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
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Day 59-1/17/10
Show: The Stephen Schwartz Project
Date: 1/16/10
Cast: A lot of people
Type: Live
I look at the picture of all the cast together, and it looks a little bit like Glee. They're all High School. And wearing black costumes that look like nice, partiful, clothes from their closet. But the first song begins (late, BTW) and they use this smoke, and it's kind of odd because it isn't dry ice. It smells like baby powder and it burns my eyes. There was some serious problems with volume in the first song, Spark of Creation. The first thing I thought was "The sound guy should be shot" but then I remembered that he was my ride home. The second song, Day by Day was decent, but sort of boring and forgettable. The next song was sort of just annoying. Then came Lion Tamer, and the girl performing is the daughter of the woman sitting next to me. It was a good song, and she had a good voice but she was really awkward at sensually whipping herself. Cold Enough To Snow was good, but I thought he riffed/vibratoed a little too much, also there was a girl later on who used to much vibrato but I forget who. On The Right Track was cute, but it was a little strange when the girl took one of the actors' little brother and sat him on her chair and......
The Beautiful City/One Short Day mash-up was really cute. The girl in Meadowlark reminded me a lot of Lea Michele; her voice, the way she rounded her mouth, the way she stuck her neck out, the way her eyes closed a little bit. West End Avenue was good. Oh, I also remember Lost in The Wilderness was kind of cool with the lighting, because it was all smoky and white and the guys were just these dark shapes. If only the smoke wasn't killing me. I didn't really like the Popular/True Loves Kiss arrangement. Max was phenomenal in Out There, minus his slight flub. But he has this note which was like "Hooolllly shit." Ain't it Good was fine, but there was this part where they comes out in the aisles clapping and all that, and it wasn't enough to make me clap. Not like how Hair makes you want to clap so bad. When Colors of the Wind began I was like "Don't tell me it's a guy singing" but he was soo good. He had a beautiful voice and was quite emotional and made me tear up quite a bit. And they had a girl wearing a wolf mask also dancing. Solid Silver Platform shoes was cool, they had these bubbles come out which was kind of interesting. The Defying Gravity number was pretty good. I was watching it at first hoping that they would have the big ending, but when they got to it, the girl kind of fell flat. When You Believe was absolutely beautiful and wonderful and the ending number was good.
By the way, there was this guy who kind of looked like James Snyder so after awhile (Like, one song) I started imagining him in Bare, making out with Matt.
Date: 1/16/10
Cast: A lot of people
Type: Live
I look at the picture of all the cast together, and it looks a little bit like Glee. They're all High School. And wearing black costumes that look like nice, partiful, clothes from their closet. But the first song begins (late, BTW) and they use this smoke, and it's kind of odd because it isn't dry ice. It smells like baby powder and it burns my eyes. There was some serious problems with volume in the first song, Spark of Creation. The first thing I thought was "The sound guy should be shot" but then I remembered that he was my ride home. The second song, Day by Day was decent, but sort of boring and forgettable. The next song was sort of just annoying. Then came Lion Tamer, and the girl performing is the daughter of the woman sitting next to me. It was a good song, and she had a good voice but she was really awkward at sensually whipping herself. Cold Enough To Snow was good, but I thought he riffed/vibratoed a little too much, also there was a girl later on who used to much vibrato but I forget who. On The Right Track was cute, but it was a little strange when the girl took one of the actors' little brother and sat him on her chair and......
