As a play designed as a sung-thru musical (that is, a production in which songs entirely or almost entirely replace any spoken dialogue) most everything is conveyed by song. There are actually approximately twenty songs in Act 1 and seventeen in Act 2. Photography credit: Caitlin Stone-Collonge. Kyle Herrera (Marvin), Jen Wheatonfox (Trina), Russell Nakagawa (Jason), Brad Satterwhite (Whizzer), Angie Alvarez (Charlotte), Leah Kennedy (Cordelia), and Tyler Savin (Marvin). Both are superfluous, although Angie Alvarez, as Whizzer’s doctor, gets the chance to show off her lovely voice in several songs. Only theatregoers who are familiar with how Falsettos came to be a two-act play may accept the two characters who come in after intermission. But his slight body built makes him physically right to play a man who contracts AIDS and goes through the agonies of that disease. Photography credit: Caitlin Stone-Collonge.Īs Whizzer, Brad Satterwhite seems perfectly suited as Marvin’s lover, although it’s not really clear how he ends up becoming the one Jason confides in. Jen Wheatonfox (Trina), Russell Nakagawa (Jason) and Tyler Savin (Marvin). She ends up with Marvin’s psychiatrist Mendel (a bland Kyle Herrera) and mostly smiles for the remainder of the show. Instead, Wheatonfox seems to simply go with the flow, whatever it is. Most of the time Jen Wheatonfox (as Jason’s mother and Marvin’s wife Trina) doesn’t quite pull off the gravitas needed in this role. Savin possesses the best voice in the cast, which helps tremendously as Marvin is deeply conflicted and must convey that in many songs and duets. Tyler Savin is almost always believable as Marvin, Jason’s father, who loves his son but who has realized that he also loves a man, even when some of the things he does makes him difficult to like. (L-R): Russell Nakagawa (Jason), Brad Satterwhite (Whizzer) and Tyler Savin (Marvin). Nakagawa’s clear, clean voice is fine, but it’s his earnest, complex acting that is a wonder to see in someone so young. Key among them is young Russell Nakagawa, as Jason, who “ages” from 10 to 13 by play’s end. There are numerous other issues with this production, but the core cast of actors makes it marginally enjoyable. Why would anyone want to see the back side of a singer? For some parts of Falsettos a performer is singing only to those on the north side, while for other songs, most of the song gets sung to people on the south side. Director Janie Scott apparently decided to have three rows of seats on the north and two on the south.īad choice.
The unique shape of The Pear means that viewers sometimes all sit on the north side of the building, sometimes all on the south side and sometimes on three sides.
That’s a good thing, except that for some of the songs, the musicians played so loud so that singers’ voices could not be heard. First, there’s a four-piece band, led by conductor Val Zvinyatskovsky, playing in a tiny second-story balcony. Cole, Eminem, KYGO, Michael Bublé, PJ Morton, and others! Learn more about Kelsee Vandervall at her personal site strange musical production with an equally strange history is currently on stage at The Pear Theatre in Mountain View.įalsettos is an impressive undertaking for a small theatre which seldom offers musicals in its season. Kelsee’s career has also taken her across the country to record and perform with artists including Lizzo, J. She can be seen performing in local musical theater productions and recording for artists such as John Legend and Kirk Franklin. Kelsee enjoys playing all styles of music! Outside of R4, Kelsee is a Chicago based freelancer, teacher and arranger. Awarded a fellowship for her 2 years, Kelsee had the opportunity to train with world-renown faculty and artists such as the Calidore and Takács string quartet. Kelsee went on to receive a dual Master’s of Music Degree in Cello Performance and Chamber Music at the University of Michigan in 2018, under the instruction of Anthony Elliott (now Cello Professor Emeritus). It was there that she began to arrange music for strings. There, she spent 4 years studying with Jill Kaeding and studied songwriting, music business and management. Kelsee attended Columbia College Chicago, earning a Bachelor’s of Music Degree in Performance with a concentration in Contemporary, Urban and Popular Music. Newly appointed music director of R4 as of September 2020, Kelsee Vandervall is a versatile cellist who seeks to further explore ragtime’s roots and how it has shaped the popular music of today.
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