BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
more man
Swing Joined: 12/30/12
#1BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 12/30/12 at 9:43pm
Anyone know or seen the new leads for the touring production? Thoughts, good or bad--compared to the original NYC cast. Thanks!
Updated On: 12/30/12 at 09:43 PM
more man
Swing Joined: 12/30/12
#2BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 12/31/12 at 2:45amI saw them. I didn't like Mark Evans very much. He wasn't terrible, but his performance was just kind of bland in my opinion. Chris O'Neill was good. he wasn't as over-the-top as other Cunninghams I've seen, but he was funny. Overall, I preferred Gavin and Jared.
#3BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 12/31/12 at 2:56amI just saw them as well. I think they're still finding their way, but they're very good and work well together. Chris is like a more toned-down Josh Gad who sounds eerily like Will Blum at times.
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TheatreKid3
Broadway Star Joined: 3/25/12
#4BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 12/31/12 at 2:59am
Anyone else think it is funny that they brought over a West End actor to the U.S. National Tour and sent an American Actor to London to play Elder Price?
Ironic.
#5BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 12/31/12 at 3:18amI don't think it's ironic, but it is kinda amusing since they kept going on about how they wanted an American to play a very American character on the West End.
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#6BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 12/31/12 at 3:23am
Id guess its a training idea ready for Mark to take over in the West End. They can use people established in the role to get the show open in London and then bring in Mark.
Unfortunately Mark has always been bland but I hoped he would have been better in this.
#7BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 12/31/12 at 3:24amFWIW I didn't think he was bland (and he's certainly far from my least favorite Price), but it was also my first time ever seeing him in anything.
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JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
#8BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 12/31/12 at 1:33pm
Have they been incorporating a local orchestra everywhere they go?
Updated On: 12/31/12 at 01:33 PM
more man
Swing Joined: 12/30/12
#9BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 1/1/13 at 1:47pmWe are going this week-I have high expectations for both of them.
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#10BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 1/1/13 at 2:30pm
"Have they been incorporating a local orchestra everywhere they go?"
I would assume that they follow the pattern that most shows do where they travel with a corp of musicians and incorporate locals at each stop to fill out the rest.
more man
Swing Joined: 12/30/12
#11BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:40pmI saw the show this weekend in Portland--the leads are AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#12BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:51pmSo glad you liked them! Anything else you have to say? :)
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JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
#13BOOK OF MORMON PORTLAND/SEATTLE TOURING LEADS
Posted: 1/7/13 at 6:07pmI caught the show too this last weekend! The tour is in great hands with Evans, and O'Neill. O'Neill was hilarious with awesome comic timing, and Evans nailed I Believe! As for the rest of the company, what a fun energetic powerhouse cast!
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