he had been even more powerful in his second solo, other than that it sounded fantastic and gorgeous. When Socha is talking to Jesse, she just sounds way to young and he sounds more natural than she does. I didn’t like her in WOYB so much, he was fine again. Amanda’s DIKW was haunting, I really do like her voice, she sounds very comfortable with the singing and she really seems effortless. Emma was too sexy yet again, but the duet was perfect they both sounded very equal. My problem in the Beating scene is that Jesse just sounds too angry in general and the whole beating is just ugh overkill. And jeez, Socha just sounded unnatural and high and “young.” For once I am actually remembering Gabe! I liked his WOYBR, I like it more than his Touch Me solo, it really works when his voice is soft like that. Gerard owns And Then There Were None, he just brings all of his energy and emotion to it, and it’s wonderful to hear. Jesse in Mirror Blue Night is fairly good, his voice is kind of deeper. I sort of hates the hayloft today. Socha’s voice is irritating the living crap out of me, she’s adapting to Jesse’s Melchior all that well. He has a deepish matureish voice, and she sounds all high pitched and it’s soo hard to listen to. The Guilty Ones was good, Socha sounded pretty good here. I have no idea why, but in this audio there is Guilty Ones with Hunter as Melchior. I think its because TGO wasn’t recorded from that night, so a different performance was subbed in. Gerard was great in Don’t Do Sadness, but I feel like he should just own it a little bit more. I mean really, just EXPLODE. He sort of only explodes. Not in big capital letters. Emma sounds just too sexy in Blue Wind, but that doesn’t mean her voice isn’t totally beautiful. Left Behind sounded like a bit of a struggle for Jesse, just like it was too high. TF was missing a little something from Jesse. Oh, but Matt was wonderful. That note. I think Jesse could have put just some more passion into it. WOYBR was 50000 types of amazing. Oh Matt, so good at seducing. No wonder he got himself such a cute boyfriend. Must have been easy ;) Whispering wasn’t as bad as it has been, but not great. TYK and SOPS were both pretty good.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Day 47-1/5/10
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 10/7/08
Type: Audio
Cast: Hunter Parrish, Alexandra Socha, Morgan Karr, Emma Hunton, Caitlin Kinnunen, Amanda Castanos, Andrew Durand, Gabe Violett, Blake Daniel, Matt Doyle.
Alexandra: Her biggest problem for me is making her voice higher to sound younger. It doesn't work and isn't necessary. I was most impressed in The Guilty Ones, she sounded truly pretty. Everything else was pretty much the same.
Hunter: I just don't like him. His voice is all wrong for me.
Morgan: Such a beautiful voice, but every time he spoke real lines all I thought was "why is Ernst having Moritz's lines?" Just because he is a great singer doesn't mean he should cover the role.
Emma: For once she didn't sound "sexy" in Dark I Know Well. Instead she sounded haunting and lovely. But she went back to sounding sexy in Blue Wind. She was pretty good in Song of Purple Summer.
Caitlin: In the radical scene she is pretty much awful. It's as if she's trying to say all of her lines as loud and fast as she can. But in My Junk itself she's somewhat softer and smoother. She was a little bit better in the secret scene as well.
Amanda: My favorite part is when she says "For god's sake, papa beat me enough as it is?" she sounds so urgent and worried that she accidentally blurted it out. Everything else was pretty
good.
Gabe: I just never notice him.
Blake: He's great, as usual.
Matt: All kinds of fantastic. He really just sounded so on. Word of Your Body Reprise was absolutely fantastic, I was starting to feel seduced. His line in Totally Fucked was absolutely incredible and he was great in My Junk. There were a few other moments where I thought I could hear him; Mirror-Blue Night, I Believe, possibly Song of Purple Summer.
This was recorded in the front row, so Song of Purple Summer sounded unbelievably cool. You could hear a bunch of beautiful harmonies as they moved around.
Date: 10/7/08
Type: Audio
Cast: Hunter Parrish, Alexandra Socha, Morgan Karr, Emma Hunton, Caitlin Kinnunen, Amanda Castanos, Andrew Durand, Gabe Violett, Blake Daniel, Matt Doyle.
