potomusicalfan

But how wonderful! Since it's Cameron, I think we can expect Sam Barks as Ellen ... which will be nice, especially as Sam sang I Still Believe with the original Ellen, Claire Moore, at the Dress Circle Benefit Gala. Ramin Karimloo might be thrown in as well, either as Chris or John (If he is, it'll be John as he is too heavily tattooed to be Chris).

I wish Sarah would just release her new album soon, or put out some information about it, as it's been such a long time in coming. Since she's going to space in 2014/2015 I wonder if this album will be a space themed one, but as La Luna was based on the moon (I think) I'm supposing it won't be. If I had to guess, it would most probably be environment-related stuff.

I was supportive of and really liked Ben Forster in the TV Show, and felt he was the best choice for the role (plus I'm glad that a deserving west end performer got the role), and still think he will do very well, but I thought he sort of 'mumbled' a lot of the lines and seemed 'soft' in his delivery. That said, I think he was the best of the three.

Melanie C was adequate. I wasn't a fan of her performance of I Don't Know How To Love Him on the TV Show, because I thought her voice was very raspy and she took a lot of breaths in between singing. I think she's more suited to upbeat musical numbers, which is worrying because everything Mary Magdalene has to sing in the show (Everything's Alright, IDKHTLH and Could We Start Again) are soft and gentle. I listened to a song from her new album, Anything Goes, and thought it was an excellent rendition, so I think it depends on what she sings.

Tim Minchin was the weakest of the three, for me. His high note was done nicely (albeit it did sound rather forced, and I think it slightly cracked at the end ... but it was drowned out by Ben starting to sing), but he sounded too nasal. I'm surprised that ALW cast him saying that he has a fabulous rock voice, etc. I never thought he'd have that type of following either, as a lot of his fans like him for his comedy.  I always thought ALW would cast a well known rock star (I don't know any) or someone like Ramin Karimloo to get the fans to come in. But as tickets seem to have sold quite well, I guess it won't be a problem.

It would be interesting to see if a cast recording or a video of the production comes out of it. One of the cast members responded to a question from a fan as to whether it would be filmed by saying that there is a possibility.