We saw Ashley Brown and Josh Strickland for the Disney on Broadway Concert series. Everyone HAS to see these two amazing performers.
We had seen Ashley Brown on Broadway as Mary Poppins and were unfamiliar with Josh Strickland, who has and is currently performing as Tarzan on Broadway and other places.
Be advised that each show has the same songs, so you don't need to see all three daily shows to see a complete performance. The later shows are less crowded but I doubt anyone who arrived even as soon as 10 minutes before showtimes couldn't find a seat.
On Saturday we saw the 5:30 show and lined up about 5 and had great seats. They load the theater from the stand by side from stage left so if you keep moving towards stage right there are tons of openings. The number of people who buy the dinner package is far, far less than the Candlelight program so many great seats are available to stand by guests.
We loved the 5:30 show, which we saw stand by, and then were totally blown away at the 6:45 show where we had early seating and we were third row right by the tiny portion of the stage the juts out into the theater.
This two bring it, and I mean they really bring it. Not only can Ashley still do Mary Poppins with style, but she can do Ariel, Belle and a couple of others too. Josh stunned the audience with his solos from Tarzan and Newsies of all things. I've not seen either, but his voice and the emotions he puts into his songs was amazing. He did Sante Fe from Newsies about 6 feet from where I sitting and I could see the emotion in his face and in his movements as he powered through this emotional song.
Now I regret not seeing the others shows from previous weeks, which, if this is offered next year, we will certainly do.
If you want to know the list of songs, SPOILER ALERT, I'll put them below:
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Beauty and the Beast (Ashley and Josh)
Part of your World (Ashley - just beautiful)
Something from Tarzan, not sure which one, but it was beautiful (Josh)
Mary Poppins Medley (Spoonful of Sugar, Jolly Holiday, Chim Chim Cher-Ee, Fly a Kit) - Both
Sante Fe - Josh, brought the house down, truly amazing.
Supercalifrag etc. Both, but she was amazing! They did the full version of the song, including the tougher parts. Like she never left, really.
Then they did one more as a "surprise" It was, of course, Let It Go from Frozen and both Josh and Ashley just belted it out, live. How they bounced the lines of the song off each other was perfectly timed. Ashley, though, was given the more Elsa parts of the song.
We had seen Ashley Brown on Broadway as Mary Poppins and were unfamiliar with Josh Strickland, who has and is currently performing as Tarzan on Broadway and other places.
Be advised that each show has the same songs, so you don't need to see all three daily shows to see a complete performance. The later shows are less crowded but I doubt anyone who arrived even as soon as 10 minutes before showtimes couldn't find a seat.
On Saturday we saw the 5:30 show and lined up about 5 and had great seats. They load the theater from the stand by side from stage left so if you keep moving towards stage right there are tons of openings. The number of people who buy the dinner package is far, far less than the Candlelight program so many great seats are available to stand by guests.
We loved the 5:30 show, which we saw stand by, and then were totally blown away at the 6:45 show where we had early seating and we were third row right by the tiny portion of the stage the juts out into the theater.
This two bring it, and I mean they really bring it. Not only can Ashley still do Mary Poppins with style, but she can do Ariel, Belle and a couple of others too. Josh stunned the audience with his solos from Tarzan and Newsies of all things. I've not seen either, but his voice and the emotions he puts into his songs was amazing. He did Sante Fe from Newsies about 6 feet from where I sitting and I could see the emotion in his face and in his movements as he powered through this emotional song.
Now I regret not seeing the others shows from previous weeks, which, if this is offered next year, we will certainly do.
If you want to know the list of songs, SPOILER ALERT, I'll put them below:
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Beauty and the Beast (Ashley and Josh)
Part of your World (Ashley - just beautiful)
Something from Tarzan, not sure which one, but it was beautiful (Josh)
Mary Poppins Medley (Spoonful of Sugar, Jolly Holiday, Chim Chim Cher-Ee, Fly a Kit) - Both
Sante Fe - Josh, brought the house down, truly amazing.
Supercalifrag etc. Both, but she was amazing! They did the full version of the song, including the tougher parts. Like she never left, really.
Then they did one more as a "surprise" It was, of course, Let It Go from Frozen and both Josh and Ashley just belted it out, live. How they bounced the lines of the song off each other was perfectly timed. Ashley, though, was given the more Elsa parts of the song.
