Waitress on Tour

[h6p8gv]

WHat flavors do they sell?

[dmwnc1959]

First Pittsburgh show was last night...

'Waitress' serves up more than just sugar and spice at the Benedum Center

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2018/03/07/Waitress-review-Pittsburgh/stories/201803070108

And a clip from the Pittsburgh morning show...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S8wSO1h3hI4

 

[Mr. Nowack]

Saw it last night, a few technical squabbles (mics going in and out) but the cast is amazing. Jim Hogan is on for Ogie all week while Jeremy Morse is on vacation and he stole the show.

[dmwnc1959]

h6p8gv said: "WHat flavors do they sell?"

In Pittsburgh now at the 1pm matinee. They told me each city can be different, and that sometimes they contract it out and the flavor may be that of a local contest winner. Here they are selling Cherry Pie and Chocolate Salted Caramel Pies. Each are 10$ and come in small containers that are roughly 4oz. There’s a line and they seem to be selling quite well.

[dmwnc1959]

The limited supply of “pies” they had look like they sold out before the show started. Right now it’s intermission. 

[dmwnc1959]

Absolutely loved, loved LOVED this show! Tons and tons of humor (some of it quite adult-rated), lots of great songs (soul-jarring heartbreak evident in one of them), and a cast that was superb. As mentioned above “Jim Hogan is (was) on for Ogie all week while Jeremy Morse is on vacation and he stole the show.”, which he did, and did a great job at it! And Nick Bailey as Earl did a real good job of making you NOT like him. It was funny at the end of the show how he came out with a “don’t throw anything at me” look on his face, putting his hands up, and the audience laughed. 

Having listened to the Original Broadway Cast album off-and-on for the past seven weeks the vocals were all very strong and spot on during this show. There was one point during Act Two in the reprise of “Bad Idea” where the on-stage band got quite loud and literally drowned out the lyrics in the last half of the song. 

Favorite songs, from a very strong list of musical numbers, but I’ll narrow it down to a few: “Opening Up” (one of those toe-tapping catchy tunes and lyrics, and a great beat); “Never Ever Getting Rid Of Me” (Ogie was all over the stage on this and soooo funny); “Take It From An Old Man” (just adorable on stage, amazing him passing life’s lessons to Jenna, loved this song and its lyrics, and when he tells Jenna “...and if you lack the strength of your own, honey hold out your hands, and take it from old man.); and rendered so very heartbreakingly, the short seconds of “Dear Baby”, and “She Use To Be Mine”, which I sat there listening to with a huge, huge lump in my throat and tears in my eyes, her amazing vocals soaring over the entire theater, and you could feel the pain. The audience so quiet you could her a pin drop. 

The ending is so cute, fantastic, and everyone leaves with a HUGE smile on their face LOVING this show. 

If you haven’t seen this, and it’s coming to your town, do not miss this. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Just wanted to share that I got to see the touring cast this past Saturday evening. Emily Koch was on as Jenna and Mark Christine was on as Ogie, both were phenomenal. Also fun to see mark and lenne play opposite one another since they’re a real life couple. Also from what I can tell from Instagram, it seemed like there were a bunch of ensemble people out with the show having to have a few split tracks. I didn’t even notice! This production is really going strong and the set is almost an exact replica as the broadway set with only a few minor differences. Chicago seemed to love the show. I hope it continues going strong!

[Observation]

Just got out of the show here in Chicago! What a treat! Chicago was loving every second of the show tonight. 

For the record, I did rush tickets. I arrived at the box office about 30 minutes after it opened and had no problem getting two tickets, they were great seats orchestra slightly left. 

Desi Oakley is in fine voice and had the entire audience eating out of the palm of her hand. 

I do have one question, I noticed that during "When He Sees Me" both Jenna and Becky sang with Dawn during some of the song. Every recording I've seen, I hadn't noticed this was the case. Is this new? 
The only "weak link" and I say that term VERY loosely was the actress playing Dawn. Her voice wasn't very strong, but her comedic acting made up for it in spades.

[hamiltonstradition]

Observation said: "Just got out of the show here in Chicago! What a treat! Chicago was loving every second of the show tonight.

For the record, I did rush tickets. I arrived at the box office about 30 minutes after it opened and had no problem getting two tickets, they were great seats orchestra slightly left.

Desi Oakley is in fine voice and had the entire audience eating out of the palm of her hand.

I do have one question, I noticed that during "When He Sees Me" both Jenna and Becky sang with Dawn during some of the song. Every recording I've seen, I hadn't noticed this was the case. Is this new?
The only "weak link" and I say that term VERY loosely was the actress playing Dawn. Her voice wasn't very strong, but her comedic acting made up for it in spades."

I think they added that for the tour (possibly because Lenne was struggling with the choreography?) I agree her acting is AMAZING, and she can sing but Charity and Desi set the bar extremely high.

[Paige Paulsen]

Any idea who normally comes to the stage door?

[JustinLovesSideShow]

Anyone have ideas who’s replacing desi? And why on earth they won’t put Kyra Kennedy as Jenna??