Alex Brightman will be singing the music of composer-lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver at Joe's Pub Jauray 25, 2010 alongside Jay A. Johnson, Morgan Karr, Lindsay Mendez and Natalie Weiss.
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^Thanks for posting this as I wanted to post something about it but didn't want it to get lost in the Closed Productions thread so I'll give you my thoughts on this show. For those that live in NYC or nearby if you haven't seen it before please go and you won't be disappointed. It will be the last time done in NYC according to what was said when I saw it last Friday night in Pasadena at the Boston Court Theatre with a great cast of musical theatre stars and wannabees. I went in knowing nothing about RSO, Ryan Scott Oliver so was really surprised at how much I loved it. His music is great even though the subject matter that he deals with is very dark.
The cast I saw was stupendous
and it looks like some of them will be in the NYC production: Megan Hilty like you've never seen or heard before as Mrs. Sharp; Olivier Award winner, Lesli Margherita for Zorro on the West End ( ; Steve Kazee, Megan's boyfriend; Morgan Karr who has performed in five RSO concerts; Eric Michael Krop also a veteran of RSO concerts; Melissa Lyons, the final Eponine in Broadway's Les Miserables ; Haviland Stillwell, ABC's Eastwick; Daniel Tatar, So-Cal local who is performing now in the male version of The Marvelous Wonderettes, Life Could Be A Dream ; Grace Wall, another RSO vet; Natalie Weiss 
; Emily Clark, also a RSO vet; Will Colyer who I just saw in the MTF's Parade 
; Katie Gassert, RSO in NYC; Jeff Leatherwood and Jeffrey Christopher Todd.
At Boston Court the performers all sat on the left side of the stage and moved to the center only to perform. The band which had six people were on the right and were excellent. They even had a cello player and the pianist/musical director Brett Ryback was awesome. Wouldn't mind hearing him sing and play piano in his own concert. At the back they had a screen which they used to project story taglines and photos to help people understand what was happening.
It was a performance with three acts but without an intermission just over 90 minutes.
Act 1 featured songs from Mrs Sharp featuring Megan Hilty as Kimberly Sharp, Morgan Karr, Brett Ryback, Will Colyer and Katie Gassert. There were five songs based on the true story of Kimberly Sharp, a high school teacher who was convicted of murdering her husband after he found out she was sleeping with her students. The four other performers played people in Kimberley's head and we saw what happened through her eyes. It was definitely not a Glinda type performance from Megan who played it perfectly and showed what range she has as an actress. The scene where she seduces Morgan Karr is still playing over and over in my head.
Act 2 featured songs from "Various Shows in Development", Out of My Head and Angus Oblong's The Debbies: "The Plane" from Out of My Head (Lost TV spoof) with Brett Ryback
; "Halfway" from Out of My Head = SHOWSTOPPER! with Daniel Tatar and Ericf Michael Kropp 
"A Friend's Advice" from Angus Oblong's The Debbies with Grace Wall, Katie Gassert and Emily Clark; "To Do" from Angus Oblong's The Debbie with Haviland Stillwell; "The Mess" from Cait Doyle's Hot Mess in Manhattan with Melissa Lyons "Make Me Happy" from 35mm with Daniel Tatar, Melissa Lyons THEY WERE PERFECTION!; "The Seraph" from 35 mm with Steve Kazee. He came on stage with a guitar and said that he guessed it was time for a song by the guitar man which made everyone laugh. It was beautiful and one of the best of the night even though it was the only song he sang! Then came the dynamic Natalie Weiss who sang from 35 mm "Monday". I loved it! This portion of the show came to a dynamic conclusion with Eric Michael Krop and the company singing "Odyssey" from 35 mm.
Act 3 featured songs from Darling which was a deconstruction of the fairy tale Peter Pan. Wow! This was really awesome and I'd give anything to see a full production of this show. The five performers in this portion were all spectacular: Grace Wall, Daniel Tatar (Peter), Lesli Margherita, Natalie Weiss and Morgan Karr. The five songs featured were: "The View From Here", "Never", "Dull Little Ache", "When Lily Came", "Lost Boy" (Daniel Tatar)
and "Song of The Dead Fairy". Just think about the titles of the song and mix them in with a visit to the back alleys with drugs and ladies of the night and you'll get an idea of why this was a total deconstruction of Peter Pan.
