Post by Jo on Sept 26, 2009 0:52:20 GMT -5
September 18, 2009 KBS HALL, Seoul
RENT - The Broadway Tour
I bought the ticket for the show June 2 and was literally counting down the days to see this cast of Rent. and I finally saw and I Loved it ^^ The kbs hall is too big for the show and the sound system was really lousy cuz this place is for KBS TV shows not professional shows like this. it could be better I mean perfect if it ran one of those nice theaters for musical so I am kind of bummed out about it.
THE CAST
Roger Davis - Adam Pascal (OBC member)
Mark Cohen - Anthony Rapp (OBC member)
Tom Collins - Michael McElroy
Benjamin Coffin III - Jacques C. Smith
Joanne Jefferson - Haneefah Wood
Angel Schunard - Justin Johnston
Mimi Marquez - Lexi Lawson
Maureen Johnson - Nicolette Hart
Marks' Mom/Others - Tracy McDowell
Christmas Caroler/Mr. Jefferson/Pastor/Others - John Watson
Mrs. Jefferson/Woman with bags/Others - Gwen Stewart (OBC member)
Gordon/Man/Mr. Grey/Others - Adam Halpin
Steve/Man with squeegee/Waiter/Others - Telly Leung
Paul/Cop/Others - Andy Senor
Alexi Darling/Roger's Mom/Others - Yuka Takara
(Thanks to playnerd 94, I didn't have to type
They are all such good singers and have amazing voices except only one person!!
My personal preference is down to 4 people Adam Pascal/Justin Johnston/Nicolette Hart/Michael McElroy
Adam Pascal has everything! unique voice, charming looks, super duper singing ability... He IS Roger He made me erase all Rosers I saw in the past He looked like a t r e a s u r e from America to me lol
Justin Johnston Angel was very humorous and also charming, nice voice great singer I liked his Angel a lot
Nicolette Hart For some reason I have never liked this Maureen Character before but this time was different. I really liked her own style of performance. Her Maureen was cute, funny, pure-at-heart. Her voice condition seemed not that good though. maybe after a long journey it's gone bad since the tour started quite long ago.
Michael McElroy Collins When I saw the last DVD filmed live He didn't hit my heart so I thought the movie version Collins is much better but it turned out that he is really good on stage. Amazing voice!!
others did a good job as well and some of them definitely deserve more I must say.
I looked around all the Korean musical web clubs for musical fans People say all good things about this production. I think it's a real HIT!! and I am really glad my friend liked it a lot cuz I forced her to buy tickets! ^^
Spring Awakening - Korean cast
Sep. 19/20 Doosan Artcenter Seoul
They say it's one cast so I didn't check the cast schedule when I bought the ticket and after a while I found out that the date I chose has an understudy as Melchior and I had to cancel <Onegin>the next day show which I really wanted to see for so long in order to see the main Melchior. so I saw 2 days in a row
Surprisingly I preferred the understudy(Joo Won) He was way much better than the main one(Kim Moo-yul or Muyeol,Mooyeol)!!!
I think this character is smart and more mature than usual teenagers and having strong will to pursuit of true or something but also have to be pure and genuine and good-boy image to him.
Joo Won delivered everything I mentioned above and top of it all he looks like a teenage boy I think it's very important point to this show. and He is a good singer and the atmosphere with other cast and the chemical with Wendla was much better than Kim Moo yul.
Kim Moo yul is popular with girls after the success of Thrill me he played in. He was so good in that show but I think he failed this time making his own Melchior character, simply he didn't look like a teenage boy and even bad-boy image to him and a little stuck up to boot!
Morits (Cho Jung-seok) did a great job most of the times but over the top at a few scenes Overall I liked his Morits After the show Don't do sadness stuck in my head!
Wendla is a total newbie but she was not bad and looks naive and all
Boys and girls are all great and very energetic and delivered the spirits(?) this show must has really well and Adult men did a great job!
Because of the 2 Melchior I really loved the show one day and almost soso the other day lol Good news is Joo Won is going to be the main from Oct.YAY for him and the future audience!!
