"Apropos of absolutely nothing I swear !!!!!! shall we revisit Katrina Lenk’s *gender-swapped* “If I Were a Rich Man,” a performance that turned the gays straight and the straights gay and generally redefined sexuality? I think we shall." https://twitter.com/Casey_Mink/status/1162099586183438337?s=20
I went to see it yesterday evening! The audience enjoyed it (lots of laughs, audible ohs when Tewfiq tells Dina about his son, and awws when Amalia finally calls) and the cast was good. I enjoyed it too, really, although I am glad I got to see the Broadway cast.
Chilina Kennedy played Dina louder & more brash, I think, compared to Katrina Lenk's Dina being more soulful and sadder. I felt like Sasson Gabay dialed up his p
Jul 11
2019, 09:49:16 AM
We had a great production here in DC a couple of years ago. Daisy Eagan (Mary in the OBC) played Martha in it. I'd love to see a revival on Broadway!
DAME said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "uncageg said: "yes, I am I have seen the show and own the music."
So why are you even bringing up Lin’s acting regarding a cameo role that anyone with a personality can do? Your assessment would be applicable if he were playing Kevin or Benny."
Why not? He is wooden and always,always ,self aware. It takes half a second on film to have a bad distraction. Yuck. And by the way.... the Pira
teddy1996 said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "Camila has not been cut. The role is still being cast and the actress could literally be confirmed 72 hours before she’s due on set. This is normal and many Oscar winning roles were cast 48 hours prior to them filming their first scene. "
how do you know?"
That makes more sense than that they'd cut her role entirely, I think. Sometimes roles are just hard to cast, even/especially if the
Not totally off-the-wall, but it was funny to recognize Leslie Odom Jr in an episode of Gilmore Girls when I was rewatching before the revival came out in 2016. He's in one episode of season 6, playing a pompous Princeton student who's on a panel with Rory. A Princetonian long before his success as Aaron Burr!
taylortrensch said: "dmwnc1959 said: "I won’t be seeing this on tour until it hits Pittsburgh in March 2020, but that rendition of Welcome to Nowhere just didn’t do it for me. I’m sure it’ll be amazing once they’ve had a few performances under their belts. I hope. :)"
i'm with you there! i wasn't sure of how i felt about Chilina as Dina and her rendition did not impress me. i'm even more grateful
HeyMrMusic said: "To play the other side of this sentiment (and to use another Tony example), I’m not happy that Jonathan Pryce won a Tony Award for playing an Asian character, which deprived someone of Asian descent winning a Tony and gaining fame through playing a lead role on Broadway in a huge hit. Also, name one Asian man who has ever won an actingTony in a musical (guess what, you can’t because there are no Asian male musical Tony winners)."
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May 21
2019, 04:47:46 PM
SomethingPeculiar said: "The bigger "what if," for me, is what Hal Prince's production of THE BAND'S VISIT would have looked like, if he had continued on with it. Would he have won his 22nd Tony? Would it have still been as intimate and play-like? Or was Cromer the secret ingredient that made the show work? (I don't know how much changed between Prince's departure and the final product, but Hal was involved for years.)"
Huh, I did not kn
May 21
2019, 03:08:34 PM
I know I bring up The Band's Visit and its cast everywhere... but I do genuinely wonder what would've happened if Indecent had been more successful & run longer (as it should have), and TBV still transferred at the same time. Would Katrina Lenk have left Indecent, or would TBV have recast? I believe the show's strong enough to be beautiful whoever's in it, but she really was something special as Dina.
JBroadway said: "Even “Haus of Holbein” which is arguably the only “bonus” song in the show from a structural standpoint, felt kind of unnecessary to me."
I think Haus of Holbein is good there because it reflects the time gap between Seymour and Cleves– Henry mostly went from one wife to another immediately (as the Six songs do), but waited two years after Jane Seymour died. And later a year between Catherine Howard and Katherine Parr, a
SomethingPeculiar said: "It does NO good to "dreamcast" Miranda without knowing the vocal range that it's being written for. Elton could be writing it for a soprano. He could be writing it for a Broadway belter. It could need more of a rock voice, or a jazz voice, or maybe it's a "Rex Harrison-type" role. Same goes for Andie and all the other roles. Such intense speculation usually leads to disappointment.
BenjaminNicholas2 said: "Based on the live performances I've seen from the London cast, this feels like a glorified theme park show that's desperately clinging to the scraps from folks who liked Hamilton.
With 'names,' the show could do well, but while the buzz for this show might be huge in the West End, I don't see this doing well in NYC (or even Chicago for that matter)."
I've actually seen it (in Edinburgh last summer) and