As I said this was something that I didn't know anything about and was really pleasantly surprised at how good it was. Best of all was the wonderful cast
who sang their hearts out to such great music and all for just $25. Those in the northeast need to make a trip to see this when it comes for one last time to the Big Apple on January 25, 2010!
Info on Ryan Scott Oliver here with audio and video clips, some by people who will be in the show.
The cast I saw was stupendous
and it looks like some of them will be in the NYC production: Megan Hilty like you've never seen or heard before as Mrs. Sharp; Olivier Award winner, Lesli Margherita for Zorro on the West End ( ; Steve Kazee, Megan's boyfriend; Morgan Karr who has performed in five RSO concerts; Eric Michael Krop also a veteran of RSO concerts; Melissa Lyons, the final Eponine in Broadway's Les Miserables ; Haviland Stillwell, ABC's Eastwick; Daniel Tatar, So-Cal local who is performing now in the male version of The Marvelous Wonderettes, Life Could Be A Dream ; Grace Wall, another RSO vet; Natalie Weiss ; Emily Clark, also a RSO vet; Will Colyer who I just saw in the MTF's Parade ; Katie Gassert, RSO in NYC; Jeff Leatherwood and Jeffrey Christopher Todd.At Boston Court the performers all sat on the left side of the stage and moved to the center only to perform. The band which had six people were on the right and were excellent. They even had a cello player and the pianist/musical director Brett Ryback was awesome. Wouldn't mind hearing him sing and play piano in his own concert. At the back they had a screen which they used to project story taglines and photos to help people understand what was happening.
It was a performance with three acts but without an intermission just over 90 minutes.
Act 1 featured songs from Mrs Sharp featuring Megan Hilty as Kimberly Sharp, Morgan Karr, Brett Ryback, Will Colyer and Katie Gassert. There were five songs based on the true story of Kimberly Sharp, a high school teacher who was convicted of murdering her husband after he found out she was sleeping with her students. The four other performers played people in Kimberley's head and we saw what happened through her eyes. It was definitely not a Glinda type performance from Megan who played it perfectly and showed what range she has as an actress. The scene where she seduces Morgan Karr is still playing over and over in my head.
Act 2 featured songs from "Various Shows in Development", Out of My Head and Angus Oblong's The Debbies: "The Plane" from Out of My Head (Lost TV spoof) with Brett Ryback
; "Halfway" from Out of My Head = SHOWSTOPPER! with Daniel Tatar and Ericf Michael Kropp "A Friend's Advice" from Angus Oblong's The Debbies with Grace Wall, Katie Gassert and Emily Clark; "To Do" from Angus Oblong's The Debbie with Haviland Stillwell; "The Mess" from Cait Doyle's Hot Mess in Manhattan with Melissa Lyons "Make Me Happy" from 35mm with Daniel Tatar, Melissa Lyons THEY WERE PERFECTION!; "The Seraph" from 35 mm with Steve Kazee. He came on stage with a guitar and said that he guessed it was time for a song by the guitar man which made everyone laugh. It was beautiful and one of the best of the night even though it was the only song he sang! Then came the dynamic Natalie Weiss who sang from 35 mm "Monday". I loved it! This portion of the show came to a dynamic conclusion with Eric Michael Krop and the company singing "Odyssey" from 35 mm.Act 3 featured songs from Darling which was a deconstruction of the fairy tale Peter Pan. Wow! This was really awesome and I'd give anything to see a full production of this show. The five performers in this portion were all spectacular: Grace Wall, Daniel Tatar (Peter), Lesli Margherita, Natalie Weiss and Morgan Karr. The five songs featured were: "The View From Here", "Never", "Dull Little Ache", "When Lily Came", "Lost Boy" (Daniel Tatar)
and "Song of The Dead Fairy". Just think about the titles of the song and mix them in with a visit to the back alleys with drugs and ladies of the night and you'll get an idea of why this was a total deconstruction of Peter Pan. As I said this was something that I didn't know anything about and was really pleasantly surprised at how good it was. Best of all was the wonderful cast
who sang their hearts out to such great music and all for just $25. Those in the northeast need to make a trip to see this when it comes for one last time to the Big Apple on January 25, 2010!Info on Ryan Scott Oliver here with audio and video clips, some by people who will be in the show.
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