The Beautiful City/One Short Day mash-up was really cute. The girl in Meadowlark reminded me a lot of Lea Michele; her voice, the way she rounded her mouth, the way she stuck her neck out, the way her eyes closed a little bit. West End Avenue was good. Oh, I also remember Lost in The Wilderness was kind of cool with the lighting, because it was all smoky and white and the guys were just these dark shapes. If only the smoke wasn't killing me. I didn't really like the Popular/True Loves Kiss arrangement. Max was phenomenal in Out There, minus his slight flub. But he has this note which was like "Hooolllly shit." Ain't it Good was fine, but there was this part where they comes out in the aisles clapping and all that, and it wasn't enough to make me clap. Not like how Hair makes you want to clap so bad. When Colors of the Wind began I was like "Don't tell me it's a guy singing" but he was soo good. He had a beautiful voice and was quite emotional and made me tear up quite a bit. And they had a girl wearing a wolf mask also dancing. Solid Silver Platform shoes was cool, they had these bubbles come out which was kind of interesting. The Defying Gravity number was pretty good. I was watching it at first hoping that they would have the big ending, but when they got to it, the girl kind of fell flat. When You Believe was absolutely beautiful and wonderful and the ending number was good.
By the way, there was this guy who kind of looked like James Snyder so after awhile (Like, one song) I started imagining him in Bare, making out with Matt.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Day 58-1/16/10
Show: Next to Normal
Date: 2/20/08
Cast: Brian D'Arcy James, Alice Ripley, Jenn Damiano, Aaron Tveit, Corey Boardman, Asa Somers.
Type: Audio
I'm going to begin with comparison and contrast of the Broadway/Arena Stage to this version (Second Stage)
At first I had misread the date and thought it said 2/2/08 which was Morgan Weed as Natalie, but I didn't think she sounded any different than Jenn. But then Henry came in and I realized that I had misread the date. Corey sounds completely different from Adam. I didn't realize I loved Adam so much until I heard this. Corey sounded all wrong, he may have made a better Gabe. Adam sounds sweet, and kind of puppy-ish. And cute and all that. Corey didn't sound any of it. And his singing voice wasn't all that great either.
Date: 2/20/08
Cast: Brian D'Arcy James, Alice Ripley, Jenn Damiano, Aaron Tveit, Corey Boardman, Asa Somers.
Type: Audio
I'm going to begin with comparison and contrast of the Broadway/Arena Stage to this version (Second Stage)
- Don't like the "Let There Be Light" beginning
- Like the lyrics of Just Another Day more on Broadway
- J. Robert Spencer > Brian D'Arcy James
- Asa Somers > Louis Hobson
- Jenn's voice got better when she got to Broadway
- Alice's voice seems stronger and more stable here.
- Loved the Costco song, but I see why they took it out.
- Liked Growing Up Unstable, but it didn't move the plot.
- Perfect has more edge, but I liked Everything Else more. It sounded much better.
- Getting Better is not as good as Better Than Before
- The Broadway lyrics to Light are a lot better.
- Really missed having I've Been, which is a superpowerful song.
- Feeling Electric may have been good with Louis singing, but Asa did not sound good at all.
At first I had misread the date and thought it said 2/2/08 which was Morgan Weed as Natalie, but I didn't think she sounded any different than Jenn. But then Henry came in and I realized that I had misread the date. Corey sounds completely different from Adam. I didn't realize I loved Adam so much until I heard this. Corey sounded all wrong, he may have made a better Gabe. Adam sounds sweet, and kind of puppy-ish. And cute and all that. Corey didn't sound any of it. And his singing voice wasn't all that great either.
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.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Day 56-1/14/10
Show: Hair
Date: 9/16/09
Cast: Steel as Berger, Briana as Crissy, Matt as Hubert, Guinn as Mom, plus a ton of swings in the tribe
Type: Audio
I’ve got a good deal to say about Steel’s Berger so I’m just going to skip straight to it, because you know what I think about the rest.
Saying that the role of Berger was made for Will wouldn’t be right, because that’s not the case. But there’s something about the way he interprets it that feels right. His voice fits it in that he just sounds kind of goofy. I mean that what’s it is; his voice makes the character understandable and therefore tolerable (or maybe the other way around) But Steel. Well, Steel has a more normal voice. In the beginning, he seems like a regular guy chatting. He even speaks the audience like “Hey!” as in, “Ooooh, let’s talk.” Will is a comedian in the way that comedians interact the audience, he’s funny and he’s personal but there’s something about it that isn’t as scary. Not that I’m saying Steel’s is scary. His singing voice was great and impressive and pretty strong. I found that he fell a little flat in Karma Sutra/Stone Age and Don’t Put it Down. The voices he was using seemed a little odd and didn’t entirely work.
