Chenowith is a little bit of a miracle. She can pretty much sing anything. I don’t know how huge her range is, but I’m sure the Guinness Book is still trying to track her down.

Kristen is brilliant here. She knows the line between camp and reality. The world she’s created makes perfect sense to her. She’s not “playing at” anything, she’s absolutely present and completely engulfed in the magic of her own possibilities. As she deals with her hundreds of pieces of Architecture, from her massive strand of pearls to a tiny sequined brooch, she never falters. In fact, they seem to give her more and more information that she simply adds to her already full plate.

And as she reaches that insane climax at the very end of the song, her declaration is heightened by these grand Expressive Gestures that make perfect sense. The last 4 notes and her physical life complete each other. She’s unafraid to hit these notes and land these Gestures and deal with this Architecture and it’s so satisfying it almost hurts. Chenowith is a true Broadway treasure.