Rediscovering Photoshop, attempt #1

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Will Swenson: I dare you to say he's not pretty enough, now. Haters to the back, please. ^_^	OK, really this is a picture of Gavin Creel and Allison Case, not 100% sure where they are, but they're dressed as Claude and Crissy and the picture is just too damned adorable. ^_^	And there are not enough Bryce-as-Woof icons out there. I needed another one.

Comment/credit if you take, yada yada.

(Oh, why do I even bother? :-P)

Really... I should not be allowed to play with Photoshop. I think I'm done for now. O_o;;;

Comments

[miss-warina.livejournal.com]

I saved the icons, do you mind? =P

I'm not a Will hater...I LOVE him, but I don't think he's pretty... =/
He has an interesting 'it' about him, I think he is interesting to look at, but I don't necessarily think he's pretty >.<

Gavin and Allison!! I LOVE those two 8D
I'm not fond of Gavin's Claude, but I love that pretty boy ♥

[rchan.livejournal.com]

Not at all! ^_^ Just credit if you actually use them. ^_______^

Oh, my... Well, we can agree to disagree on both counts. ^_^ Re: Will's prettiness: To each their own. There are plenty of guys my friends find attractive that I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole, so I can handle a little difference of opinion between friends. ;)

I will strongly disagree about Gavin's Claude, though -- he will forever and always be my favorite. (Paris is definitely climbing up there in the rankings lately, though.) ^_^ But, again, to each their own. You're entitled to your opinion just as much as I am. ;)

And Gavin is just the most awesome, period. ^_^

[miss-warina.livejournal.com]

I love Will, but he's just not my type. I preffer Gavin really =P

And about Gavin's Claude, well I never watched live with the original cast, so my opinion is totally open to change. But from what I saw I thought he was too gay... I don't know... I just didn't like that much... I mean, yeahhh, he loves Berger and all of that, but he doesn't need to act gay 24/7 just because of that.

I don't even know if he does act like this in the entire musical, I never watched it, so... like I said I'm very open with that opinion. Maybe someone can try to convince me otherwise, and suddenly I'll realize what a genius performance he delivered! ;D

I'm not saying that it was bad, it didn't anoyed me at all, but I think he could have turned down the volume a little bit. Or maybe if I had saw it live I'd think differently, since I tend to like things more if I see them live. I don't know... but his interpretation just didn't clicked with me. I LOVE him, but... it just didn't appeal me. You know what I mean?

And yes, Gavin is a synonim of awesomeness 8D

[rchan.livejournal.com]

*laughs* You know... it's actually kind of funny, but Gavin was one of the straightest Claudes we had. ;) He, Will and Caissie made the most balanced central triangle out of all the ones I've seen. You could clearly see the relationship between Claude and Berger, Claude and Sheila and Berger and Sheila. No one of them was left out of the mix. Not all Hair triangles have been so well balanced. As much as I adoreadoreadore them for it (because as far as I'm concerned, the more Berger/Claude the better ^_~), when I watch Paris, Steel and Caryn, half the time I'm going, "Sheila? Who the hell is Sheila? Is there a Sheila?"

Now that I think of it, actually... Gavin really didn't play Claude particularly gay, at all. He played a pretty good balance between the two relationships and his Claude didn't come across as "gay," really, at all.

This is probably a case of needing to actually see the performance. Too bad I can't arrange that. :( *sadface*

[miss-warina.livejournal.com]

"Sheila? Who the hell is Sheila? Is there a Sheila?" >>>> XD
I think that too in here. Sheila is one of the few female lead characters that don't annoy me. This is a miracle, because I tend to not like characters with Sheila's kind of personality. I was very surprised when I watch the videos from the revival, I LOVED Caissie. I wish our Sheila was like her. Carol Puntel (the actress that plays Sheila in here) is just plain awful. Sheila is a character way too big for her. Carol doesn't sing in tune most of the time, she has an annoying voice, her acting is very flat... Yeah... she was a BIG disappointment. She doesn't connect with the actors who play Claude and Berger. And those two adorable guys are SOOOOOOOOOOOO connected with each other XD
So yeah... I always think: Who the hell is Sheila! heheh

And comming back to the Gavin topic... I still don't know... he looked gay to me >.<
But I think you are absolutely right, it's a case of needing to actually see him in action. Unfortunately... distance was a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig issue! XD

Another actor I have a problem, is Kacie! XD
I mean, it's not really a problem, I just don't see Jeanie, because she reminds Lisa Kudrow SOOOOO MUCH! I'm looking at her and all I can see is Pheobe! hahahahaha
But I love her Jeanie. I don't have a problem, like I said. My problem is her looking so much like to Lisa Kudrow.
Maybe I'm tripping, but they're very alike to me ;D

[rchan.livejournal.com]

Honestly, Caissie's Sheila isn't my favorite, but Caissie herself is amazing. Let me clarify that... Caissie plays her too well. That holier-than-thou attitude, the everything-for-the-cause tendencies... it's all appropriate and in-character and it works on stage and it's brilliant and she was wonderful with Will and Gavin (like I said, most balanced threesome I've yet seen)... but it makes me far too aware that if I met Sheila on the street, I'd probably want to slap her. Not a Sheila fan. Which colored my opinion of Caissie a little, which is a shame, because she is awesome and did a wonderful job with the part.