The part that I found the worst for him is when he’s being a goof or a jerk. Like the scene where Claude is asking for his help and the scene with the Satin shirt. Because he just sounds like a jerk. While Will’s Berger is just an epic goof who can’t seem to realize when he needs to be serious, Steel’s Berger is an ass. It’s very difficult to listen to, someone actually told me that he made them want to knock his teeth out.
Oh wow, I forgot that Briana was on as Crissy! She’s fantastic. Her Frank Mills is honestly amazing, it’s not as strong (meaning force in her singing) but I think it’s the prettiest out of all of them.
You may be saying to yourself (although I doubt that you are) “Why is she listening to Hair for the second day in a row, she doesn’t have that many audios and she loves it so shouldn’t she be smart and pace herself” well your answer is that I totally would pace myself and I had actually begun listening to a Spring Awakening audio. But then my teacher was presenting our assignment on Archetypes in a Hero’s journey and we were supposed to pick a story/movie/whatever and write how it fit into the different stages. She was going to the presentation and I didn’t know what to do when she said something (I was going to paste exactly what she said, but I can’t find the presentation) and I thought “Claude!” So my assignment ended up being this:
This should be obvious, but you are not welcome to take this for your own project, thesis, essay, or whatever.
Miraculous Birth: “The moon is in the 7th house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars…the dawning of the Age of Aquarius” Claude is the Aquarius who is destined for greatness or madness. He says that he’s just another human being with a number: #1005963297. An anti-hero of sorts, as he is a hippie who dropped out of High School, pretends to be from Manchester, and dream in life is to be invisible.
Call to Adventure: Claude’s draft notice comes in the mail. It is given to him by his parents who he looks at as what he doesn’t want to become. His dad claims that the army will make a man out of him.
Refusal: Claude rips up the draft notice and rejoices that he’s got life, along with his friends. Many other tribe members also face being drafted and hold the same outlook as Claude initially does.
Supernatural Aid: Jeanie gives Claude a guide on how to astro-project. He sees this as his answer.
Temptress and Temptor: Sheila and Berger. They both make it difficult for Claude to make a decision as he loves both of them dearly. They stray him and entice him with the idea of staying with the tribe. They agree to help him sneak out of the country.
Atonement with Father: Claude’s father says that Claude doesn’t like him, and says it with remorse. He then says that in a few months when/if Claude goes to fight, he’d be proud.
Crossing First Threshold: Claude does not burn his draft card at the Be-in like everybody else does. He then distances himself from the tribe as he contemplates, and then goes off on himself.
Belly of Whale: Claude has been missing for days and the tribe fears that something bad has happened to him.
Road of Trials: Claude tells the tribe that he went to the Army Induction center and tried to convince them against drafting him. He reenacts a sequence of being over enthusiastic so they would fear that he’d be unsafe in war areas. In truth, he did not do any of this. Instead he was meditating (part of the supernatural aid) He then gives his possessions away to the other members. The others were filled with joy from his generosity but also fear that his decision was made.
Meeting the Goddess: The joint that Berger gives him could be seen as an inanimate goddess. It should have been a regular joint, but it was actually laced with hallucinogen and Berger told him “You’ll see the light.” The human form could be seen as Jeanie, who proclaims herself as the “slum goddess of the lower east side” she also tells Claude he should be against the killing of people, but she says he’s a good guy whatever he does. The inanimate and the living goddesses intertwine when Jeanie smokes from her joint.
Apotheosis: Claude is overcome by the hallucinogen that is in the joint as he begins a painful trip.
The Ultimate Boon: The trip begins with Claude in a war outfit over his regular clothes and he is jumping out of a plane into Vietnam. Later in the trip, he appears to be invisible when people are unaware of his presence.
