Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Meet the cast of ‘The Book of Mormon’
KDVR.com: In a matter of hours, the hit musical “The Book of Mormon” sold out it’s Denver performance, the first stop on it’s national tour. The cast is amazed and humbled by the fan support. Grey Henson plays the part of Elder McKinley. He told Fox 31 Denver, “The show is really driven by the audience and the fans and the responses. To have that conversation with the audiences is something we’re really excited for.”
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GREY!!!!!!!!! REPRESENT. I am constantly in awe of the freakishly amazingly talented people that inhabit the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Lets be honest, I have nothing more to say about this article except that I'm so grateful to have worked with Grey last year because I now know that he is so deserving of all he's earned. Making us proud Grey.
What was really great about this article and interview was how comfortable and "at home" Grey felt after joining the new cast. I think that those feelings are something that we all hope to find from job to job. Grey is incredibly lucky to find that kind of job and talented to boot.
Over the summer, he came into the costume shop where I was interning and that really caught me off guard. I hadn't been working very long and he was among the first actors to come through for a fitting. The entire fitting was incredibly cool because there was CMU student meeting a professional tailor. This tailor had 3 or 4 workers who worked on his costume and so much went into that costume at an incredible speed. One look took this team about a day- day and a half to be ready for a fitting sometimes it goes even faster but a lot of jobs are done at the same time. While that is happening, there is so much that one can learn from just observing and you realize that the stress and work is worth it for the end result.
In addition to watching the process, I was able to see Grey in the professional world being truly happy and excited.
Insta-smile, just watching this!! I never really got to know Grey but always saw him around campus, in Sweeney, and in the confines of the Purnell area. Watching this segment just makes me re-evalute who I see walking past me, standing infront of me getting a morning cup of coffee/ who is working next to me in the cluster. It's so amazing that I am surrounded by so many passionate people who have big dreams, most of whom are working their hardest to make it happen. It's great to see a face that is familiar to all of us, on the other side of the screen. All I can say is Congrats to Grey- I am so proud and happy for him an his success!!
I love to hear about what the alumni of the school of drama are up to. It is so fun to remember how you worked with them on some show and now they are excelling in the real world. It is interesting to think about what the people around you might do once they leave Carnegie Mellon. I also loved how the cast of the touring show are able to put their own twist on the show because every group of people is a little bit different and every group has something new and fantastic to offer.
Seeing Grey in this is absolutely wonderful, especially with Corey's recent news about the Newsies. Its good to know that our industry is thriving, and that there is hope for the soon to be stars. What is most interesting to me about this video is the difference between the tour and broadway versions. Not the per diem that Gavin talked about, but the originality because of the cast. Its nice to think that the tour will be different because of a new cast, not just because it is a tour. Its the cast that really changes, not a moving show.
It makes me ecstatic to hear about our alumni getting major hit roles right after leaving Carnegie! I know that Grey worked hard to be able to fly back and forth during school last year and be at auditions his agent set up! He totally deserves everything he got! I will definitely remember this my senior year when I start thinking about having to get a job soon:/
I also got the opportunity to see the show this summer when I went to New York, that is after waiting in line 6 times for the raffle and getting tickets 20 minutes to the show! Tickets for this show are in such high demand that the only ones left for the show while I was in town were $400+, if there were any at all!
This article for me is not only inspiring, but also says something about the talent of the people we not only get to work with, but learn with.
It's evident not only from Grey's success but the success of many others that we receive a quality education here at Carnegie.
This is something that I'm not only proud of, but I'm motivated to work harder.
I also am excited that the cast was able to make the show their own.
I feel that being able to take something so widely successful and have the innovation to bring a fresh and unique interpretation is not only creative but necessary for our craft to grow.
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