Day 5-11/24/09

Show: Bare
Date: 5/3/04
Type: Audio
Cast: Michael Arden, John Hill, Jenna Leigh Green, Natalie Joy Johnson, Aaron Lohr, Adam Flemming, Jim Price, Kaitlin Hopkins, Kearran Giovanni, Mike Cannon, Lindsay Scott, Kay Trinidad

This review is a little more general than my others have been because I was listening during my commute and lunch break and was not taking notes.
One thing I noticed was there were some songs that I liked better in this version than the CD. For instance You and I was definitely better here. I also liked Love Dad. Not more than I liked Plain Jane Fat Ass, both songs are quite different in the message. I did not like Wedding Bells more though, I thought the ending sounded so strange. But I seriously did not know that there were different lyrics to Bare! I thought they were the same as the CD! I was so confused when I was listening.
The singing overall is better on the CD I think, even the people in both sounded better on the CD. I know people rave about Michael Arden, but I thought he wasn't all that spectacular. His voice sounded kind of...chokey? Know what I mean? Maybe not. Sometimes his voice sounded really smooth and nice, but other times (most times) not so much. Also sometimes he sounded a little too operatic. Yeah, it's technically opera, but still. Same goes for Aaron Lohr, he also sounded too old for the role. Well they all did, not my point.
Like I said, Jenna Leigh Green sounded better on the CD in some parts like One Kiss, One, and Portrait of a Girl. But she was very strong in All Grown Up.
One thing I noticed was Peter and Jason are both more likeable on the CD, I know that's hard to imagine that Jason could be less likeable. But here he sounded like such a jerk in Touch My Soul because Ivy is literally begging him and he's just dumping her.
I also liked the chemistry better on the CD. Isn't it kind of weird that I like chemistry that was separate than actually together?
I quite liked Natalie Joy Johnson as Nadia, partly because I think she plays it much more sensitive than I found Keili.

In all I found this satisfactory.

See you tomorrow with Bye Bye Birdie!