Alexandra: Her biggest problem for me is making her voice higher to sound younger. It doesn't work and isn't necessary. I was most impressed in The Guilty Ones, she sounded truly pretty. Everything else was pretty much the same.
Hunter: I just don't like him. His voice is all wrong for me.
Morgan: Such a beautiful voice, but every time he spoke real lines all I thought was "why is Ernst having Moritz's lines?" Just because he is a great singer doesn't mean he should cover the role.
Emma: For once she didn't sound "sexy" in Dark I Know Well. Instead she sounded haunting and lovely. But she went back to sounding sexy in Blue Wind. She was pretty good in Song of Purple Summer.
Caitlin: In the radical scene she is pretty much awful. It's as if she's trying to say all of her lines as loud and fast as she can. But in My Junk itself she's somewhat softer and smoother. She was a little bit better in the secret scene as well.
Amanda: My favorite part is when she says "For god's sake, papa beat me enough as it is?" she sounds so urgent and worried that she accidentally blurted it out. Everything else was pretty
good.
Gabe: I just never notice him.
Blake: He's great, as usual.
Matt: All kinds of fantastic. He really just sounded so on. Word of Your Body Reprise was absolutely fantastic, I was starting to feel seduced. His line in Totally Fucked was absolutely incredible and he was great in My Junk. There were a few other moments where I thought I could hear him; Mirror-Blue Night, I Believe, possibly Song of Purple Summer.
This was recorded in the front row, so Song of Purple Summer sounded unbelievably cool. You could hear a bunch of beautiful harmonies as they moved around.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Day 37-12/26/09
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 11/29/08
Cast: Hunter Parrish (Melchior), Alice Lee (u/s Wendla), Gerard Canonico (Moritz) Emma Hunton (Ilse), Eryn Murman (u/s Martha), Emily Kinney (Anna), Caitlin Kinnunen (Thea), Gabriel Violett (Otto), Zach Reiner-Harris (u/s Ernst), Matt Doyle (Hanschen), Andrew Durand (Georg), Christine Estabrook (Adult Women), Glenn Fleschler (Adult Men)
Type: Audio :(
Alice: What a beautiful voice. I found her Wendla to be quite like Phoebe's, especially in songs. But she has this very wonderful even voice. She doesn't get squeally when talking like many other Wendlas do. She sounded good in MWBMR, everyone blended nicely. Her TGO may be one of my favorites, as well as her Whispering, and she was very strong in TYK. Across the board; very strong and great to hear. I wish she could have gone on with Matt as Melchior, they sound so good together.
Hunter: Meh across the board. His acting isn't much more than fine for me, and his singing is just not good. Some songs he's decent in; All That's Known, Totally Fucked. Some songs he doesn't destroy everyone else in; Touch Me, Those You've Known. And some songs he's just terribly weak in; Mirror Blue Night and Left Behind. Mirror Blue Night was really not easy on the ears, he cracked pretty badly.
Gerard: Wonderful. He brings so much to Moritz and makes everything just wonderful.
Emma: Decent. Once I said she sounded too "sexy" or something, I didn't hear that quite as much this time.
Eryn: Alright. I think her Martha is one of the weaker roles she does, but Dark I Know Well was pretty good and she and Emma fit together well.
Caitlin: Softer than usual. Didn't sound quite as forced in My Junk as I've thought before.
Emily: Cute as usual, very cute, very sweet.
Zach: Great to hear. I like the pitch of his voice very much, and he sounded great with Matt.
Matt: Awesome as per usual. Just great. Always fun in his scenes and irresistable in songs.
Andrew: My favorite thing was is Touch Me solo, pre riffs. The riffs were fine, but the normal part that he does after Otto was really nice.
Gabe: Didn't really notice him much, but he was fine.
