i saw her in DC. After seeing her in Sweeney Todd, in which she was excellent, I had high hopes. SHE WAS TERRIBLE. She is not a MAME...she is a VERA and only if the person playing MAME is too old for the role. Believe me, for anyone who has seen a really good MAME (and there have been fewer of them than Dolly's), she would be a big disappointment. I think the problem was two-fold: (1) Mame is a warm character and she is not a warm personality; (2) her Vera was Harriet Harris, who was all wrong for the role. It really made a mess of every scene they did together. I am pretty sure that she is definitely too old for the role at this point. If they went that route, Donna Murphy would be my choice.
I also saw Christine Baranski in Mame at the Kennedy Center. I always have loved her performances. I was very disappointed. She was not a good choice for Mame. She would be perfection as Vera.
This is perfect for Toni Collette - a grand return to Broadway and musicals. And she's probably the greatest actress Hollywood and Broadway has to offer.
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