Magic Flight: Faced by a soldier with a gun, Claude embraces his peace loving side and puts a flower into the barrel of the gun. Chaos ensues as all the people he has encountered (African Americans, Indians, John Wilkes Booth, etc) begin attacking one and another. Within the madness, everybody tells of the pain, fear, and other bad aspects of the war as well as celebrating the murder of 3,500 Vietcong within one month. Claude is frightened and screams for Berger to get him out.
Rescue from Without: The phantoms of Claude’s trip “die” and fade away and the tribe wakes Claude up.
Crossing the Return Threshold: Claude explains to his friends that he doesn’t want to do anything other than be invisible. Because they cannot make that happen they plan to protest the draft although they are unable to give him advice, aid, or comfort.
Master of Two Worlds: Claude mysteriously disappears and then appears during the protest. He is dressed in military uniform with his hair cut short. The tribe cannot see him, but he is invisible and is happy because he can perform miracle which is the only thing he wanted to do.
Freedom to Live: In the end, Claude is revealed as dead, but he succeeded in what he wanted (in a way). He does not have to live a boring life as a pointless human being. As previously shown, he is invisible and can watch his friends live.
Date: 9/16/09
Cast: Steel as Berger, Briana as Crissy, Matt as Hubert, Guinn as Mom, plus a ton of swings in the tribe
Type: Audio
I’ve got a good deal to say about Steel’s Berger so I’m just going to skip straight to it, because you know what I think about the rest.
Saying that the role of Berger was made for Will wouldn’t be right, because that’s not the case. But there’s something about the way he interprets it that feels right. His voice fits it in that he just sounds kind of goofy. I mean that what’s it is; his voice makes the character understandable and therefore tolerable (or maybe the other way around) But Steel. Well, Steel has a more normal voice. In the beginning, he seems like a regular guy chatting. He even speaks the audience like “Hey!” as in, “Ooooh, let’s talk.” Will is a comedian in the way that comedians interact the audience, he’s funny and he’s personal but there’s something about it that isn’t as scary. Not that I’m saying Steel’s is scary. His singing voice was great and impressive and pretty strong. I found that he fell a little flat in Karma Sutra/Stone Age and Don’t Put it Down. The voices he was using seemed a little odd and didn’t entirely work.
The part that I found the worst for him is when he’s being a goof or a jerk. Like the scene where Claude is asking for his help and the scene with the Satin shirt. Because he just sounds like a jerk. While Will’s Berger is just an epic goof who can’t seem to realize when he needs to be serious, Steel’s Berger is an ass. It’s very difficult to listen to, someone actually told me that he made them want to knock his teeth out.
Oh wow, I forgot that Briana was on as Crissy! She’s fantastic. Her Frank Mills is honestly amazing, it’s not as strong (meaning force in her singing) but I think it’s the prettiest out of all of them.
You may be saying to yourself (although I doubt that you are) “Why is she listening to Hair for the second day in a row, she doesn’t have that many audios and she loves it so shouldn’t she be smart and pace herself” well your answer is that I totally would pace myself and I had actually begun listening to a Spring Awakening audio. But then my teacher was presenting our assignment on Archetypes in a Hero’s journey and we were supposed to pick a story/movie/whatever and write how it fit into the different stages. She was going to the presentation and I didn’t know what to do when she said something (I was going to paste exactly what she said, but I can’t find the presentation) and I thought “Claude!” So my assignment ended up being this:
This should be obvious, but you are not welcome to take this for your own project, thesis, essay, or whatever.
Miraculous Birth: “The moon is in the 7th house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars…the dawning of the Age of Aquarius” Claude is the Aquarius who is destined for greatness or madness. He says that he’s just another human being with a number: #1005963297. An anti-hero of sorts, as he is a hippie who dropped out of High School, pretends to be from Manchester, and dream in life is to be invisible.
