Little Fish!!!
It's a shame the original production wasn't recorded because I would love to be able to hear Jennifer Laura Thompson, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Lea Delaria sing LaChuisa's score, which has all of his trademark complexity but is also somehow more accessible.
The good news is that the "World Premiere Recording" is sensational. Alice Ripley's odd sense of humor has probably never been put to better use, and even though she's already starting to exhibit signs of the vocal damage that would plague her throughout Next to Normal, it lends her singing a weather quality that works quite well for someone who's struggling to quit smoking. And though I'd be just fine never seeing Chad Kimball on another stage, he's in glorious voice. |
