So I had originally very sadly decided to skip this round of the US Tour but I decided to take a shot at buying will call tickets at the box office today (it's cheaper) and I was able to get some and they were actually pretty good seats!
Cast was mostly first-cast, covers were:
Old Deuteronomy - Jonathan Heller
Skimbleshanks - Max Craven
Sillabub - Megan Arsenau
Tantomile - Gracie Anderson
Highlights from the show include:
Mungojerrie and Sillabub interacted a lot, which I love because hcs.
This Tugger really enjoys tormenting Munkustrap, it's so hilarious and great whether you view it as flirting or annoying sibling behavior. He was always taking any chance he got to tickle or poke at Munkustrap.
This Tugger (Hank Santos) was also constantly moving. Fidgeting, shaking or rolling his body, etc, he always needed to be moving and it was a really interesting character touch. It was more visually apparent in his movements and behavior how quickly his attention changes, a lot of moments in his song actually felt quite abrupt (in a good way) in how he would just suddenly leave cats because they lost his attention in the middle of dancing with him.
Bombalurina entering the Glamour Cat song had an interesting vibe where it seemed to be treated as her actively interrupting Demeter. She didn't actually vocally cut her off but Demeter's reaction to her coming in to sing definitely gave that vibe. It was a more apparent "Bombalurina is actively stopping Demeter's sympathetic treatment and reaching out to Grizabella."
On that note though, Erica and Nora's voices are astounding. I already loved them in this song, I was straight up losing my mind during Macavity, their voices are so good and fit the characters so well!! They both had rather smoky, old-timey feeling voices, very fitting for Bombalurina and Demeter in my opinion!
During the first Macavity scare, Sillabub specifically went to Alonzo for protection and he covered her body with his own 😭
When Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer did the final pose in their song, they didn't look out at the audience, they looked at each other, really feeding me and my love for Mungoteazer held gazes!
At one point during the Pekes and the Pollicles, Jenny barked at Tugger and he got like legitimately jumpscared 😂
Honestly, coward Tugger rights all around, he was always like the first to run away each Macavity scare gfrihwuedoaisj (he did grow a bit braver during the Macavity fight and joined the rest of the Tribe in chasing Macavity off.)
Mungojerrie tried to grab Demeter back from Macavity when he was dragging her away 😭
Tugger's fickle attention span was still on display even in Mistoffelees's song. When Tugger was presenting Misto to newly returned Old Deuteronomy, he had a moment where he like, suddenly remembered what he was doing and had to search out where Mistoffelees was because he no longer knew because his attention had been drawn elsewhere.
New favorite performers from this production:
Bombalurina - Erica Lee Cianciulli
Demeter - Nora DeGreen
Rum Tum Tugger - Hank Santos
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Skimbly’s Shiplist
Primary Ships
Alonzo/Mistoffelees (Tag: Alonzoffelees)
Munkustrap/Pouncival-Carbucketty (Tag: Munkupounce)
Plato-Admetus/Pouncival-Carbucketty (Tag: Platopounce)
Skimbleshanks/Jellylorum (Tag: Skimblejelly, Jellyshanks)
Skimbleshanks/Jellylorum/Rum Tum tugger (Tag: Skimblejellytugger, Jellytuggershanks)
Skimbleshanks/Rum Tum Tugger (Tag: Skimbletugger, Tuggershanks)
1998 + Stage-verse Ships
Alonzo/Demeter (Tag: Alonzometer)
Alonzo/Mistoffelees/Demeter (Tag: Alonzoffemeter)
Asparagus/Jellylorum (Tag: Guslorum)
Bombalurina/Cassandra (Tag: Bombandra)
Bombalurina/George-Pouncival (Tag: Bombapounce)
Bombalurina/Munkustrap (Tag: Bombastrap)
Bombalurina/Rum Tum Tugger (Tag: Bombugger)
Bustopher Jones/Jennyanydots (Tag: Bustopherdots)
Bustopher Jones/Skimbleshanks (Tag: Bustophershanks)
George-Pouncival/Electra (Tag: Georgelectra)
Jemima/Coricopat (Tag: Jemipat)
Jemima/Victoria (Tag: Jemtoria)
Jemima/Pouncival-Carbucketty (Tag: Jemival)
Jennyanydots/Bustopher Jones/Skimbleshanks (Tag: Jennyphershanks)
Macavity/Bombalurina (Tag: Macavibomba)
Macavity/Demeter (Tag: Macavimeter)
Macavity/Demeter/Munkustrap (Tag: Macavidemestrap)
Macavity/Gus (Tag: Macavigus)
Mungojerrie/Rumpleteazer (Tag: Mungoteazer)
Mungojerrie/Tumblebrutus/Rumpleteazer (Tag: Mungotumbleteazer)
Munkustrap/Demeter (Tag: Munkumeter)
Munkustrap/Mungojerrie/Demeter (Tag: Munkujerriemeter)
Munkustrap/Grizabella (Tag: Munkugriz)
Munkustrap/Victoria (Tag: Munktoria)
Rum Tum Tugger/Etcetera (Tag: Tuggcetera)
Rum Tum Tugger/Munkustrap (Tag: Tuggerstrap)
Rum Tum Tugger/Rumpleteazer (Tag: Tuggerteazer)
Rum Tum Tugger/Plato-Admetus (Tag: Platugger)
Rum Tum Tugger/Plato-Admetus/Etcetera (Tag: Platuggcetera)
Skimbleshanks/Hysperia(Exotica) (Tag: Hysperiashanks)
Tantomile/Demeter (Tag: Tantometer)
Tantomile/Electra (Tag: Tantolectra)
Tantomile/George-Pouncival/Electra (Tag: Tantogeorgelectra)
Tumblebrutus/Munkustrap (Tag: #Tumblestrap)
Tumblebrutus/Rumpleteazer (Tag: Tumbleteazer)
Troika Tour, Early Australasia-Specific
Pouncival, Sillabub, Victoria (Tag: Pouncibubtoria)
Shiki-Specific
Carbucketty/Demeter (Tag: Cardimi)
Mistoffelees/Coricopat (Tag: Mistopat)
Rumpus Cat/Bombalurina/Mistoffelees (Tag: Rumpbombamis)
Rum Tum Tugger/Skimbleshanks (Tag: Tuggershanks)
Tumblebrutus/Cassandra (Tag: Tumblecass)
2019-Specific
Bombalurina/Macavity (Tag: Bombacavity)
Cassandra/Socrates/Demeter (Tag: Cassocrameter)
Cassandra/Socrates (Tag: Cassocrates)
Munkustrap/Tantomile/Victoria (Tag: Munkumilevic)
Rum Tum Tugger/Jennyanydots (Tag: Tuggerdots)
Syllabub/Coricopat (Tag: Syllapat)
Tantomile/Victoria (Tag: Tantoria)
Mutuals’ Ships
Alonzo/Jemima (Tag: Jemonzo)
Alonzo/Rum Tum Tugger (Tag: Altugger)
Cassandra/Alonzo (Tag: Casslonzo)
Demeter/Cassandra (Tag: Demandra)
Jemima/Munkustrap (Tag: Jemistrap)
Jemima/Tumblebrutus (Tag: Tumblejem)
Munkustrap/Macavity (Tag: Munkcavity)
Munkustrap/Mungojerrie (Tag: Munkujerrie)
Plato-Admetus/Victoria (Tag: Platoria)
Rum Tum Tugger/Jemima (Tag: Tugmima)
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