Kad said: "Levy is really the only thing here that doesn't work for me... it's very odd casting for this role, indeed. And although she's just 2-3 years younger than Veanne Cox was, she reads much younger to me."
Though she does read young compared to Cox (at the time), I don't think she reads too young to be a step-mother to a 12-year-old. I've never seen her attempt a character such as Rose so I'm willing to go with it. It's
The entire life you built and were expecting to live for a long time gets destroyed. It's simply gone. The first year after a loss of a partner is, in fact, not the hardest. The pain is the rawest, but people really rally around you and basically carry you through. The second year, however...oooof.
The path of grief is far lonelier the second year. People have moved on...and start to tell you to move on. People buy houses, have kids, get married.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Oh that's fantastic. Wasn't there something about an iguana?
The 'good old days' were wild, sure. But...we really did know each other then. We all attended (or even performed) in the Standing Ovations concert series. We've been to each others weddings. We've been to each others shows.
And on the worst day of my life...the day we said goodbye to the man who was supposed to be my husband, something like 1
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Oh that's fantastic. Wasn't there something about an iguana?
The 'good old days' were wild, sure. But...we really did know each other then. We all attended (or even performed) in the Standing Ovations concert series. We've been to each others weddings. We've been to each others shows.
And on the worst day of my life...the day we said goodbye to the man who was supposed to be my husband, something like 1
But we don't really need to see the show to know that altering the structure to remove I Feel Pretty is a massive change. I'd say it was destructive. The dramatic irony of this young woman celebrating her love and how it is making her giddy is undercut by the knowledge that she's about to get her life blown apart by the news of her brother's murder...BY THE MAN SHE IS SINGING ABOUT. I think a lot of people are so used to the placement of the song in the movie
They're going to lean hard into the 'Marian is Winthrop's mother' subtext, right? Cause Marie Mullen won a Tony for playing a middle aged spinster twenty years ago. For her to have a 10-year-old would be some next level miracle of modern science for turn of the century Iowa.
The Distinctive Baritone said: "I'm sure his claims that she was being cruel to him are true, but I'm not sure if calling a young gay man "a little homosexual boy" is technically hate speech. It's really rude and unprofessional, but if he wants to win a lawsuit against her, he should focus on the wrongful terminationpart."
Can you clarify why you're using the term 'hate speech' here? I didn't see the term used in the articl
Agreed. She was my favorite part of that RENT revival at NWS. I'm excited for the off-Broadway production, but I'd lose my mind to see the Pasadena Playhouse production. Alas, because of work, I won't be able to get out to LA.
Impossible2 said: "Cher is nowhere near the name or fame that those people had x"
That might be the most incorrect thing I've ever seen on BWW...and I've been around since the beginning. I mean...maybe she doesn't have the talent of those women (and that can certainly be debated) but Cher is just as famous and has just as much name recognition as they.
getupngo said: "GeorgeandDot said: "The difference between a straight actor playing a gay role and a gay actor playing a gay role? The gay actor can bring their own personal truth to a role and provide a voice to a community that has been silenced for so long. The gay community is an oppressed minority that deserves to have their voices be heard."
But the opposite could also be said for a gay person playing a straight role. The gay actor cannot bring the
And let's not pretend that the world of the theater bestowed their beneficence on the poor, downtrodden homos and such. Our homo forebears made that world.
And when people get patronizing and say, 'Be careful what you wish for! You don't want to play only gay roles do you????' I lose my ever-loving mind. First of all, that kind of question is EXACTLY how the majority keeps the minority down. And second, YES. Yes...I do want to play only gay roles, actually. Not all actors feel this way, but the older I've gotten, the more important it has become to me to tell our stories.
_(•_&bull_/ said: "With that mentality gay people can’t play straight roles!"
Which is exactly what 97% of the entertainment business believes.
I mean...it's real sweet that you all believe in parity and equality of opportunity...but that is in no way how this business works. There is no level playing field. At all.
Straight actors get the straight roles AND the gay roles. Gay actors get told they aren't believable as the straight roles and then watch the straight actors win awards for the gay roles.
It's the lie of the acting meritocracy. 'Best actor for the role.' That really seems to work out well for all those straight actors who have won Oscars for gay roles (see this past year's Academy Awards...3 more straight actors added to that list). But it do
'Exactly, this is my nightmare. It's an extremely short run, and I'm terrified this is going to turn into people camping out outside of Central Park overnight to see it'
I...wait...I don't understand this. You mean...camp out as if it were...a SITP production at the Delacorte?
Try camping out for that dog of a production of On The Town back in the 90s.
Joe Iconis is a first-time Broadway composer with BMC and his score was the only nomination for the show. Michael in the Bathroom is NOT Hello, Dolly or Chandelier in terms of a song that has truly broken through as some kind of cultural touchstone most people have heard. And the producers refused them a performing slot of that very same song and then did a full length parody of said song without noting the show for which it's score is nominated score or the c
_/ said: "With that mentality gay people can’t play straight roles!"
