#and the falsettos revival cast especially does it kind of a lot

[average-book-enjoyer]

I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. WILLIAM FINN WHEN I CATCH YOUR ASS YOU ARE DONE FOR. THE HARMONIES IN FALSETTOS ARE YOU FUCKING JOKING ME????

i need my music nerd friend to listen to falsettos so bad bc he is the only person who'll start tweakin out about these harmonies the way i do. he would understand me :(

[nevertochange-evertoshare]

Falsettos Tour Things

- So first, I was lucky enough to grab one of the $20 “lottery” tickets that weren’t actually lotteried off but I digress. Anyway, the seating map showed them for the second row but they took out the first row for this show so I had the front row center seat and I never want to see a show another way. God bless Arkansas and happy birthday to me

- Nick Blaemire spits so much. Just so much.

- Eden messed up the words during ‘I’m Breaking Down’ but honestly it just made it more convincing. And her rendition was so good, the audience would’ve given a standing ovation there if we could have. Nick Adams was laughing off to the side onstage which I loved a lot too. I love when actors break a little.

- Eden’s Trina was a lot softer to Mendel in the first act. I love Stephanie J Block’s Trina so much but I always thought her relationship with Mendel felt kind of forced because she seemed kind of cold toward him, especially during “A Marriage Proposal.” To me, it felt a lot warmer and more loving in this version.

- I saw Jim Kaplan as Jason and he was so cute. It seemed like maybe he was nervous but I might have just been reading too into things. His Jason was really nuanced too! There were a lot of scenes that he played differently emotionally from Anthony’s Jason and it made it really interesting and it opened up different emotions I hadn’t read in the scene before.

- Overall there just seemed to be a lot more emotion put into it. Not that there wasn’t already so much emotion in the revival version. I don’t really know how to explain it. It sure does hurt a lot.

- Specifically, “I Never Wanted To Love You” had so much more going on. Jason’s lip kept wobbling and he looked legitimately distressed at having just seen his father slap his mother. Whizzer was much more heartbroken and heartbreaking. It was really well done.

- When Nick B. jumped off I think the table during “Jason’s Therapy” he got so much air and it looked so badass. But also like dear god I was afraid he was going to break his ankle.

- The racquetball costumes had a very, very noticeable difference. It definitely wasn’t something I noticed the first time I watched the revival but you can tell when you’re looking for it. Nick’s second racquetball costume was like 3-4 sizes too big and falling off his shoulders all the time and immediately you could sense something wasn’t right.

- Max could not spin his racquetball racquet during “A Day in Falsettoland” and it was hilarious and adorable.

- There were a lot of moments that hit really hard in the revival that I wish would have hit harder here. At the end of “This Had Better Come To A Stop” when Marvin’s thrown to the ground, there wasn’t a nice defined hit like the Broadway version. There were a couple points in Act I like that where I wish things would’ve been sharper. I don’t know if that makes sense but they’re little things I guess that stick out to me as a theatre technician, haha.

- Nick A. almost dropped his bit of the “roof” during “Falsettoland” and you could see the fear in his eyes.

- When Mendel comes out for “Falsettoland,” he has two flashlights instead of whatever he had in the Broadway version. It always makes me think of plane landing gear. Anyway, he shines them into the audience in a similar fashion to how he points in the Broadway version but they’re really strong and hella light up the audience and it’s a great time.

- At the end of “The Games I Play,” there was a split second where the song ended and the audience hadn’t started clapping and Nick’s belt rang through the theater and it was absolutely gorgeous.

- The curtains. There weren't many additions or changes from the Broadway version but those curtains were phenomenal. If you don’t want the one major change spoiled, look away now. When Trina sings “Holding to the Ground,” three floor to ceiling white curtains fall and hang to frame the three sides of the stage. I think at least the back one was there during the Broadway version but I don’t believe the sides were. Anyway, if they were it’s much more noticeable on a smaller stage. The curtains hang there throughout the second half of Act II and then they fall when Whizzer dies and are dragged offstage. It’s just so beautiful and powerful and I absolutely adored it.

- I think that’s all I have for now, I’m sure I have other stuff so I might add on later. Sorry it’s not in any order, I just wrote things as I thought of them. I hope this doesn’t come across as ripping on anyone or either of the casts because they’re honestly both so incredible. I’m so, so grateful to have been able to see this touring production and it was so incredibly well done. I wish them the best and hope you all can see it as well.