I know some people on other threads were speculating that Bierko just didn't know the part yet and was "hurt," like Mya or Jeffrey Tambor. However, Tambor and Mya never had to do Olympic stunts in a show as well as sing and dance, so I'm more than willing to believe Bierko might have actually hurt himself.
I'm looking forward to see Jill Paice. I thought Lauren Ward was delivering an incredibly heart-breaking and profound performance as Miss Honey, all while maintaining the subtlety of her character. Her last show left quite an impression on me.
I'm going to let Paice and Bierko settle into the show before I see it.
not alwys the world's best Authority, but ibdb has Hoch listed as Trunchbill. So I'm guessing he's the temporary replacement. Didn't he replace Tambor in La Cage until Sieber came in too?
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
Hoch will most likely be on next week and Bierko will start the following week. He threw out his back during rehearsals.
I lost lotto on Tuesday evening, but $42 tickets were offered to the "non-winners." I ended up sitting in the rear orchestra.
I was really impressed with Hoch's performance. He plays it much more masculine than Bertie did, but he's come up with a lot of his own bits and moments that the whole cast adjusted to and worked with.
I wasn't entirely thrilled with Jill Paice's performance. I thought she was serviceable, really. Her acting ranged from sincere and sweet to a little bit too character and comedic. I think Lauren struck a good balance between being sincere, heartbreaking, and a little offbeat. Paice is still finding her footing I think, but I'm sure she'll get there. Her voice didn't impress me very much, I feel like I had to wait until "My House" to actually get to hear her sing. Where Lauren had a really powerful belt and a very strong head voice, I think Jill has a pretty weak--at times almost inaudible--head voice and a decent belt.
Either way, I think she's a decent enough replacement for Lauren, and it's a shame that Hoch won't be playing the role full time. I think Bierko now has not just one pair of shoes to fill, but two.
They call all the names for lotto and then I guess if they have an excess of tickets left, they have the "non-winners" line up and they're lead into the box office to buy the $42 tickets.
Anyone can actually buy the $42 tickets. You can buy them online or at the box office any time. I did twice already (but had to give the second one away to a friend since I couldn't make the show.) But I sat there for the first preview and I was pleased with the seat for only paying $37 (if you buy it in person you should be able to skip the extra fees.) Definitely worth looking into!
BTW- has any pictures surfaced yet of Jill in her Miss Honey costume? I haven't found any, but I'm anxious to see her in costume! Thanks! :p Updated On: 9/7/13 at 03:16 AM
Jill Paice was fantastic tonight in the show. She really knocked it out of the park, vocally and emotionally. Loved her. Chris was a good Trunch, but very masculine. It was 100% obvious he was a man playing a woman, where with Bertie, no one could really tell. But MEGA kudos to Chris for going on this week and doing a great job in the role! Bailey was also on tonight - HOLY crap that girls got it. Sensational as Matilda.
I know some people on other threads were speculating that Bierko just didn't know the part yet and was "hurt," like Mya or Jeffrey Tambor. However, Tambor and Mya never had to do Olympic stunts in a show as well as sing and dance, so I'm more than willing to believe Bierko might have actually hurt himself.
Bierko is also a trained musical theatre performer with tons of experience, which neither Mya nor Tambor (though an actor who'd done theatre previously) was. But casting dispersions is much more interesting than the simple fact that he hurt himself and needs some time to recover.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body