Like there's a recording of the digital ticket they did for TTO, but was there one for firebringer or ani or any of those shows around that time period before they started the current system of digital tickets?
got an audition coming up for TAF and im thinking of going for fester, i got a song but i need a good monologue. any suggestions please?
I mean come on, everything was so well done. the original cast all did fantastic, and it was one of the best filmed proshots in general- such a good mix of close-up and full stage shots. cant wait to watch it on streaming lol
This is just kind of a brief idea of what the level my be like, I’m thinking less rainbow and more red and black idk tho oh yeah and also buffing it what do yall think
overall, its not my favorite version of the show, but it was still really good. i feel like the orchestrations were better in LA, and maybe specifically for this performance a lot of the songs felt really slow (TGWDLM and SMYH) and it feels that a lot of the cast just seemed very tired and the energy in the opening number was very low.
i feel like a lot (not ALL) of the acting choices that were different from LA just seemed to be 'its a different production so it must be completely different' but there were still a lot of really funny differences that worked (ted's 'thats what she said' stuff, all of the characters joining in when bill sings 'circle of life')
also i feel for this performance jeff wasnt on his a-game. i mean ik the music that he wrote for himself was very vocally demanding but he opted down for all of the iconic high notes he was able to hit in both LA recordings which sucks but its also very understandable.
some random stuff i thought was better in LA- i dont think the sound design was as good as in LA, there was less of the mouse clicks and stuff in the office, i felt that jeff's new suit in WDYWP was a weird choice and the blue suit looked better. im also sad that the characters couldnt go into the audience, but that's not really their fault. they adapted really well to it although the stage felt pretty crowded when PEIP came on and killed ted
some things i liked better about this one- i loved the addition of the pre-show announcement, I felt the new NPMD-esque ig 'decorations' in hatchetfield high were a great touch, everything tech-wise in show stopping number like the circular lightbulbs that flash (ill get to my thoughts on ivan in a bit), and the disco ball in YTUMH was such a great touch!
as for Let It Out and Inevitable, those songs in that production were they best they have EVER been, and that's not just because of Jon killing it with the vocals- EVERYTHING was done so well. I LOVE the new design of Pokey in the starlight theatre, the amount of confidence in Jon's voice was at an all time high, and literally EVERYTHING about inevitable; the new rainbow lights were SUCH a good touch, lauren lopez's ear-piercing screams, the usual stuff. i just felt that specifically in this performance, those two numbers BOTH managed to be the climax of the show.
and now finally, the elephant in the room: ivan taking over as professor hidgens. I thought he did fantastic! you could see him take inspiration from other's interpretations and yet make it his own (some good examples are when he threw the alexa after it wouldnt self destruct and how he ran to the phone to answer it during SSN). One specific moment i really loved was *"🎵and leighton!🎵 *" Overall, i do think that he is my third favorite hidgens (behind will and robert but above jeff and nick) and he freaking killed it during show stopping number! also it might be only me, but did anyone else think that he kinda sounded like kermit the frog at times? i might be just imagining things but yeah. also he did a great job dancing everywhere else like LDDDD and SMYH.
Overall, i do think that the LA run was better, but this one was still very high quality and worthy of being in the west end! sorry about this being kind of a disorganized rant, i do have a lot of thoughts since this is my favorite musical of all time. but yeah do yall agree or disagree with what i said? lmk yalls thoughts
Like specifically for TGWDLM, Twisted, and NPMD the opening numbers are like 10x more explicit than any other song in the show (besides NORA in Twisted)
I mean for the Guy Reprised package to only have the proshot, LA digital ticket, and BTS Doc when other $20 bonus feature packages have a lot more stuff just feels a bit lackluster to me. Do you think theyll add the west end show to that package to justify it costing the same as the other ones?
Like during the credits of the proshot, when show stopping number came on, it skipped all of the "greg and Steve and stu..." and the monologue and went directly to "steeeeve aaand five oclock...". For anyone who bought the live album, did they really cut all that stuff out, or did they just do that for the credits maybe? Because i don't see why they would do that in a live cast recording when the og cast album still had the full thing in it yk.
one of the things i dont like about the starkid proshots ive seen (besides Guy) is that none of them have the bows at the end! i feel like at the end of the day the shows are still musicals and the cast should be able to be recognized as if you were seeing the show live
one thing that just popped into my head- do they have bows for digital tickets? the only one ive rented before is for Guy Reprised so idk if thats a normal thing they do but if not they totally should
Or will it just kinda be something only the people who saw him live will get to see