Slvrthoughts and Musings

No, that isn't my boyfriend. He is, however, a friend, and a cast member of that uber-fun and uber-exciting musical production called Zsazsa Zaturnnah Ze Muzikal. In this installment of the show the main cast was composed of:

K Brosas as Zsazsa Zaturnnah
Kalila Aguilos as Queen Femina Suarestellar Baroux
Tuxqs Rutaquio as Ada
Arnold Reyes as Dodong
Nar Cabico as Didi

My Personal Assessment of the actors
If you've never seen Eula perform the role, you will be content with K Brosas. She gives a different flavor to the role (definitely!) and has an interesting delivery certain scenes. Maybe because this is her first time to play the role, but often I felt that she would lose momentum or power on some of her lines or would anticipate the next thing that will happen so she ends up looking in that direction before it happens.

K is taller than Tuxqs and has a more masculine voice, so, in effect, although she has the female body in the persona, she actually became more masculine, hehehe. I really enjoyed the portion where ZZZ does this sexy dance --- in Eula's version she does a pole dancer routine. In K's version she becomes a macho dancer --- which actually made more sense! I mean, between a gay bar and a regular strip joint, which one would Ada most likely have seen dancing --- a man or a woman, right?

K still falters but I think that with repetition she will finally get the role down pat. Not to worry, she still has 10 more shows to do, so she is getting all the practice she needs.

Kalila, Kalila, Kalila ... stellar as always! You have a voice that belies your size, hehehe. Love the accents you adopted for this run. And your french was fluid.

Tuxqs was lovely as always! He has this role down to a tee I bet he does it in his sleep! The new blockings and scenes were hilarious! I loved the scene where he threw clothes at Didi and told him to get out. It was so ... afternoon soap opera-ish! hehehe. More challenging dance sequences, too!

Arnold, m'boy, you've been working out more! Those cuts, those bulging muscles ... someone's been paying attention to what the girls and gays like! hehehe. I hear that nowadays you are more ripped than Lauren. I didn't think that was possible but I guess Lauren must have been told not to pump too much 'cause, King Kong that he is, he is already big enough even without the Bodyshot Noodles. Great acting and your singing is much improved. Hurrah! As for the kiss ... more, more, more!

Nar was a breath of fresh air. I've seen him before in the cast and he seems to be a quiet and shy guy --- and now I see him as Didi. *shocker!* He had big shoes to fill! First Ricci Chan's, then Joey Paras', and guess what? The shoes fit! Maybe because Nar is younger he transformed Didi into a more acrobatic and super "kitikiti" character than he was originally portrayed. He also got the comicbook poses right.

Singing ... he doesn't have the range of Ricci, or the licks of Joey, but he definitely owned the role. He brought in some Ricci flavor, and some Joey flavor, plus bucketsful of Nar flavor. He was able to inject quite a few interesting curls and licks of his own.

All in all, it was fun and definitely a show worth repeating, and repeating, and repeating.

Warning! There is one cast member I actually did NOT like. I don't know his name but every time he comes out on stage I make a special effort to look somewhere else because he rubs me the wrong way. You'll spot him easily enough. He's chubby, wears glasses, has tinted hair, and acts like he's on speed. We all know that acting on stage and on film is different. On stage you have to overact so that the audience in the nosebleed section could still see the emotion you are trying to portray. This guy, though, seems to have taken it to heart, and OVERACTS even more than the most overacting cast member ... and THAT, folks, says a LOT!