Date: 11/29/08
Cast: Hunter Parrish (Melchior), Alice Lee (u/s Wendla), Gerard Canonico (Moritz) Emma Hunton (Ilse), Eryn Murman (u/s Martha), Emily Kinney (Anna), Caitlin Kinnunen (Thea), Gabriel Violett (Otto), Zach Reiner-Harris (u/s Ernst), Matt Doyle (Hanschen), Andrew Durand (Georg), Christine Estabrook (Adult Women), Glenn Fleschler (Adult Men)
Type: Audio :(
Alice: What a beautiful voice. I found her Wendla to be quite like Phoebe's, especially in songs. But she has this very wonderful even voice. She doesn't get squeally when talking like many other Wendlas do. She sounded good in MWBMR, everyone blended nicely. Her TGO may be one of my favorites, as well as her Whispering, and she was very strong in TYK. Across the board; very strong and great to hear. I wish she could have gone on with Matt as Melchior, they sound so good together.
Hunter: Meh across the board. His acting isn't much more than fine for me, and his singing is just not good. Some songs he's decent in; All That's Known, Totally Fucked. Some songs he doesn't destroy everyone else in; Touch Me, Those You've Known. And some songs he's just terribly weak in; Mirror Blue Night and Left Behind. Mirror Blue Night was really not easy on the ears, he cracked pretty badly.
Gerard: Wonderful. He brings so much to Moritz and makes everything just wonderful.
Emma: Decent. Once I said she sounded too "sexy" or something, I didn't hear that quite as much this time.
Eryn: Alright. I think her Martha is one of the weaker roles she does, but Dark I Know Well was pretty good and she and Emma fit together well.
Caitlin: Softer than usual. Didn't sound quite as forced in My Junk as I've thought before.
Emily: Cute as usual, very cute, very sweet.
Zach: Great to hear. I like the pitch of his voice very much, and he sounded great with Matt.
Matt: Awesome as per usual. Just great. Always fun in his scenes and irresistable in songs.
Andrew: My favorite thing was is Touch Me solo, pre riffs. The riffs were fine, but the normal part that he does after Otto was really nice.
Gabe: Didn't really notice him much, but he was fine.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Day 27-12/16/09
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 8/12/08 (Hunter's Second)
Type: Audio
Cast: Hunter Parrish (Melchior), Alexandra Socha (Wendla), Gerard Canonico (Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Andrew Durand (Georg), Amanda Castanos (Martha), Matt Doyle (Hanschen), Blake Daniel (Ernst), Gabe Violett (Otto), Emily Kinney (Anna), Caitlin Kinnunen (Thea), Christine Estabrook (Adult Women), Glenn Fleshler (Adult Men)
This helps alot: http://forum.theguiltyones.org/index.php/topic,10240.0.html
Hunter: I was kind of meh. I mean, he was better vocally than he was later. But I could just hear how old he was, and he didn't mesh with Alexandra all that well. For once I could hear Melchior in WOYB, but it was kind of because they weren't meshing.
Alexandra: I didn't like her here, usually I like her more than this. She sounded annoyingly young a lot. I'd say more so in speaking than in singing, but it was like she was raising her voice to sound smaller and it sounded irritating.
Gerard: Very wonderfully spazzy and youthful and it really worked.
Andrew: Touch Me was quite good, definitely good riffs. Although I will say that it was either too much or not passionate enough, there was something missing and it wasn't the notes or the riffs in general.
Gabe: When he starts his Touch Me solo I feel like he has this accent, and it's so irritating. But in general he's fine.
Matt: I still believe that he alters his voice when he's speaking. In My Junk, he was talking one way and when he sang it sounded like a completely different person. But I have a rationale that actually makes the voice altering a good idea, so I'm getting over it.
Blake: Good. Cute.
Emily: She says her lines so cutely. It takes getting used to, but really it's fine.
Caitlin: I feel like if you're constipated you just shouldn't go on.
Amanda: Good, Powerful.
Emma: Beautiful, although I still think it sounds too sexy.
Adults: Not bad. Both are kind of over the top, but at least they BOTH are.
