So you’d think that after seeing it once and being prepared for the visual aspect of the show, that I wouldn’t have cried this time. However, that logic never seems to apply to me. 🙂
It was pretty much the same cast as it had been three weeks earlier, and again we had Monica Richards as Sarah. I think she went on quite often, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that she was so wonderful. The first act actually seemed quicker this time, but that might be for many reasons. Not the least of which was that I was just excited to be at a show with Melanie and Alison…we’d waited a long time for that!
I had just started to interview some of the ensemble members of the show in the past week, so it was neat to see them on stage afterwards! It is such a solid cast…everyone is really talented. And I don’t think I mentioned Judy Kaye last time…seeing her on stage was a real thrill. I think my favourite parts of the show are New Music, Till We Reach That Day, Back to Before, and the finale. I was still sobbing again when the little Coalhouse came out…could there be anything more touching??
The Quotes:
“Weren’t you here a few weeks ago?”
The girl in the Livent musical theatre store, recognizing my pins 🙂
“She doesn’t even know our names”
Alison, at the stage door, when I got a little mixed up introducing her and Melanie to Janine :-p
The cast: (in order of appearance)
|
The Little Boy |
ANTHONY BLAIR HALL |
|
Father |
JOHN DOSSETT |
|
Mother |
DONNA BULLOCK |
|
Mother’s Younger Brother |
SCOTT CAROLLO |
|
Grandfather |
TOM TONER |
|
Coalhouse Walker Jr. |
ALTON FITZGERALD WHITE |
|
Sarah |
MONICA L. RICHARDS |
|
Booker T. Washington |
TOMMY HOLLIS |
|
Tateh |
JOHN RUBINSTEIN |
|
The Little Girl |
ELIZABETH LUNDBERG |
|
Harry Houdini |
JIM CORTI |
|
J.P. Morgan |
ERICK DEVINE |
|
Henry Ford |
LARRY DAGGETT |
|
Emma Goldman |
JUDY KAYE |
|
Evelyn Nesbit |
JANINE LaMANNA |
|
Stanford White |
KEVIN BOGUE |
|
Harry K. Thaw |
COLTON GREEN |
|
Admiral Peary |
ROD CAMPBELL |
|
Matthew Henson |
DUANE MARTIN FOSTER |
|
Judge |
ERICK DEVINE |
|
Foreman |
TOM TONER |
|
Reporter |
JEFFREY KUHN |
|
Kathleen |
ANN VAN CLEAVE |
|
Policeman |
LARRY DAGGETT |
|
Doctor |
PAUL HARMAN |
|
Child Buyer |
PAUL HARMAN |
|
Policeman |
COLTON GREEN |
|
Sarah’s Friend |
TINA FABRIQUE |
|
Trolley Conductor |
GORDON STANLEY |
|
Willie Conklin |
DAVID MUCCI |
|
Fireman |
JEFFREY KUHN |
|
Brigit |
ANNE L. NATHAN |
|
Conductor |
JOE LOCARRO |
|
Town Hall Bureaucrat |
LARRY DAGGETT |
|
2nd Bureaucrat |
ANN VAN CLEAVE |
|
Clerk |
JEFFREY KUHN |
|
Black Lawyer |
DUANE MARTIN FOSTER |
|
Reporters |
ROD CAMPBELL, GORDON STANLEY |
|
Welfare Official |
ANN VAN CLEAVE |
|
Baron’s Assistant |
ANNE L. NATHAN |
|
Gang Member |
DUANE MARTIN FOSTER |
|
Pas de Deux |
JACQUELYN HODGES, KEITH LAMELLE THOMAS |
|
Charles S. Whitman |
GORDON STANLEY |
|
Little Coalhouse |
LANDEL THORMAN |
|
Ensemble |
JAMES D. BEEKS |