Call to Adventure: Claude’s draft notice comes in the mail. It is given to him by his parents who he looks at as what he doesn’t want to become. His dad claims that the army will make a man out of him.
Refusal: Claude rips up the draft notice and rejoices that he’s got life, along with his friends. Many other tribe members also face being drafted and hold the same outlook as Claude initially does.
Supernatural Aid: Jeanie gives Claude a guide on how to astro-project. He sees this as his answer.
Temptress and Temptor: Sheila and Berger. They both make it difficult for Claude to make a decision as he loves both of them dearly. They stray him and entice him with the idea of staying with the tribe. They agree to help him sneak out of the country.
Atonement with Father: Claude’s father says that Claude doesn’t like him, and says it with remorse. He then says that in a few months when/if Claude goes to fight, he’d be proud.
Crossing First Threshold: Claude does not burn his draft card at the Be-in like everybody else does. He then distances himself from the tribe as he contemplates, and then goes off on himself.
Belly of Whale: Claude has been missing for days and the tribe fears that something bad has happened to him.
Road of Trials: Claude tells the tribe that he went to the Army Induction center and tried to convince them against drafting him. He reenacts a sequence of being over enthusiastic so they would fear that he’d be unsafe in war areas. In truth, he did not do any of this. Instead he was meditating (part of the supernatural aid) He then gives his possessions away to the other members. The others were filled with joy from his generosity but also fear that his decision was made.
Meeting the Goddess: The joint that Berger gives him could be seen as an inanimate goddess. It should have been a regular joint, but it was actually laced with hallucinogen and Berger told him “You’ll see the light.” The human form could be seen as Jeanie, who proclaims herself as the “slum goddess of the lower east side” she also tells Claude he should be against the killing of people, but she says he’s a good guy whatever he does. The inanimate and the living goddesses intertwine when Jeanie smokes from her joint.
Apotheosis: Claude is overcome by the hallucinogen that is in the joint as he begins a painful trip.
The Ultimate Boon: The trip begins with Claude in a war outfit over his regular clothes and he is jumping out of a plane into Vietnam. Later in the trip, he appears to be invisible when people are unaware of his presence.
Magic Flight: Faced by a soldier with a gun, Claude embraces his peace loving side and puts a flower into the barrel of the gun. Chaos ensues as all the people he has encountered (African Americans, Indians, John Wilkes Booth, etc) begin attacking one and another. Within the madness, everybody tells of the pain, fear, and other bad aspects of the war as well as celebrating the murder of 3,500 Vietcong within one month. Claude is frightened and screams for Berger to get him out.
Rescue from Without: The phantoms of Claude’s trip “die” and fade away and the tribe wakes Claude up.
Crossing the Return Threshold: Claude explains to his friends that he doesn’t want to do anything other than be invisible. Because they cannot make that happen they plan to protest the draft although they are unable to give him advice, aid, or comfort.
Master of Two Worlds: Claude mysteriously disappears and then appears during the protest. He is dressed in military uniform with his hair cut short. The tribe cannot see him, but he is invisible and is happy because he can perform miracle which is the only thing he wanted to do.
Freedom to Live: In the end, Claude is revealed as dead, but he succeeded in what he wanted (in a way). He does not have to live a boring life as a pointless human being. As previously shown, he is invisible and can watch his friends live.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Day 55-1/13/10
Show: Hair
Cast: Paris as Claude. Although not only do I not know the rest, I can't even find it on my list!
Date: 10/10/09
Type: Audio
Another wonderful show, but honestly I’m running out of things to say. There were some really pretty harmonies that I heard in Good Morning Starshine. It also occurred to me how amazing I think Kober’s Maggie voice is. I tweeted him and asked if it was difficult to come up with, and he told me that it took many tries including something that sounded British! LOL, I love him! For some odd reason I love the part of the trip with the Native Americans “Little Beaver say white man die!...*thud* ow!” Loved Paris Claude, I want to hear him with Steel as Berger (who I haven’t heard at all yet) because I’ve heard that they are amazing together.
