For the
sake of keeping it down to the top five, I’m only counting the nominated
musicals’ main performances. In other
words, no Hamilton opener, no James Corden opener, and no Hamilton closer
– but have all three, anyway, as a bonus.
Now, on with the show!
I was
really impressed by how much I enjoyed this.
Tony-nominated lead actor Alex Brightman does a great job of bringing
the character across without just doing a straight-up Jack Black impression,
the song by Andrew Lloyd-Webber (I had not
previously known he wrote the score for this show) is catchy, and all the kids
are fun. Top marks!
Come on
– is it conceivable to go wrong with
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald?
In gorgeous 1920s costumes. Doing
fabulous choreography. Backed up by a
talented company. No way, no how.
Heather
Headley, Danielle Brooks (Taystee!), and Tony-winning lead actress Cynthia
Erivo. These ladies blew the roof off that theatre. The first half of this performance is
crazy-fun and upbeat, and the second half, when Erivo comes in, is
jaw-dropping. Absolute stunner. I’d been thinking for a while that I need to
remedy not owning a cast recording for this show, but I figured I’d get the
original cast with LaChanze. Now,
though, I’m not sure if I can pass these glorious women up.
Really hoping to see the touring company of this
Deaf West production when it comes to town.
Some great singing voices, beautiful signing from the Deaf actors, and
great synchronicity in the double-cast parts.
My only complaint is the stupid camera, which sometimes cuts away while
an actor is still signing their lines.
Come on, people!
…And
the big one. I wouldn’t have thought of “History
Has Its Eyes on You” / “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)” as a go-to number
for an award-show performance, but it really works. It shows off the ensemble to good effect, it
has memorable parts for Washington, Lafayette (“Immigrants: we get the job done” – I love it!), and
Mulligan, and I love seeing Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton in action,
particularly in the “take the bullets out yo’ gun” verse. I’ll freely admit to flailing with
excitement; I’m not ashamed.
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