Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
EvelynOakleigh
Understudy Joined: 4/23/11
#1Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 4/27/11 at 7:26pmI was wondering if anyone has seen Tari Kelly on for Sutton Foster as Reno (If she has been on) How is she?
wickedfan11
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/06
EvelynOakleigh
Understudy Joined: 4/23/11
#3Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 4/27/11 at 7:51pmI doubt she'll go on until after the Tonys (barring illness or injury, of course). Too many voters coming in between now and then.
gravity87
Featured Actor Joined: 8/4/04
#4Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 4/27/11 at 9:16pmHere's some footage of her playing Reno in Florida, granted it's a different production but it should give you a taste. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgGkRcOGIMY
#5Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 4/27/11 at 10:10pmI saw Tari play Millie and it surprised me how much i was reminded of Sutton im sure she'll be great when she does go on.
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#6Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 4/29/11 at 1:06pmVery impressed with this clip. I've never heard of her before. Thank you for it. She has a young Christine Baranski look and attitude. Definitely a person to watch.
#7Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 4/29/11 at 1:13pmI saw her as Audrey in the Little Shop tour and she was excellent.
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#9Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 7/30/11 at 10:55pmFirst time on?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 7/30/11 at 10:56pmNo. Theater was empty.
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#11Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 7/30/11 at 11:02pm@AC127648 I believe she's actually been on a couple times before.
#12Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 7/31/11 at 2:11amHer first time on was Wednesday afternoon. I can't wait to see her in August!
lovepuppy
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#13Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 7/31/11 at 2:50am
Wow, thanks for posting that link. I was wondering how Tari Kelly would be, and I just came back from my trip out to NY so I won't be able to see Ms. Kelly unless she leads any tour that gets put together. But the woman has chops, and even does things vocally that sound cleaner than some of Sutton's "cheating" on a few phrases here and there, that bug me. Kelly will do great.
It was interesting to note a few things about the dance in the number; the production Kelly was in definitely had less complicated tap in the number, and Kathleen Marshall's choreography is much more advanced.
Also, upon seeing that YouTube clip, another option at the conclusion was to click on a link from the 1988 Tony's with Patti LuPone as Reno. And the differences there, were: a) it just seemed like Patti LuPone in a sailor suit singing like...herself instead of a character, and trying to dance, and b) she sat out the dance break and rejoined at the end for some Irishes and some easy turns, whereas Sutton does the ENTIRE number and still has breath to sing. While I sometimes think "enough is enough" with the praise heaped upon the talented Foster, this aspect has impressed me from the promo numbers leading up to, and airing on, this year's Tony's, and seeing her live in the role last week. In the 1988 clip there was some challenging choreography for the chorus in that number, but LuPone just stood in the back and sort of smiled and marched until it was here time to pirouette through the center, to end it.
Kathleen Marshall's choreography and production wins in all cases. But Tari Kelly seems quite up to par now that she's part of it! Congrats to her!
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Updated On: 7/31/11 at 02:50 AM
#14Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 7/31/11 at 5:09amSutton isn't out this week is she? I'm seeing the show Wednesday night.
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ActingIsLovee
Stand-by Joined: 1/16/08
#15Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 7/31/11 at 5:31am
per twitter:
sfosternyc Sutton Foster
Was out of the show tonite! Got a back spasm during the matinee in the middle of the tap break. Hoping to be back soon.
I'm upset, i have tickets for today's matinee and i was really looking foreword to seeing her. I'm hoping I'll be able to change the tickets to a different date and see it before I have to go back to university.
#16Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 7/31/11 at 8:24am
I really hope she will be back by Wednesday night... 
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#17Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 7/31/11 at 12:32pmSorry to double post, but if anyone is going to the matinee please post whether or not Sutton Foster went on or not. Thanks.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#18Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 7/31/11 at 7:07pmSutton Foster was out again this afternoon. The box office person I spoke with told me she should be back in this week.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#19Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 8/1/11 at 2:44pmI had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Kelly step into the role at the 07/30/2011 evening performance. I was very disappointed when I arrived at the theatre and learned Sutton Foster would not be performing but by the end of the outstanding Act I finale, that disappointment was long forgotten. Everything about Kelly's performance was top rate and yes, she did remind me of a younger Christine Baranski--both in appearance and mannerisms. Bravo, Tari Kelly!
#21Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 8/1/11 at 9:42pmIt's Monday. No performance.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#22Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 8/1/11 at 10:12pmI'm glad to hear Tari Kelly is good, I am still hoping Sutton Foster will be back on by Wednesday night thou. If anyone goes tomorrow night please post of she was on or not.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
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Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/07
#23Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 8/1/11 at 11:45pm
Per Sutton's twitter:
Feeling sooo much better! Should be back on the Broadway tomorrow nite!
So you will see her wed :)
#24Tari Kelly as Reno Sweeney
Posted: 8/2/11 at 12:12am^ Yay! That just made my day :)
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