Date: 8/12/08 (Hunter's Second)
Type: Audio
Cast: Hunter Parrish (Melchior), Alexandra Socha (Wendla), Gerard Canonico (Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Andrew Durand (Georg), Amanda Castanos (Martha), Matt Doyle (Hanschen), Blake Daniel (Ernst), Gabe Violett (Otto), Emily Kinney (Anna), Caitlin Kinnunen (Thea), Christine Estabrook (Adult Women), Glenn Fleshler (Adult Men)
This helps alot: http://forum.theguiltyones.org/index.php/topic,10240.0.html
Hunter: I was kind of meh. I mean, he was better vocally than he was later. But I could just hear how old he was, and he didn't mesh with Alexandra all that well. For once I could hear Melchior in WOYB, but it was kind of because they weren't meshing.
Alexandra: I didn't like her here, usually I like her more than this. She sounded annoyingly young a lot. I'd say more so in speaking than in singing, but it was like she was raising her voice to sound smaller and it sounded irritating.
Gerard: Very wonderfully spazzy and youthful and it really worked.
Andrew: Touch Me was quite good, definitely good riffs. Although I will say that it was either too much or not passionate enough, there was something missing and it wasn't the notes or the riffs in general.
Gabe: When he starts his Touch Me solo I feel like he has this accent, and it's so irritating. But in general he's fine.
Matt: I still believe that he alters his voice when he's speaking. In My Junk, he was talking one way and when he sang it sounded like a completely different person. But I have a rationale that actually makes the voice altering a good idea, so I'm getting over it.
Blake: Good. Cute.
Emily: She says her lines so cutely. It takes getting used to, but really it's fine.
Caitlin: I feel like if you're constipated you just shouldn't go on.
Amanda: Good, Powerful.
Emma: Beautiful, although I still think it sounds too sexy.
Adults: Not bad. Both are kind of over the top, but at least they BOTH are.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Day 17-12/6/09
Show: Addams Family
Date: First Preview
Type: Audio
Cast:
Overture's kind of cool. Actually, the quality's not so great. I'm choosing something else.
Show: Caroline or Change
Date: 5/20/06
Type: Audio
Cast:
Julia Nixon has a great voice. And I'm loving Max.
...
I'm just not getting into this. I'm totally lost. I'm switching
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 8/8/08
Type: Audio
Cast: Matt Doyle (u/s Melchior), Eryn Murman (u/s Wendla), Gerard Canonico (Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Andrew Durand (Georg), Amanda Castanos (Martha), Jesse Swenson (u/s Hanschen), Morgan Karr (u/s Ernst), Gabe Violett (Otto), Emily Kinney (Anna), Caitlin Kinnunen (Thea), Christine Estabrook (Adult Women), Glenn Fleschler (Adult Men)
(Just a note: All of the following was written on my cell phone, in 160 character chunks that were texted to my email and then compiled)
Not a huuuge fan of Eryn's voice, although she does sound fine. She's very strong in MWBMR, I definitely hear her there.
I prefer Gerard so much to Blake. And Matt's wonderful, his ATK was really good. Bitch of Living was awesome too.
It would probably take a lot of suckery for me to dislike BOL. I quite prefer Eryn in the girl’s scene over Socha. Emily is wonderfully cute.
It really surprises me how she was one of the oldest because she plays Anna quite well. Amanda was fine, but not much else. Caitlin wasn't so great. It sounds like she's constipated because it's like she's literally forcing the lines out. Not a fan of Jesse's Hanschen. It's his voice maybe. He says everything either like he's TOO serious or TOO not. Andrew was fine, Touch Me was good. The woods scene was okay Matt sounds just like Melchior should, IMO. His voice could fit in with Juniors at my school. But in WOYB Eryn completely drowns him out. I don't mind straining to hear him. But I really had to, anyone else might not have been able to. But I could at least pick out his voice because I’ve trained myself to (Yes, I just said that.) Amanda's DIKW is nice, but too mature. Emma's part sounds too sexy. But they were good together. I hate the beating scene. Matt works with it SO well. Until the actual beating part. His acting does not seem to want to hurt her, then the "you bitch..." part just seems random. ATTWN was rocking. Mirror Blue Night was good, so was I Believe. Pretty normal. TGO might be my favorite song to hear Matt in, because I love how his voice is soft and sounds great. But Eryn messed up twice near the end. With Blake’s Moritz, I never understood why he was shouting “ENOUGH!” but with Gerard’s I totally understood, it really made sense what Moritz was thinking and feeling during Don’t Do Sadness. Emma's speaking was too happy and her singing was too sexy. The suicide was perfection. As was Left Behind. Matt does it best out of all the Melchiors I’ve heard. Which is all of them. So, ha. What I love about Matt's TF is instead of funny it sounds truly exasperated. Like the way he felt during ATK hit the breaking point and he’s just had it. Morgan's Ernst really works great, but Jesse doesn't play off it quite right. But he's better than he was in My Junk. WOYBR was decent. Jesse's singing is better than his acting for sure, although not great. Morgan sounds great. I'm interested in how Morgan would sound with Matt. I'm never a fan of Whispering, but it was fine. Emma, reading the letter from Melchior, sounded really weird. Her voice didn’t match what she was saying. Matt sounds really horrified about Wendla being dead. But I've never heard the "no!" sound truly realistic. But Groff and Jake were worse. Those You’ve Known was pretty good. Gerard was good, Matt was awesome, Eryn was fine. I think her high voice was a little irritating here. In general I think although Eryn looks the right age for the role if not older, her voice sounds so much younger.
