"That's him over there, with a beer," cracked Christopher Sieber, the stage stand-in for Savage, at the show’s Planet Hollywood after-party. "Just kidding," he amended.
All three members of the eccentric household depicted in The Kid sat in judgment at its launch, and reviews ranged from "surreal" (Terry) to "weird" (D.J.).
“Normally,” said Sieber, “I don’t care who’s in the audience — like a movie star or an agent. They can’t do anything to me. What can they do to me? Take my birthday away from me? No. But he’s the guy you’re playing — and his family. You’re telling their story, and you’re hoping, ‘Oh, I hope I don’t mess this up.’ And we didn’t, and they’re so proud. But at the end I got a little choked up because it really hit me that I’m the vessel who’s telling their story at this moment, and they’re seeing it happen.”
— Harry Haun