In fact here’s my marginally realistic totally awesome mostly understudy cast:
Jackie as Sheila, Paris as Claude, Steel as Berger. Yes I kind of stole this from Sami, but it would be just so cool to see. Something about the fact that they look like the perfect trio. Bryce as Berger would be awesome, but I need time to figure out who he’d be good opposite.
Jay as Woof, both he and Paris seem like very good Woofs because they can seem kind of young and innocent and all that. But we’ll go with Jay, who I haven’t heard as Woof yet.
Megan L as Mom, but with Ali Guinn as Buddhalirama. That’s really maximizes the funny and amazing.
Briana or Hannah as Crissy. I love Briana’s Crissy, but Hannah could be quite good. Although I don’t know if she covers the role.
Megan R or Hannah as Jeanie. Well actually, I don’t know. I looked it up and I don’t know if Hannah understudies Jeanie because she wasn’t listed in the BroadwayWorld.com cast. Megan was pretty good, but I think I might really want Jackie! I can’t even imagine it, but it may very well be amazing.
Krystal Joy Brown as Dionne, and Chasten as Abe. Although I would like to see Chasten as Dionne I heard that the producers didn’t like it and don’t want her going on again unless an emergency.
Let’s go with Matt DeAngelis as General/Hubert/JWB so that Josh Lamon can go on as Dad/Margaret. It would be so odd to not see/hear Kober in that role. Because you know how I said mentioned having a “shock to the ears” in the most recent Rock of Ages review? This would be even more so. Because it’s difficult to even fathom anyone else as the role. Which makes me eager to hear the show after the cast changes. It’s kind of a role that you’re supposed to do your way, so we’ll see.
Cast: Paris as Claude. Although not only do I not know the rest, I can't even find it on my list!
Date: 10/10/09
Type: Audio
Another wonderful show, but honestly I’m running out of things to say. There were some really pretty harmonies that I heard in Good Morning Starshine. It also occurred to me how amazing I think Kober’s Maggie voice is. I tweeted him and asked if it was difficult to come up with, and he told me that it took many tries including something that sounded British! LOL, I love him! For some odd reason I love the part of the trip with the Native Americans “Little Beaver say white man die!...*thud* ow!” Loved Paris Claude, I want to hear him with Steel as Berger (who I haven’t heard at all yet) because I’ve heard that they are amazing together.
In fact here’s my marginally realistic totally awesome mostly understudy cast:
Jackie as Sheila, Paris as Claude, Steel as Berger. Yes I kind of stole this from Sami, but it would be just so cool to see. Something about the fact that they look like the perfect trio. Bryce as Berger would be awesome, but I need time to figure out who he’d be good opposite.
Jay as Woof, both he and Paris seem like very good Woofs because they can seem kind of young and innocent and all that. But we’ll go with Jay, who I haven’t heard as Woof yet.
Megan L as Mom, but with Ali Guinn as Buddhalirama. That’s really maximizes the funny and amazing.
Briana or Hannah as Crissy. I love Briana’s Crissy, but Hannah could be quite good. Although I don’t know if she covers the role.
Megan R or Hannah as Jeanie. Well actually, I don’t know. I looked it up and I don’t know if Hannah understudies Jeanie because she wasn’t listed in the BroadwayWorld.com cast. Megan was pretty good, but I think I might really want Jackie! I can’t even imagine it, but it may very well be amazing.
Krystal Joy Brown as Dionne, and Chasten as Abe. Although I would like to see Chasten as Dionne I heard that the producers didn’t like it and don’t want her going on again unless an emergency.
Let’s go with Matt DeAngelis as General/Hubert/JWB so that Josh Lamon can go on as Dad/Margaret. It would be so odd to not see/hear Kober in that role. Because you know how I said mentioned having a “shock to the ears” in the most recent Rock of Ages review? This would be even more so. Because it’s difficult to even fathom anyone else as the role. Which makes me eager to hear the show after the cast changes. It’s kind of a role that you’re supposed to do your way, so we’ll see.