Song of Purple Summer was not bad. But it wasn’t great. I guess I just don’t like Emma’s voice.
Date: First Preview
Type: Audio
Cast:
Overture's kind of cool. Actually, the quality's not so great. I'm choosing something else.
Show: Caroline or Change
Date: 5/20/06
Type: Audio
Cast:
Julia Nixon has a great voice. And I'm loving Max.
...
I'm just not getting into this. I'm totally lost. I'm switching
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 8/8/08
Type: Audio
Cast: Matt Doyle (u/s Melchior), Eryn Murman (u/s Wendla), Gerard Canonico (Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Andrew Durand (Georg), Amanda Castanos (Martha), Jesse Swenson (u/s Hanschen), Morgan Karr (u/s Ernst), Gabe Violett (Otto), Emily Kinney (Anna), Caitlin Kinnunen (Thea), Christine Estabrook (Adult Women), Glenn Fleschler (Adult Men)
(Just a note: All of the following was written on my cell phone, in 160 character chunks that were texted to my email and then compiled)
Not a huuuge fan of Eryn's voice, although she does sound fine. She's very strong in MWBMR, I definitely hear her there.
I prefer Gerard so much to Blake. And Matt's wonderful, his ATK was really good. Bitch of Living was awesome too.
It would probably take a lot of suckery for me to dislike BOL. I quite prefer Eryn in the girl’s scene over Socha. Emily is wonderfully cute.
It really surprises me how she was one of the oldest because she plays Anna quite well. Amanda was fine, but not much else. Caitlin wasn't so great. It sounds like she's constipated because it's like she's literally forcing the lines out. Not a fan of Jesse's Hanschen. It's his voice maybe. He says everything either like he's TOO serious or TOO not. Andrew was fine, Touch Me was good. The woods scene was okay Matt sounds just like Melchior should, IMO. His voice could fit in with Juniors at my school. But in WOYB Eryn completely drowns him out. I don't mind straining to hear him. But I really had to, anyone else might not have been able to. But I could at least pick out his voice because I’ve trained myself to (Yes, I just said that.) Amanda's DIKW is nice, but too mature. Emma's part sounds too sexy. But they were good together. I hate the beating scene. Matt works with it SO well. Until the actual beating part. His acting does not seem to want to hurt her, then the "you bitch..." part just seems random. ATTWN was rocking. Mirror Blue Night was good, so was I Believe. Pretty normal. TGO might be my favorite song to hear Matt in, because I love how his voice is soft and sounds great. But Eryn messed up twice near the end. With Blake’s Moritz, I never understood why he was shouting “ENOUGH!” but with Gerard’s I totally understood, it really made sense what Moritz was thinking and feeling during Don’t Do Sadness. Emma's speaking was too happy and her singing was too sexy. The suicide was perfection. As was Left Behind. Matt does it best out of all the Melchiors I’ve heard. Which is all of them. So, ha. What I love about Matt's TF is instead of funny it sounds truly exasperated. Like the way he felt during ATK hit the breaking point and he’s just had it. Morgan's Ernst really works great, but Jesse doesn't play off it quite right. But he's better than he was in My Junk. WOYBR was decent. Jesse's singing is better than his acting for sure, although not great. Morgan sounds great. I'm interested in how Morgan would sound with Matt. I'm never a fan of Whispering, but it was fine. Emma, reading the letter from Melchior, sounded really weird. Her voice didn’t match what she was saying. Matt sounds really horrified about Wendla being dead. But I've never heard the "no!" sound truly realistic. But Groff and Jake were worse. Those You’ve Known was pretty good. Gerard was good, Matt was awesome, Eryn was fine. I think her high voice was a little irritating here. In general I think although Eryn looks the right age for the role if not older, her voice sounds so much younger.
