Bless him, the little tenor was drying his eyes when the thing was over. (You know you've hit it out of the park when the audience starts applauding before you're through with the last note. ... Of course you may also know you've hit it out of the park when you're Brian Stokes Mitchell. [g] (Even Brian Stokes Mitchell in whiteface, dangit, Nellie Forbush.)) (My patience for de Bec, though, extends only so far -- a guy who says "Now I have less to lose" should not be a guy who is the single father of two small children. I mean, I'm sorry you're upset about losing the girl, but. Grr.)
well, most of the characters in South Pacific kinda suck on some fundamental level. doesn't make the music any less pretty. also, what is with the fact that this musical (more than any other R&H musical) has a book that drags on for 300 years...I know it was based on Michener - but couldn't they have condensed a bit more?
and yeah, he was a phenomenal Sweeney at the Kennedy Center a few years back. just unbelievable. but he could sing the phone book and I'd think it was brilliant.
Most of them do, yes -- but most of them are meant to. With most of them that's the point. Joe Cable isn't exactly subtle about it, right? But de Bec, he's supposed to be all Hero. BAH, I say.
I will always regret that I didn't get down to that Sondheim stuff at the Kennedy Center. Alas, alas.
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Also, him singing "This Nearly Was Mine"...*swoon*
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and yeah, he was a phenomenal Sweeney at the Kennedy Center a few years back. just unbelievable. but he could sing the phone book and I'd think it was brilliant.
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I will always regret that I didn't get down to that Sondheim stuff at the Kennedy Center. Alas, alas.