Spring Awakening is so fresh new style of musical and the score was even more good when listening to it live on stage and When they sang Totally F***** as a curtain call song Something in me wanted to sing and dance with them so bad! if I had I would have got the Have-you-lost-it? look. looool
RENT - The Broadway Tour
I bought the ticket for the show June 2 and was literally counting down the days to see this cast of Rent. and I finally saw and I Loved it ^^ The kbs hall is too big for the show and the sound system was really lousy cuz this place is for KBS TV shows not professional shows like this. it could be better I mean perfect if it ran one of those nice theaters for musical so I am kind of bummed out about it.
THE CAST
Roger Davis - Adam Pascal (OBC member)
Mark Cohen - Anthony Rapp (OBC member)
Tom Collins - Michael McElroy
Benjamin Coffin III - Jacques C. Smith
Joanne Jefferson - Haneefah Wood
Angel Schunard - Justin Johnston
Mimi Marquez - Lexi Lawson
Maureen Johnson - Nicolette Hart
Marks' Mom/Others - Tracy McDowell
Christmas Caroler/Mr. Jefferson/Pastor/Others - John Watson
Mrs. Jefferson/Woman with bags/Others - Gwen Stewart (OBC member)
Gordon/Man/Mr. Grey/Others - Adam Halpin
Steve/Man with squeegee/Waiter/Others - Telly Leung
Paul/Cop/Others - Andy Senor
Alexi Darling/Roger's Mom/Others - Yuka Takara
(Thanks to playnerd 94, I didn't have to type
They are all such good singers and have amazing voices except only one person!!
My personal preference is down to 4 people Adam Pascal/Justin Johnston/Nicolette Hart/Michael McElroy
Adam Pascal has everything! unique voice, charming looks, super duper singing ability... He IS Roger He made me erase all Rosers I saw in the past He looked like a t r e a s u r e from America to me lol
Justin Johnston Angel was very humorous and also charming, nice voice great singer I liked his Angel a lot
Nicolette Hart For some reason I have never liked this Maureen Character before but this time was different. I really liked her own style of performance. Her Maureen was cute, funny, pure-at-heart. Her voice condition seemed not that good though. maybe after a long journey it's gone bad since the tour started quite long ago.
Michael McElroy Collins When I saw the last DVD filmed live He didn't hit my heart so I thought the movie version Collins is much better but it turned out that he is really good on stage. Amazing voice!!
others did a good job as well and some of them definitely deserve more I must say.
I looked around all the Korean musical web clubs for musical fans People say all good things about this production. I think it's a real HIT!! and I am really glad my friend liked it a lot cuz I forced her to buy tickets! ^^
Spring Awakening - Korean cast
Sep. 19/20 Doosan Artcenter Seoul
They say it's one cast so I didn't check the cast schedule when I bought the ticket and after a while I found out that the date I chose has an understudy as Melchior and I had to cancel <Onegin>the next day show which I really wanted to see for so long in order to see the main Melchior. so I saw 2 days in a row
Surprisingly I preferred the understudy(Joo Won) He was way much better than the main one(Kim Moo-yul or Muyeol,Mooyeol)!!!
I think this character is smart and more mature than usual teenagers and having strong will to pursuit of true or something but also have to be pure and genuine and good-boy image to him.
Joo Won delivered everything I mentioned above and top of it all he looks like a teenage boy I think it's very important point to this show. and He is a good singer and the atmosphere with other cast and the chemical with Wendla was much better than Kim Moo yul.
Kim Moo yul is popular with girls after the success of Thrill me he played in. He was so good in that show but I think he failed this time making his own Melchior character, simply he didn't look like a teenage boy and even bad-boy image to him and a little stuck up to boot!
Morits (Cho Jung-seok) did a great job most of the times but over the top at a few scenes Overall I liked his Morits After the show Don't do sadness stuck in my head!
Wendla is a total newbie but she was not bad and looks naive and all
Boys and girls are all great and very energetic and delivered the spirits(?) this show must has really well and Adult men did a great job!
Because of the 2 Melchior I really loved the show one day and almost soso the other day lol Good news is Joo Won is going to be the main from Oct.YAY for him and the future audience!!
Spring Awakening is so fresh new style of musical and the score was even more good when listening to it live on stage and When they sang Totally F***** as a curtain call song Something in me wanted to sing and dance with them so bad! if I had I would have got the Have-you-lost-it? look. looool