If jumping around and delivering killer vocals as the high-energy Anne Boleyn isn’t proof that Courtney Bowman is ready for the role of Clarisse, I don’t know what is.
The song features pretty impressive vocals from Clarisse while she fights off multiple opponents. Clarisse gets her big solo song during a game of capture the flag, which in the world of Percy Jackson is played with swords and god powers. Boleyn is feisty and sassy, and despite being a lot less upbeat, feisty is Clarisse’s M.O. Dodds, and Katie Gardner – Courtney BowmanĬourtney Bowman is probably best-known for playing Anne Boleyn in the West End production of Six. Someone who can convincingly play both can certainly tackle playing multiple characters in a show.Ĭlarisse, Mrs. Alyssa Greene is a smitten high school girl facing coming out to her conservative mother, while Anita is the fiery girlfriend of a gang leader. Two characters require such different portrayals. Debose’s roles of Alyssa Greene in Netflix’s adaptation of The Prom and Anita in the upcoming West Side Story remake reassure me that she can play all of the characters this role requires. It marks the musical’s brief segue into disco, and Debose’s role as Disco Donna in Summer: the Donna Summer Musical does nothing if not prove that she’s made for singing disco. Sally Jackson, Silena, Charon, and Oracle – Ariana DeboseĪriana Debose struck me as an obvious choice for this part, mostly because of Charon’s solo ‘D.O.A.’. I also think it goes without saying that he has a great voice. He plays heartthrob Phoenix in the Broadway production of Jagged Little Pill, where he charms his way into a relationship in one song: Alanis Morissette’s ‘Ironic’.
Luke needs to be charismatic enough for everyone to like him because that’s essentially how he gets away with tricking his friends into becoming a part of his villainous plans. Now, for anyone who doesn’t want to know any spoilers for the plot of this show, I advise you to skip to the next casting! Antonio Cipriano feels like the right choice to play the villains of this show, especially Luke who ends up betraying his friends. Plus, he has a beautiful rock-style belt that reminds me of Roger from Rent. He manages to tap into the sarcastic humour of a sassy 12-year-old, without having a grating ‘oh, it’s an adult playing a teenager’ quality. Chris McCarrell played Percy in both the off-Broadway and Broadway versions of the show and honestly, I’m not sure it can get much better than his portrayal. He never leaves the stage and his character from the books has such a specific sense of humour that the actor needs to be perfect. While we wait for theatre to fully return, I thought I would take a shot at casting my own version of the show. The musical was only on Broadway for a limited sixteen week run, and was set to tour the US in the 2020-2021 season. And most importantly, it is so much more faithful to the Percy Jackson books than the films that came before it. It has a great score and it’s packed with well-timed comedy and creative staging. Despite the widely negative reviews it received during its Broadway stint, The Lightning Thief is a deeply enjoyable musical.
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