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djp, on 19 May 2013 - 01:44 AM, said:
Thought the ensemble was very strong, if almost uniformly young looking. Great to see a proper musical out there thats using some of the young talent though.
I was sitting there yesterday thinking thank goodness the male ensemble didn't look as young as in the last cast!
djp, on 19 May 2013 - 01:44 AM, said:
The Mistress, Sarah McNicholas, was really excellent and also got a very strong response - someone to follow . Great look for Eponine, or an interesting Cosette.......
I'm pleased she's got the lead this time, I saw her on as the understudy on the last tour & thought she was good then.
djp, on 19 May 2013 - 01:44 AM, said:
The music volume, particularly early on, was too loud,
Goodness, yes! The volume seems to have been notched up since last time. Parts of the opening few minutes were painful to the ear & I felt the floor vibrating a few times!
djp, on 19 May 2013 - 01:44 AM, said:
Agree Marti Pellow. Slightly better - but Russell Crowe's vocal range, and Nick Jonas's acting came to mind. Got better for a couple of songs in act two, which had some oomph. Lacked edge and never quite looked like public enemy number one, or a revolutionary leader.
I saw very few signs of any discernable acting, he just seemed to be looking saturnine throughout. I think he might have smiled once! His vocals were okay but sounded like he was at the limit a few times. I also found some of his vowel sounds to be very ugly e.g. "She's not coming back to yaow". I also think the stubble is a mistake as his beard looks to be greyer than his hair so it makes him look even more too old for the role than he is already.
djp, on 19 May 2013 - 01:44 AM, said:
Not sure either she comes over as a woman of the people strongly or convincingly enough at the start - there's not much to use, but Madge managed that better. That may all change though as the tour progresses, if they think of things to add, and take out some of the more OTT bits.
I felt Madalena was slightly over-acting at the start & trying to act a bit too girlishly. I imagine that's the sort of thing that will probably settle down with performance time.
