Oh what a beautiful Wednesday....
Last night in the pit of La Cage during the curtain call, I looked up on the stage as the cast was singing "The Best of Times" and I realized that over half the cast wasn't even alive when the show was on Broadway, and unless they read up on the show (which I'm sure most don't) they have no clue of the impact of the show at the time. Not to mention the importance of the song "The Best of Times". As far as I can tell, they were singing what they were told to sing. There wasn't any sort of excitement or joy in their lyrics.
Unfortunately, this is what's happening to this generation of actors that do musicals. Having grown up with Rent, Wicked, Next To Normal, etc etc... the excitement of a musical COMEDY is lost on this generation. I find this very sad. I still get excited by the La Cage score and ALL of the scores by Jerry Herman.
And that's what I have to say.