Song of Purple Summer was not bad. But it wasn’t great. I guess I just don’t like Emma’s voice.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Day 13-12/2/09
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 4/16/08
Type: Audio
Cast: Jonathan Groff (Melchior), Lea Michele (Wendla), Blake Bashoff (Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Skylar Astin (Georg), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Jonathan B. Wright (Hanschen), Gerard Canonico (u/s Ernst), Brian Charles Johnson (Otto), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Remy Zaken (Thea), Kate Burton (Adult Women), Glenn Fleshler (Adult Men)
It's clear no notes in Mama Who Bore Me are difficult for Lea, but she doesn't sound young at all. There's this professional tone that comes through, and here I can SERIOUSLY hear it and it really bothers me.
For some reason my list says this is Kate, but it's totally Christine. The stork scene was...same old. I've kind of gotten tired of this scene, it's not really all that funny to me.
Mama Who Bore Me sounds fierce. Those wonderful harmonies, I can hear a little of Lea and Lilli especially.
Groff is great, especially in All That's Known. I'm not a fan of Blake's Moritz and I really dislike it with Groff, he and Gallagher had such chemistry.
I like that Gerard's Ernst isn't as high pitched as some of the others. One kind of funny thing was Skylar sort of fumbling with Grossebustenhaulter which made it all the funnier.
The girls scene and My Junk are really cute, but I can't stand Lea in them. Lea's line in My Junk is totally not believably a teenage girl. While the rest are so wonderfully convincing. Anna and Thea are definitely the most familiar characters, and I love the way Remy and Phoebe portray them. Remy gives Thea this spunk, it really shows when she says "we've all got our junk" she kind of says junk like ju-unk which gives a lot of personality. And Phoebe plays Anna as so sweet and very daydreamy. If you remember my criticism of Gabby's Anna being snobby and as if Wendla wasn't cool for not coming to the wedding, the way Phoebe says "orchids and chrysanthemums" is it's her dream wedding or something. And her voice is just gorgeous in her My Junk lines, and like I said the "spend the day wondering what you do..." emphasizes her girly daydream quality. Lilli also plays her part wonderfully, I find the way that she plays along with the rest while having her own desires is really nice. I really like that she likes Moritz based on more than just his looks.
I'll always find the Georg/Hanschen part of My Junk funny, but it's so much funnier when you're actually seeing it.
The journal scene is always very different depending on Melchiors. I like how Groff's take sort of scoffs at the world how it is. It works well with how he's so old (that sounded weirder than intended) and the way he talks to Moritz is like his protege, there's definitely that mentor/mentee admiration.
Touch Me started off great with Groff, then was immediately brought down with Blake. I have to admit, I didn't really even realize it was Gerard as Ernst because I've never found Ernst's solo as amazing as other people's. Brian was great, although whenever I hear or see him I kind of imagine Max!Otto. Skylar was also really good, but what I loved was that you could slightly hear the girls with their harmonies and it was absolutely gorgeous.
The Melchior/Wendla conversation was fine, Word of Your Body was lovely on Groff's part but Lea's voice was irritating me.
The Passed scene was also fine, but it kind of sounded like Blake said "actually heaven must feel like this"
I really love the way Anna and Thea tease each other, it's really cute and believable. Also Lilli does an excellent job confessing her secret, the girls react much better here than they did in the tour recording.
