All 3 "tenors" are not only veterans of Broadway, but also veterans of Daytime Soap Operas as well. I will now call the three "tenors" by the color of the shirt they each came out wearing: Brent= pink;
Brian= yellow;
Blue was by far my favorite, although he did look a little like a short younger version of Tim Curry.
He had the best voice, the best presence, and did an awesome Billy Flynn. But I was kinda upset when he wasn't out there for Lily's Eyes or Music of the Night...
Instead, we were stuck with Yellow, who I think may be Nick Lachey's real dad.
During Lily's Eyes I was ready to hear a different type of voice for Archibald's portion (which was originally sung by Mandy Patinkin aka Inigo Montoya). Mandy Patinkin has such a unique voice and such a unique delivery, that I do not expect someone to try and imitate it while singing this song-- I expect someone to do their own version but stay true to the music- however, yellow tried really hard to be Mandy- but I think I would have pointed him out to Inigo as the 6 fingered man and let him do away with him. It was just painful. If I would have had a tomato in my hand, I would have thrown it at yellow during Music of the Night- I was that upset at how he was singing it--- he was straining to reach the high notes and there was no depth to his voice when singing the high notes--although I guess I am in the minority because everyone else (including my mother-in-law and the couple we were sitting next to) thought that performance was the best one of the night. Seriously, I was ready to shout, "Really? Seriously? If you're going to try and imitate Michael Crawford, you should at least come close to his range and put a mask over your face, cuz your facial antics are KILLING ME!"
Pink was not really a good or bad for me- he was average- I think his rendition of Neville's portion of Lily's Eyes was fine, but I was having a hard time getting past his structured cheekbones- I couldn't tell if he had recently botoxed, had cheekbone implants, or was just in the early stages of meth use.
Oh, and did I mention that he received accolades for being a great BARITONE??? Hello! I thought this was the Broadway Tenors, not 2 Tenors and a Baritone (and you should now be singing "two turntables and a microphone" in your head).
Overall, it was a nice night- good music by the orchestra- they were fab- especially in the West Side Story Medley- but I ended up leaving slightly disappointed. Maybe next time they'll make sure they get all tenors and maybe have one of them sing "Close Every Door," From Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