Day 54-1/12/10
Show: Rent
Date: Forget, sometime in 2000
Cast: Norbert Leo Butz as Roger, forget the rest.
Type: Audio
As bad as it is, the only thing I knew of was the movie. Well, this was pretty good. Knowing the movie made it not as confusing as it might have been.
Date: Forget, sometime in 2000
Cast: Norbert Leo Butz as Roger, forget the rest.
Type: Audio
As bad as it is, the only thing I knew of was the movie. Well, this was pretty good. Knowing the movie made it not as confusing as it might have been.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Day 53-1/11/10
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 1/11/09
Cast: Eryn as Wendla (last), Matt as Melchior (last on Broadway), Jesse as Hanschen
Type: Audio :'(
Call me the genius who forgot to sync her ipod. I have a much better quality version of this, but of course the only one that I had on my ipod was the more muffled version with clicking in the right ear. Very irritating. I think I'll chop of my right ear soon.
Mama Who Bore Me was quite lovely and beautiful. Very unusually, there was applause after it and usually there is not!
The stork scene wasn't a huge stand-out. Decent, but I never really love that scene.
Mama Who Bore Me Reprise was pretty fierce.
All That's Known was totally wonderful, oh that voice is so wonderful to hear.
Bitch of Living was awesome and totally bringing the energy. And it got an amazingly huge applause.
Matt and Gerard work so well together, it's fun to listen to.
Caitlin was not fun to listen to when talking with the girls. Eryn was quite good, probably better than I've found Socha to be a lot.
Jesse sounded almost like he was trying to be like Matt in My Junk. I just wasn't into him so much, his singing fell short and everything.
All of Matt and Eryn's scenes sounded really good and natural, she has this naturally high voice and he has a naturally soft voice, but they are both normal so it works.
This was just a wonderful show, many people who were there say that it's been one of the best performances ever.
Date: 1/11/09
Cast: Eryn as Wendla (last), Matt as Melchior (last on Broadway), Jesse as Hanschen
Type: Audio :'(
Call me the genius who forgot to sync her ipod. I have a much better quality version of this, but of course the only one that I had on my ipod was the more muffled version with clicking in the right ear. Very irritating. I think I'll chop of my right ear soon.
Mama Who Bore Me was quite lovely and beautiful. Very unusually, there was applause after it and usually there is not!
The stork scene wasn't a huge stand-out. Decent, but I never really love that scene.
Mama Who Bore Me Reprise was pretty fierce.
All That's Known was totally wonderful, oh that voice is so wonderful to hear.
Bitch of Living was awesome and totally bringing the energy. And it got an amazingly huge applause.
Matt and Gerard work so well together, it's fun to listen to.
Caitlin was not fun to listen to when talking with the girls. Eryn was quite good, probably better than I've found Socha to be a lot.
Jesse sounded almost like he was trying to be like Matt in My Junk. I just wasn't into him so much, his singing fell short and everything.
All of Matt and Eryn's scenes sounded really good and natural, she has this naturally high voice and he has a naturally soft voice, but they are both normal so it works.
This was just a wonderful show, many people who were there say that it's been one of the best performances ever.
Day 52-1/10/10
Show: Next to Normal
Date: 12/14/08
Cast: Alice Ripley, J. Robert Spencer, Aaron Tveit, Jennifer Damiano, Adam Chanler-Berat, Louis Hobson
Type: Audio
This was completely normal for a Next to Normal audio. Always emotional and powerful. It grips me possibly more than Spring Awakening does. So moving.
Date: 12/14/08
Cast: Alice Ripley, J. Robert Spencer, Aaron Tveit, Jennifer Damiano, Adam Chanler-Berat, Louis Hobson
Type: Audio
This was completely normal for a Next to Normal audio. Always emotional and powerful. It grips me possibly more than Spring Awakening does. So moving.
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.