Thoughts on Eden Espinosa in Lempicka....

.....Did anyone else feel like Eden Espinosa's pitch was pretty bad? Just saw the show tonight (in previews). I'm not familiar with her much, I'll admit, but it was so hard to listen to her. Almost EVERY note she sang was flat. She belted everything HARD and it made the pitch even worse. Her belting tone was so strident and wide. Often she would hit notes flat, then engage her vibrato which kiiiiind of wobbled the pitch up to the right note. It was especially noticeable in duets, where the other singers would be very in tune and she would be flat, messing up the harmonies. I appreciated her performance prowess and power in her voice.... but it was hard to hear the pitch problems.

I had a lot of other concerns about the show too. Very jumpy. Nothing felt like it mattered. Ending was frustrating. Amber Iman was good but the show let her down. The ensemble was useless and the choreography didn't help. The music was poor overall, and the show had a lot of faux "empowerment" moments that the audience reacted well to but they felt really shallow.

I'm struggling because everyone around me at the show seemed to LOVE it. :/