Tour was their first national run, and a chance to connect with their numerous fans offline, performing 21 times in 16 cites in November. We're basically a band with four or five albums that never toured. And the purpose of tours is to promote and to reach out and spread the fanbase, which I think we have. This was the first tour and it's been a success. Before Team StarKid took the stage in New York for the second time ever, fellow Michigan alumnus Charlene Kaye opened, playing mostly selections from her forthcoming Kickstarter-funded new album, but also left room for fan favorites like "Dress and Tie," a duet that features Criss.
His appearance on stage, the first glimpse of him for the night and only fourth show of the tour he'd been able to make due to "Glee" commitments, drew the first truly ear-shattering screams and crowd surge.
Kaye and Criss spent a lot of time building grassroots fanbases touring together before Criss' put his solo career on the back-burner for television, and that musical synchronicity shows in their ease together. Even without Criss on stage the crowd clapped and sang along for Kaye, especially on the earworming title tracks from the in-production "Animal Love. The setlist for these final shows included a few adjustments thanks to the arrival of Criss, who slotted in seamlessly with the group, who often joked about his arrival changing things or playfully suggesting they go on with the original plan and completely ignore his presence.
Criss, of course, wouldn't be ignored. Nor would the crowd let him be, surging forward en mass at this first arrival on stage, and screaming out their love for him on his few solo numbers, most notably "Home," a Potter song he dedicates to his mother in the audience.
Criss wasn't the only StarKid to shine, or to attract screaming fans. Each performer had their share, with Richter and Lauren Lopez performing the fan-favorite duet "Granger Danger," and while many of Dylan Saunders' solos were reappropriated by Criss for that evening's show, his duet with Joe Walker stood out for both as solid numbers. Those duets in particular, and their surrounding banter, received an interestingly queer reading thanks to the lack of costuming on tour Walker and Lopez both play opposite of their gender in the Potter StarKid productions.
Jamie Lyn Beatty was the most rubber-faced of the girls, her expressiveness shining on tunes like "No Way. Meredith Stepien riled the crowd up with some stand-up and discussion of Criss' newfound fame status he doesn't travel by limo, he's still riding via dragon like always, she joked before singing "Coolest Girl," a song sung by Hermione Granger in the plays, and something of an anthem for the predominantly female fanbase.
All-in-all, the troupe barreled through 21 of their numbers, most of which were performed in a group setting complete with dance moves, jazz hands and charm, the latter of which is their greatest weapon. The only group-favorite tracks StarKid left off their setlist were some from "Me and My Dick," the most adult-oriented of their musicals -- since the shows were all-ages, they opted to keep things as PG as StarKid gets.
Overall, the performance was both loose and well-rehearsed, with stage banter filling time as the StarKids set or strike their own equipment, keeping in tune with their DIY ethos. Watching StarKid on stage, especially for theater geeks, is a little like witnessing what you and your friends would find fun on a lazy childhood afternoon, putting together musical numbers and dances, only with more polish. The group numbers were some of the night's best, including the upbeat "Days of Summer" from "A Very Potter Sequel," the kind of production number that could easily translate to the charts as a pop single akin to Godspell's "Day by Day.
The fans singing along easily pitched above the StarKids on stage, and by the end it was more pure singalong than performance, capped with confetti cannons and a massive crush of seemingly anyone and everyone in New York that night who'd touched StarKid during its evolution, all crowding on stage for a bow. There are still kinks to be ironed out in the transition from full productions to a revue-style event.
Sometimes pacing was off, and a intermission performance by half the StarKids as their side-project Jim and the Povolos was sweet, but slightly out of place. Not that the throngs of young adults in the audience were complaining -- they're insatiably thirsty for anything and everything StarKid, which leaves the group cautious about setting any future plans in stone.
As for more tours are in their future, Walker was optimistic. Now we can do musicals and tours, because those are things we know how to do. We'll continue to expand our repertoire. And while they'd love to take a musical on tour, Criss pointed out that such an endeavor requires many more moving parts than a revue-style production like S. For fans who didn't get the chance to attend this go-around, Lopez told us they're hopeful about releasing a DVD of the experience, and Holden promised behind-the-scenes footage they've been capturing along the way.
In the meantime, the group noted that fans have taken the burden of documenting the tour for them. Despite an announcement barring video recording, arms were aloft all night capturing clips, and videos were uploaded and transformed into.
There's perhaps more documentation of the StarKid tour on the Internet than tickets they could physically sell, but the fans and Team StarKid wouldn't have it any other way.
Search term. Billboard Pro Subscribe Sign In. Sign In. Directors Liam White Julia Albain live performance. See more at IMDbPro. Photos Add Image. Top cast Edit. Liam White Julia Albain live performance. More like this. Storyline Edit. But hitting the road for the first time presents new challenges as they learn to avoid rehearsal, brick wall destroying missiles, and the cops. Will the StarKids be able to band together and discover the true power of music? Add content advisory.
Did you know Edit. Trivia Meredith Stepien intentionally changes the lyric in the song Days Of Summer from "will keep us in each other's hearts" to "will keep us in each other's farts".
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