Emily Rice ('10), Ashley Flanagan ('10), Jeff Ostermueller ('09) & Chris Wood ('10) singing "But I Do" from I LOVE YOU BECAUSE by Ryan Cunningham & Joshua Salzman during the 16th annual Grand Night for Singing revue.
You cant judge their acting seeing as their faces are blurry. i think they did AMAZING! plus Elon is one of the most reputable musical theatre programs in the nation.
Jeff first phrase, the way the actor choose to express it, came off very gay to me, which is obviously not right for the character. The guy playing Austin, I got the sense that the actor was very uncomfortable being rooted to one spot and he wasn't sure what to do with himself so he tried to "move" with his arms, which didn't work for me. It's okay for a character to be uncomfortable but when an actor is uncomfortable, you can't hide it.
Y'all sound great, but the composer wrote notes and rhythms for a reason. There's a lot of what was sung that isn't faithful to what's on the page. The composer is a smart guy. He meant to write what he did- trust in him. You can act without re-writing Salzman and Cunningham's music.
Wish the chord for the word new at the end of the song was taken back a lot volume wise. It's got all four notes a whole step a part from D to G sharp and doesn't need much at all for it to ring out beautifully.
You cant judge their acting seeing as their faces are blurry. i think they did AMAZING! plus Elon is one of the most reputable musical theatre programs in the nation.
ViveLeFrance98 1 year ago
apart from playing with the melody, which didn't help the performance, the vocals are very good! especially the 4 part hamornies! Well done!
longmaas2 1 year ago
brilliant.....it might help if they were staggered a bit, instead of just a straight line...brilliant nonetheless
TRwalnut 1 year ago
@gsahero08
Care to elaborate on that?
minstrel1184 1 year ago
@minstrel1184 hah you're an idiot...
gsahero08 1 year ago
Jeff first phrase, the way the actor choose to express it, came off very gay to me, which is obviously not right for the character. The guy playing Austin, I got the sense that the actor was very uncomfortable being rooted to one spot and he wasn't sure what to do with himself so he tried to "move" with his arms, which didn't work for me. It's okay for a character to be uncomfortable but when an actor is uncomfortable, you can't hide it.
minstrel1184 1 year ago
Y'all sound great, but the composer wrote notes and rhythms for a reason. There's a lot of what was sung that isn't faithful to what's on the page. The composer is a smart guy. He meant to write what he did- trust in him. You can act without re-writing Salzman and Cunningham's music.
beci316 2 years ago
singing is mostly lovely, but guys...
acting is more than just moving your arms around.
LaurenS419 2 years ago
Wish the chord for the word new at the end of the song was taken back a lot volume wise. It's got all four notes a whole step a part from D to G sharp and doesn't need much at all for it to ring out beautifully.
Other than that, loved each singers voice
jefefenoglio 2 years ago
emily is fantastic!!!!
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2imagina2 2 years ago