Anastasia round 2 has me just as emo if not more emo than round 1!! Christy was incredible and incredibly sweet as always, and John crushed it and has added a few more jokes since last time! I was surprised by how much I liked Cody! His voice is lovely and he acted the part very well! His accent slipped a few times but nothing too distracting.
Vicki is HYSTERICAL. I love her. What a woman 😅 Tally sang Stay I Pray You very differently from Constantine but it was still absolutely gorgeous.
And Constantine. Let me talk about CONSTANTINE. I’m fully and completely obsessed. He’s probably my new favorite Gleb. His voice is unmatched and he gave a really raw and emotional performance and gave me some solid full body chills.
Allison, Kyle and James crushed it in the Ballet scene, as always, and they blew the socks off my 3 friends who came with me (who are all dancers.)
John, Delilah and Christy were the only ones who stagedoored but that was fine because we had a train to catch 😂 John was so sweet, he was kinda rushing through the line (understandable, it was a Saturday matinee and he’s probably exhausted.) I’m so glad I finally got to meet Delilah, she’s such a sweet and charismatic kid! (And just freakin adorable!!!)
Last but certainly not least, Christy was Christy! Sang Journey to the Past with someone, sang happy birthday to someone else, took a million selfies with us (i stg my camera roll is suddenly half Christy Altomare and I’m not mad about it!) and pulled some great faces, had had a nice little chat with everyone despite the fact that the poor security guy just wanted her to keep moving haha! I also got to see Amy and Lyrica!! Amy came out to the stage door because her friend was there to see the show and Lyrica was going in the stage door because she came for a visit!
Overall I was really happy with my experience! There was a large group of people who came in during in my dreams and sat in front of us, then sat on their phones the whole time which pissed me off but I just kinda ignored them 😂 I wish people could use some common sense and common courtesy but whatever! I was grinning like and idiot for half the show and sobbing the other half. I had full body chills the whole time and I don’t think I’ll ever forget this experience.
[Pictured: The cast onstage after bows, Janet Dickenson exiting stage right, wig and wig cap in hand. Direct result of John Bolton offering up a date with Janet as the grand prize for a $1000 donation to BCEFA.]
-sidenote: I love this cast.