Hmmm... yeah, I think you'd have to see him. Because, really, he didn't play off as especially gay. Maybe it's having other Claudes to compare him to. Kyle Riabko was so gay he was ridiculous -- like comical. Un. Cool. Paris (the only straight boy to play Claude in this whole run), doesn't play particularly gay, but... wait. No. He does. He and Steel are all over each other and their Sheila definitely gets left out of a lot. The one time I saw Jay A. Johnson even in bit as Claude was the Gypsy of the Year Competition and he was super-gay... but I think that was at least half because that was the plotline of the sketch they did, so I'm not sure how he was normally. And I never saw J. Groff or Christopher Hanke as Claude, but I've been told by one who did that both were awfully gay. ^_^ Gavin's the straightest Claude we've had. So... my perceptions may just be skewed by now. ;)

Re: Kacie:
I love her in that role so hard it should be illegal. *_* The person who replaced her when she was in London... *shudders* Honestly, Lisa Kudrow's not an actress that really ever comes up on my radar (never watched Friends), so I don't see the association much, but I can see how it would be distracting if you do.

[miss-warina.livejournal.com]

Ohhh... I am a Sheila fan XD
I still don't know how I can because I always end up hating characters like hers, but I love Sheila. I'd die to have a good actress here that played her, because the current one is sooooooo bad. It makes me want to go out of the theatre. I know I'm being to harsh on the Carol, but... she just don't do her job right =/

And sweetie I'd die to see Gavin in action. He's such a sweet and has a very beautiful voice ;D
Unfortunately... distance and lack of money were a big issue
=(

And about Kacie, I LOVE her Jeanie. I'm just saying that physically she looks like Lisa Kudrow to me. In my crazy demented mind they are like twins separated on birth. I always thought they were very alike! XD

This is our Jeanie (songs starts at 3 minutes) =)

[rchan.livejournal.com]

Re: Sheila:
We can agree to disagree on that one. ;D At least I've been fortunate that I've never had an actress play her that I flat-out disliked. Even though I don't care for the character, I can see how necessary she is to the plot and having a weak actress in that role would be detrimental to the whole performance.

Re: Kacie
I know! She is made of awesome! :D :D ^______^ And having now looked up pictures of Lisa Kudrow, I totally see where you're coming from on that one. They do look a lot alike. O_O;;;

And OMG, your Jeanie is so adorable! I have no idea what she's saying, but she's adorable. And I love her hair. ^_^ And I love the costumes! On the one hand, they're very similar to ours, but they're so different, too -- it's kind of neat. ^_^

[miss-warina.livejournal.com]

Sheila:
Yes... a good one is indispensable for the play. I'd love to see Carol's substitute, because the sub has an incredible voice 8D

Kacie:
I LOVE LOVE LOVE her! I love her weird voice, is so unique! See what I meant about Lisa and her? XD
That's why I can't look at her and think of Jeanie immediately!

Our Jeanie is soooooo good. That girl is sooooo talented! She's only one year older than me! She's 21 =P

Oh and since we were talking about Claudes, this is ours. It's a big interview so the parts where he appears on the play: 0-40; 1.20-2.58; 4-5.6 (Manchester England); 5.26-6:40 (Let the Sunshine In); 8:13-9:20 (Where do I Go)

[zoicite.livejournal.com]

These clips made me want to see this production a lot!

[zoicite.livejournal.com]

- random thread hijack -

I think Kyle Riabko is straight, so Paris is no longer the only straight dude who played Claude. I only saw Kyle on his first night, so I don't have much opinion on his performance. Except that in my head I do think of him as 'bitchy sarcastic Claude', so you know.

Jay didn't play Claude the same way that he did in that sketch. I loved Jay's Claude a lot.

Gavin definitely had the best chemistry with Sheila of the Claude's I've seen. I don't think Groff or Hanke (or Gavin or Paris or Jay or Kyle) come off as uber-gay though. I don't think you'd watch them and think they're never gonna end up with a girl in a million years. I think they all just came across as not so secretly in love with Berger (as they should).

[rchan.livejournal.com]

Hijack, away! You were the friend I was referring to who'd seen all of them, so... ^_~

Wow. Kyle's straight? I'd never have guessed it from his performance. O_O;;; (Sorry, Kyle!) But you're right, he was 'bitchy, sarcastic Claude' all the way. I think he was such a letdown after Gavin and Paris (who I'd seen understudy with the replacement cast before I ever saw Kyle), that I didn't notice much past how much I disliked his interpretation. :-P

Re: Jay
I figured as much, but it was all I'd seen of him. I'm still really sorry I never got to see him really play Claude. :( His Woof was kind of cute, though. ^_^

I think they all just came across as not so secretly in love with Berger (as they should).

Agreed. None of them came across as "gay," they just came across as loving Berger. Not the same thing at all. *nodnod* Honestly, ironically enough, Paris's Claude is the one who comes closest to acting "gay" just because he shows way more interest in Berger than Sheila -- which isn't to say he shows no interest in Sheila, it's just that it's a matter of degree -- but I still wouldn't say his mannerisms are particularly "gay."

(Was this at all coherent? *thud*)

[zoicite.livejournal.com]

I know Kyle was dating one of the girls (Steffi D) in the Spring Awakening cast when they are on tour (here, have video. They're cute together, but I believe they broke up. [*Note* video does not make him seem particularly straight, but they WERE dating]), which is what I'm inferring sexuality from, but other than that who knows.

[rchan.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* Just because he was dating a girl does not necessarily mean he's straight, but it does make for some pretty strong evidence. ;)