Profile for GlindatheGood22

Why did I read this to the tune of "I've Written a Letter to Daddy"?

My 10th grade English teacher played the DVD for us after our study of the play. That was 10 years ago, and I was absolutely thrilled to see it again now. Incredibly moving, with a particularly brilliant performance from Elizabeth Franz.

I'm happy Kathryn Gallagher got a nomination. She deserved it and it probably wouldn't have happened "in real life."

It Would Have Been Wonderful from Night Music.

Here's a video of Laurette Taylor doing the jonquil monologue - starts at 4:45.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21dfjBV4wwY

I'm willing to go to bat for the Ryder/Lewis adaptation - I haven't seen it recently but I've really enjoyed it each time I have. Certainly more than what ever the everlovingfvck was going on in the Van Hove revival.

This is the first time I've actually been hopeful a reopening might be possible at the appointed date. January would be an ideal time to try out whatever safety measures are deemed necessary, since there are so few people in town.

 

jacobtsf said: "The part that sticks with me still was in “Gun Song”. Dennis O’Hare sings “first of all when you’ve a gun...” and he points his weapon right at the face of an audience member in one of the first rows. There is dead silence, it feels like an eternity goes by, and then this smile slowly creeps across his face and he sings “everybody pays attention”. It showed how, despite how entertaining the performances were, this was st

Here's a link of Becky Ann and Denis on Theater Talk. They address talkbacks, audience walkouts,etc.

As I said, I didn't see the production live, but one of the things I love about the recording is that it includes Byck's second monologue ("The woods are burnin', Dick...". I actually think Cantone does it wonderfu

Most of my regrets are from the early-to-mid oughts, when I was too young to see shows by myself - Doubt, Grey Gardens, the Assassins revival. That said, I regret missing the Lange Long Day's Journey. As for what the pandemic ruined, I was really looking forward to Dana H and doubt it'll be back once this mess is over.

 

What do you remember? Since we've been in quarantine it's become my "if I had a time machine" production. I saw the 2017 City Center staging and wasn't crazy about it, but I wasn't as familiar with the show then. 

I've seen That Video, but I wish I could have seen it live, particularly for Denis O'Hare and Becky Ann Baker's performances.

It's interesting to think about how many of these wins would remain the same had everything been able to open as planned. I think Danny Burstein and Mary Louise Parker probably would have won anyway, unless Laurie Metcalf won for Virginia Woolf.

 

- get back to Sleep No More

- hug my grandma and tiny cousins

- hope the Caroline revival still happens!

Both Once and Ghost Quartet have incredibly moving choral pieces towards the end of the show - "Gold [Reprise]" and "Prayer" respectively. Can't think of any solos, though.

So many! I'm sure there are some I'm forgetting, but these are the two that come to mind now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEYV5bNMZVo

2007, original production of Spring Awakening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A06-8IWjFSE

2013, Matilda

 

 

In summer 2014 we were promised a Best Little Whorehouse in Texas revival. Nothing. Still mad.

Just for fun and grading/cleaning accompaniment, I've gotten into Heathers. But since Brian Stokes Mitchell's brilliant performance of The Flag Song during Sondheim's birthday concert, I've rekindled my love for Assassins. I think, when it comes to it, it's my favorite Sondheim. (His too, I think? I seem to remember him saying something in "Sondheim on Sondheim" along the lines of, "My most perfect show is Assassins..."

Really hoping the CSC prod

Much as I love Donmar, it's harder for me to imagine the world without the Globe. Obviously it's had quite a few tune-ups over the centuries, but it's quite literally survived plagues before...

My answer to this is always the same: Ol' Man River.