Laura Pick - Defying Gravity - 13/01/24Mat

2023-25 UK/Ireland Tour

[shelleyanne]

Laura Pick you were the best Elphaba for me 🎉❤

[renesmee]

This was the first version of the musical I saw and honestly she was absolutely amazing her voice is so beautiful at this point I think I was holding my breath but boy did she deliver!

[mitchell]

The horns have FINALLY made it into the UK 0:32 😭

[smokeandmirrors]

That's a ridiculous speed for the take off lines

[AirTravel]

this company was the same touring in Maniila in 2017, I noticed the flying portion was a bit fast and the clock numbers aren't flown out, this is likely an even scaled down version of the US 2NT.

[evancarlson]

I’m glad she’s lead because we can compare what she’s had to eliminate from her tour rendition because of the timing

[Scandisk]

958 people have said, but I’ll say it again. Can someone explain the thought process behind the speed? Laura sounds incredible, but what is this?

[shobslovesari]

This is literally the take off lines.. ITS MEE”

[robertmarsh]

Awesome. Just seen this twice in Bristol, once with Laura, once with Casey Al-Shaqsy. I preferred Laura's rendition though interestingly they went a little slower with Casey.
I don't get why there is just so much passion is about tempos, though I'm aware from my own musical related experience people tend to get used to a certain speed of performance. Interestingly, many orchestral compsers like Elgar often took performances of their own music quite fast...

[CountryCowboy]

Is she back?!?!?!? Last time I saw her was 2022 I think?

[ShaneMcFerran_]

Why does she smoosh all her words together? It makes it hard to understand

[mathshascalculus]

As much as I agree that the orchestra is going way too fast (I do like the speed for some parts but no ritardando for the „and nobody…“ part???), I LOVE the drummer and whatever they’re doing

[DanielJosephBaker]

Omg this is sped up way to much. The MD needs to take the orchestra lol

[shobslovesari]

Ik the speed is a important matter but can we talk about how for the whole song the effects are basically the same? The lights dont have any taste, its blue on the stage for literally the whole song, like the battle cry..

[veraelphie]

I'm gonna come out here and say it: the speed ruins Laura's acting. They're rushing her so much that she's having trouble staying in character. And normally, I LOVE Laura's interpretation. She still is doing a good job nonetheless, but she's literally defying the orchestra. Kind of like Idina's Tony's performance except it's worse and it's a whole production

[BOWYERD]

Gotta be honest, if it was my first time watching, I wouldn’t have a clue what half of those words were. It doesn’t even sound English at points. The vowel sounds are odd and she’s smashing too many words and syllables together.