Dark I Know Well was great, Emma and Lilli sounded wonderful together.
The journal scene I find really powerful. Because of the relationship Melchior has with Moritz here, you can understand Melchior's anger at what happened. He's really having this world that he dislikes hurt him, which understandably angers him.
With Groff and Lea both being way too old for the roles, the conversation between the two almost isn't so bad. But wow, when Groff test-swings the stick, you seriously can hear it slicing the air. Reminds me of when I used to whip my violin bow. The beating itself was very disturbing, very loud and lots of yelling. Some odd grunting on Groff's part. Lea's crying was really loud, I'm not sure how I felt about it.
Blake's part of And There Were None is super hard to hear because of the instruments overpowering him. Probably for the better.
I found the harmonies much more interesting in Mirror-Blue Night and I Believe than what was actually happening.
I Believe definitely has beautiful harmonies, especially the girls. I was pretty sure I could hear Eryn a little.
The Guilty Ones was a little hard to hear, as was Don't Do Sadness I think because of the proximity to the band. I'm not a huge fan of Emma's acting, I think she makes Ilse seem a little weird, but her voice is just gorgeous.
Left Behind was awesome, Groff really sings with this sadness in his voice and the harmonies you could hear were beautiful.
Totally Fucked was fucking awesome, Groff always says the opening line with a wonderful punch it's great.
As I said before, I really enjoyed Gerard's Ernst because he doesn't have a very high pitched voice like the actual Ernsts often do. The dialogue before Word of Your Body Reprise was kind of hard to hear.
Gerard sounded great in WOYBR. I'm just going to say this: I don't like how JBW sounds in it. It sounds like he's saying "gawna." I find it so irritating. But this may be my favorite WOYBR that doesn't have Matt in it. Not because of Gerard, and definitely not because of JBW but because of Phoebe! The information for this audio says that you can hear her, but it's not just that you can hear her but she sounds absolutely gorgeous! Seriously, breathtaking. Love that girl.
I'm not a fan of Whispering, I partly think it's kind of a boring song. And also-especially here-Wendla's acting more than she's singing. I mean you can sort of tell that Lea's trying to cry and act upset and it doesn't sound as good as it could perhaps.
Although Groff is good at seeming distraught, his "no"s sounded a little bit constipated.
Those You've Known was decent, Song of Purple Summer was so beautiful. You can hear several people separately. I know I heard Phoebe, Eryn and BCJ. Maybe others as well.
That was fun, see you tomorrow with Addams Family!
Date: 4/16/08
Type: Audio
Cast: Jonathan Groff (Melchior), Lea Michele (Wendla), Blake Bashoff (Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Skylar Astin (Georg), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Jonathan B. Wright (Hanschen), Gerard Canonico (u/s Ernst), Brian Charles Johnson (Otto), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Remy Zaken (Thea), Kate Burton (Adult Women), Glenn Fleshler (Adult Men)
It's clear no notes in Mama Who Bore Me are difficult for Lea, but she doesn't sound young at all. There's this professional tone that comes through, and here I can SERIOUSLY hear it and it really bothers me.
For some reason my list says this is Kate, but it's totally Christine. The stork scene was...same old. I've kind of gotten tired of this scene, it's not really all that funny to me.
Mama Who Bore Me sounds fierce. Those wonderful harmonies, I can hear a little of Lea and Lilli especially.
Groff is great, especially in All That's Known. I'm not a fan of Blake's Moritz and I really dislike it with Groff, he and Gallagher had such chemistry.
I like that Gerard's Ernst isn't as high pitched as some of the others. One kind of funny thing was Skylar sort of fumbling with Grossebustenhaulter which made it all the funnier.
