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re: Encores The Most Happy Fella Dress Rehearsal

Posted by: AlanScott 01:00 am EDT 04/02/14
In reply to: Encores The Most Happy Fella Dress Rehearsal - jrjr 12:12 am EDT 04/02/14
I wish I was as enthusiastic as you about the production as it was performed tonight. I found it a very mixed bag, with some of the principals delivering solidly and others perhaps not so ideally cast or a bit under the weather.

I'm not speaking of Benanti, who did not sound unwell, despite the announcement. But I don't recall ever feeling before that she sings through so much tension as it sounded to me like she was doing tonight so perhaps her illness was the reason, especially since I thought she sounded lovely in the first act, but less good later.

It really is a glorious score and it was great to hear it performed with a full orchestra.

Of course, it was a dress rehearsal and some of what I wasn't wild about may improve. I certainly was glad to have finally experienced the show with a full orchestra, and I liked it much more than the Goodspeed/LCT production. I know that about a half hour of cuts were made, but I don't know the show well enough to know exactly what was cut. Perhaps a listen to the OBCR or the JAY recording will remind me.


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