Patti LuPone better not read this article! Sep 15
2011, 01:53:04 PM
Wait - where's the Perez Hilton part??? Did I miss something?
I wonder if she feels the same about the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular...
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FOLLIES Reviews Sep 15
2011, 01:51:51 PM
The thing I've always struggled to comprehend with Sally is that both in Bernadette's and Victoria Clark's portrayals Sally seems like this sweet middle-aged woman just longing for the past until Buddy starts telling Phyllis about how horrible she is at home and how combative she is with their children. It's a little jarring considering how waif-like and meager she seems during the opening scenes and her first act songs.
I feel Bernadette's was a little more manic and desperate througho
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Patti LuPone better not read this article! Sep 15
2011, 01:32:50 PM
While Patti has a point about Hair (I saw it in the Park originally and understood what was going on then again a few weeks ago on Broadway where it was utterly unintelligible - and I'm 25) she may have missed the mark on Cirque du Soleil.
If her point is that only musicals should be in Radio City, that's one thing (and actually a rather invalid point considering she has been quoted as complaining that Radio City "swallowing up" musical performers thus why she doesn't like the TONYs to be held there) but the thing is: Cirque du Soleil is not a musical. There is music and singers in every show but their visibility varies from show to show.
Alegria: The Singer in White is featured heavily and given her on Entr'acte scene: http://youtu.be/nWfmy5Tojdc
Quidam: The male singer is in with the band and not featured on stage whatsoever while the female singer (scene on the swing) is the protagonist of the story: http://youtu.be/MdqqssM3TW8
Cirque is about the full package, the visual molding with the sounds and ambiance to create an experience. That is there explanation for why many of their albums are not extracted directly from the show: as its own entity, the music is not supposed to be consumed on its own. It is part of the total package therefore needs to be beefed up for album release.
Furthermore, Cirque at least has quiet moments along with the loud and death-defying moments whereas HAIR stayed at full decibel for almost the entire show.
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Follies: Is "Too Many Mornings" Only in Sally's Head? Sep 11
2011, 12:28:49 AM
**This could contain some spoilers regarding Follies, but if you've heard any Follies cast recording you'd know most of these plot points**
The staging, specifically the interaction between the ghosts of their former selves and the present day Sally & Ben, make me feel like this is all a fantasy in Sally's head.
Is it that or is Ben just manipulative to the point that he'd actually say "It was always real" in order to get into Sally's pants? The fact that he's on to Carlo
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Company on screen Jun 22
2011, 07:08:13 PM
Some of the inflections she used made me think that Martha Plimpton could most certainly play Carol Channing in a biopic. Anybody? Anybody?
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Billy Elliot - 'Choreography' Mar 21
2011, 12:44:14 PM
Actually, for a show about dancing I found "Angry Dance" to be clunky, disjointed and ineffective.
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Breaking News! RENT to Open at New World Stages August 11; Previews Begin July 14 - Open Calls Announced! Feb 25
2011, 12:14:48 PM
I meant more so that they have to hold auditions for a production regardless of it having a tentative cast to satisfy union rules like they do with shows that are transferring from the West End.
Jesus... New World is fast becoming the elephant graveyard of once-hit Broadway shows...
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Breaking News! RENT to Open at New World Stages August 11; Previews Begin July 14 - Open Calls Announced! Feb 25
2011, 11:20:19 AM
"They are specifically looking for unknowns for this production. I had previously been told that it was cast already through submissions, but clearly that person was misinformed."
Or it is already mostly cast and they're merely having the shortened open call to comply with union rules...
Was there truly any need whatsoever for this show to return?
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re: Side by Side by Susan Blackwell Feb 10
2011, 11:14:42 AM
Their website is horrific
It's always impossible to find her videos...
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Blickenstaff, Grupper, Oscar, Potter & Swenson Join THE ADDAMS FAMILY Feb 4
2011, 03:52:13 PM
@beautywickedlover
That was probably because Ursula had a much larger and intricate costume as well as a longer make-up application and more time off stage.
It might also be closer to the stage which, with all of the Ursula extremities, would make more logical sense as to avoid any of the smaller corridors backstage.
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The Timelessness of 'I'm Still Here' Jan 28
2011, 04:46:24 PM
"I've been through Gandhi,
Windsor and Wally's affair
And I'm here
Amos and Andy,
Mahjong and platinum hair
And I'm here
I've been through Abie's Irish Rose,
Five Dionne Babies
Major Bowes
Had heebie-jeebies
For Beebe's bathysphere
I lived through Brenda Frazier
And I'm here.
I've gotten through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover
Gee, that was fun and a half
When you've been through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover
Anything else is a laugh." <
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The Timelessness of 'I'm Still Here' Jan 28
2011, 02:48:53 PM
Sure, we have the internet and sure the intonation of the song is fairly evident without knowing all of the references (much like [title of show]'s ability to resonate with non-theater people) BUT I would venture to say that because the song is so reference heavy that even I (as a newer yet die-hard Follies fan) grew tired of being "out of the joke" so consistently throughout the song.
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I pity those of you who will be trying to get Follies tickets on Saturday.. Jan 26
2011, 06:25:05 PM
I'll make up the other 33% of your not kidding and echo the sentiment...
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Photo Coverage: First Look at the World Premiere of BRING IT ON at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta! Jan 25
2011, 03:38:41 PM
Gee, this was just screaming with the need for musicalization...
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WOTV Cast Recording Jan 19
2011, 12:59:26 PM
Ghostlight just confirmed that the full version of "Crazy Heart" will be the bonus track on the cast recording!!!
Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records
Danny Burstein's here and we have begun recording "Madrid" the Act One opener! He sounds awesome!
Me I hope you guys record the original full version of "Crazy Heart" or at least make it a bonus track!
12 minutes ago
Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records You are in luck! It WILL in fact be a bonus tr
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LuPone doing Company with the NY Phil Jan 13
2011, 01:19:49 PM
You obviously didn't see Patti in her sexy VERGE costumes....
Absolutely. Her cup almost runneth over a few times she was 'pushed up' so much...
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Elaine Stritch in 'ALNM' Jan 12
2011, 06:15:43 PM
X-Posting from elsewhere:
I had seen the show with Bernie and Stritchay a few months back and they were both outstanding. I had read prior to going to the show about all of the issues Stritch was having on her first few nights then saw the show and thought people might have been taking her "Where was I"'s as her actually losing her place.
I then went back on Friday night (1/7) and she was visibly struggling throughout the show. Liaisons came almost to a halt multiple times, she
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BAM- any food suggestions for around there? Thanks! nm Jan 12
2011, 06:06:50 PM
Not incredibly close - but Union Smith (on the corner of Union & Smith St.) is fantastic.
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NOT THE ERIN DAVIE I SAW FOUR TIMES Jan 10
2011, 02:13:31 PM
Maureen Moore as Charlotte is pure genius. Ever gesture has intention and every word has nuance. The way she shoots the side-eye to Anne the first time Anne chimes in during "Everyday A Little Death" is brilliant. She barely moves throughout the entire song but communicates volumes.
I'm going to go re-watch her doing the "Drinks on the Terrace" scene again now...
EDIT:
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NIGHT MUSIC officially recoups..... Jan 10
2011, 02:09:47 PM
I do think the exaggeration on BP's behalf was an acting choice. She is playing an aging actress stuck in stock productions so I could see why she would choose to put on so much affect throughout the show. It also created levels and a stark contradiction to when she went into "Send In The Clowns" and really pulled at everyone's heart strings.
The thing is, she did this well enough the first time I saw her in the show and when I returned on Friday it bordered on comical (in a bad way). H
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