Darren Criss On B’way: Mediocre
This assessment of “Glee” boy Darren Criss’s current turn in “How To Succeed In Business” echoes what I’ve been hearing from other folks who’ve seen Criss onstage this week. “He twisted his tongue on several lines. He couldn’t land a joke. He danced less challenging choreography than his predecessor, Daniel Radcliffe, had. And, most surprisingly, he was out of tune in several numbers. His voice simply sounded thin — too weak for the large Hirschfeld Theatre and certainly too weak for the role of brazen schemer Finch. Criss did excel at harmonizing (his duets and trios were outstanding) and jumping on furniture, which are two things we already know he’s good at from ‘Glee.'”
