Phantom - #48 & 49 - in which the magic is back...kind of

[sparklybee]

Phantom of the Opera
August 21, 2010 (matinee)
Cleveland, OH

Cast
Phantom - Tim Martin Gleason
Christine - Kelly Jeanne Grant (alt)
Raoul - Sean MacLaughlin
Andre - DC Anderson
Firmin - Michael McCoy
Carlotta - Kim Stengel
Mme Giry - Nancy Hess
Piangi - Luke Grooms
Meg - Paloma Garcia-Lee

Comments

[cherie_morte]

*laughs at Tim Martin Gleason's existence for ten minutes*

[sparklybee]

His Phantom may very well be a serial killer. ;)

[cherie_morte]

His Raoul and his Christine and his Jesus, too.

[sparklybee]

Hahahahahaha. I'm getting a horrible mental image of him in the Wishing dress now. :O ONE MOAR REASON FOR ME TO HATE YOU.

[sparklybee]

Kim will never leave. Except, you know, when the tour closes. ;)

I LOVE SURPRISE DAVID GASCHEN. :D And it was so weird, because you could pretty much hear his voice in every scene. I kept remembering how awesome his Phantom was. :D

[nemo_de_la_meer]

I didn't like TMG's Phantom. Mainly because I had saw Andrew Valera the week before and he just was too... too amazing. I just felt a lot of R/C-ness from it.

But, question, IS THE LOVE BACK BEE?! Do you feel like you enjoy Phantom again? If you don't, I still luff you.

Oh, did TMG look like he was chewing something throughout the entire performance? That and he was a whiny little bitch in mine made me totally not connect with it.

[sparklybee]

I wish that I had seen Andrew Valera. :( You are very lucky! He's either on vacation or has completely left; he wasn't mentioned at all in the playbill.

The love is somewhat back! It's not as bright as it used to be, but I really enjoyed myself. Especially after the matinee. Especially as I watched the bench scene.

Hahaha, now that you mention it, he did look like he was chewing something during parts of the show. XD But I really liked him; he's in my top half of Phantoms seen.

[nemo_de_la_meer]

Really?! Oh my god, that is so upsetting. :( Seriously, I felt damned that I was going to get an understudy, but I was totally into it after it. Also, at the stage door, he looked NOTHING like how I thought he would look.

I'm glad you enjoyed yourself! (And I will admit, both Andrew and TMG had interesting moments during the bench scene.)

BUT THANK GOD! Seriously, tried telling my friend that during MotN and AIAoY(R) he looked like he was chewing something. It was so distracting! It was like he was chewing gum or tobacco.

Well, I will say that I liked his Phantom a lot more than his Raoul - for sure. But I didn't feel he met my standards for Phantom.

But I am so glad you enjoyed yourself! :D

[madamtorsion]

I really liked Trista when I saw her (the first thought I had was that she is really pretty). And Sean as well, I liked him (and he's pretty). I liked his voice and the confidence he put into Raoul.

When I went, Tim's high notes in MOTN were just so slightly below the actual note that it killed me. He was so close!

Yes, hot PONR. He doesn't quite reach John Cudia and Jennifer Hope Wills in my mind, but still freakin' hot. The first thing my cousin said after the show (I'm the one that got her hooked to begin with) was that Tim is an Act II Phantom. I couldn't have agreed more. PONR and the Final Lair alone were enough to put him in my top 5. Which is saying something considering I absolutely hated his Raoul.