The girls scene and My Junk are really cute, but I can't stand Lea in them. Lea's line in My Junk is totally not believably a teenage girl. While the rest are so wonderfully convincing. Anna and Thea are definitely the most familiar characters, and I love the way Remy and Phoebe portray them. Remy gives Thea this spunk, it really shows when she says "we've all got our junk" she kind of says junk like ju-unk which gives a lot of personality. And Phoebe plays Anna as so sweet and very daydreamy. If you remember my criticism of Gabby's Anna being snobby and as if Wendla wasn't cool for not coming to the wedding, the way Phoebe says "orchids and chrysanthemums" is it's her dream wedding or something. And her voice is just gorgeous in her My Junk lines, and like I said the "spend the day wondering what you do..." emphasizes her girly daydream quality. Lilli also plays her part wonderfully, I find the way that she plays along with the rest while having her own desires is really nice. I really like that she likes Moritz based on more than just his looks.
I'll always find the Georg/Hanschen part of My Junk funny, but it's so much funnier when you're actually seeing it.
The journal scene is always very different depending on Melchiors. I like how Groff's take sort of scoffs at the world how it is. It works well with how he's so old (that sounded weirder than intended) and the way he talks to Moritz is like his protege, there's definitely that mentor/mentee admiration.
Touch Me started off great with Groff, then was immediately brought down with Blake. I have to admit, I didn't really even realize it was Gerard as Ernst because I've never found Ernst's solo as amazing as other people's. Brian was great, although whenever I hear or see him I kind of imagine Max!Otto. Skylar was also really good, but what I loved was that you could slightly hear the girls with their harmonies and it was absolutely gorgeous.
The Melchior/Wendla conversation was fine, Word of Your Body was lovely on Groff's part but Lea's voice was irritating me.
The Passed scene was also fine, but it kind of sounded like Blake said "actually heaven must feel like this"
I really love the way Anna and Thea tease each other, it's really cute and believable. Also Lilli does an excellent job confessing her secret, the girls react much better here than they did in the tour recording.
Dark I Know Well was great, Emma and Lilli sounded wonderful together.
The journal scene I find really powerful. Because of the relationship Melchior has with Moritz here, you can understand Melchior's anger at what happened. He's really having this world that he dislikes hurt him, which understandably angers him.
With Groff and Lea both being way too old for the roles, the conversation between the two almost isn't so bad. But wow, when Groff test-swings the stick, you seriously can hear it slicing the air. Reminds me of when I used to whip my violin bow. The beating itself was very disturbing, very loud and lots of yelling. Some odd grunting on Groff's part. Lea's crying was really loud, I'm not sure how I felt about it.
Blake's part of And There Were None is super hard to hear because of the instruments overpowering him. Probably for the better.
I found the harmonies much more interesting in Mirror-Blue Night and I Believe than what was actually happening.
I Believe definitely has beautiful harmonies, especially the girls. I was pretty sure I could hear Eryn a little.
The Guilty Ones was a little hard to hear, as was Don't Do Sadness I think because of the proximity to the band. I'm not a huge fan of Emma's acting, I think she makes Ilse seem a little weird, but her voice is just gorgeous.
Left Behind was awesome, Groff really sings with this sadness in his voice and the harmonies you could hear were beautiful.
Totally Fucked was fucking awesome, Groff always says the opening line with a wonderful punch it's great.
As I said before, I really enjoyed Gerard's Ernst because he doesn't have a very high pitched voice like the actual Ernsts often do. The dialogue before Word of Your Body Reprise was kind of hard to hear.
Gerard sounded great in WOYBR. I'm just going to say this: I don't like how JBW sounds in it. It sounds like he's saying "gawna." I find it so irritating. But this may be my favorite WOYBR that doesn't have Matt in it. Not because of Gerard, and definitely not because of JBW but because of Phoebe! The information for this audio says that you can hear her, but it's not just that you can hear her but she sounds absolutely gorgeous! Seriously, breathtaking. Love that girl.
I'm not a fan of Whispering, I partly think it's kind of a boring song. And also-especially here-Wendla's acting more than she's singing. I mean you can sort of tell that Lea's trying to cry and act upset and it doesn't sound as good as it could perhaps.
Although Groff is good at seeming distraught, his "no"s sounded a little bit constipated.
Those You've Known was decent, Song of Purple Summer was so beautiful. You can hear several people separately. I know I heard Phoebe, Eryn and BCJ. Maybe others as well.
That was fun, see you tomorrow with Addams Family!