Notes on Noah Mullins Balladeer
(Plus a couple of extras on the show in general)
For the Pilgrimās Trail David is standing on top of the bonfire and the backdrop is all fiery itās SO cool.
Thereās also some movement now which you see in the rehearsal footage.
Noah does less riffs at the end but they opt up? Extensively? Every time I thought they were done nope another one full rock falsetto at the end my soul ascended my body give me an audio now.
Lights flash off after David grabs Harold and when they come back on heās vanished and Harold is just holding the scarf and itās still messing with my head because where did they go? It was like a one second blackout
The Balladeer now dances a lot. Like all the time. Constantly. Triple pirouette???? In docs????
More choreography in the opening number also no guitar during Song for the Countryside and much more dance
At one point the Balladeer swings off the side of the stage. He also justā¦crouches on things a lot. Heās very feline.
A moment for the larger flower crown oh the whimsy is through the roof
āI just need to not be thisā omggggggggg
Harold and Davidās argument now ends with: āNever try to hit me again i swear to godā āI was trying to hug you dadāā¦yeah
Multiple Davids in One Foot in Front of Another so itās like heās appearing and disappearing very cool. He now has his hood up so the other ensemble members can play him so he can vanish when the lights go down and then reappear on the other side of the stage so itās like Harold is surrounded by these ghosts it was very cool.
In the graduation scene David tries to get Harold to dance with him. He also says āthe rest of my life starts todayā and instead of āof course Iām drunkā he says āeveryoneās drunkā.
I would say David seems not quite ok in that scene but then deteriorates whereas previously he was very obviously not ok even at that point.
Noahās David (separate from the Balladeer) is more subdued (idk if thatās the right word) than Jackās. Davidās still very angry but especially in the final scene with Harold he comes across as someone depressed and struggling but maybe not someone in immediate danger. Noah is quite still where Jack was like pacing and twitchy. I feel like Jackās David was very clearly having a complete nervous breakdown which made it hard for me to understand how Harold hadnāt realised how bad things were. And with Noahās portrayal that made more sense like maybe David is often acting like this so Harold doesnāt realise itās any different this time. Idk tho I absolutely love both versions.
Noahās David feels like heās still thinking clearly whereas Jackās seemed like heād lost his grip on reality a bit.
Backdrop is large and now used to project scenes.
Some larger set pieces added at moments but mostly the same staging as Chichester as far as I can remember.
Main staging change is just the Balladeerās now quite extensive choreo. Noah is a fantastic dancer my goodness I only know them as Orpheus didnāt know they could do that.
The farmerās wifeās song is now different. I think I preferred the first one.
A few dialogue additions to scenes but other than that I think the lyrics were mostly the same. Silver-haired gentleman was definitely different lyrics tho or it might just have been shorter.
I would say the transition between the Balladeer and David is much more visible in this version.
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