I Love Kristin Chenoweth

[Cat Guy]

Posted: 9/12/17 at 2:11pm

 

 

Updated On: 9/12/17 at 02:11 PM

[Cat Guy]

Posted: 9/12/17 at 2:45pm

I had the good fortune in the recent past to see her in concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  Wonderful.  I hope the musical based on the movie "Soapdish," starring Kristin, will make it to London as rumored..

Have you seen her perform "live" in concert or in a musical?

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 9/12/17 at 5:30pm

I saw 20th Century four times. Such a demanding role for Kristin, but she did everything she could do to stay healthy and make it through the run with few no-shows.

Roundabout streamed "She Loves Me" and then gave the show out to BroadwayHD. I bet that 20th Century would do better.than Cabaret.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 9/12/17 at 11:29pm

I see what you're doing there vis-a-vis the deleted thread. Very clever.

In this new spirit, I'll say I've been a fan of Kristin for ages, having caught her in STEEL PIER, CHARLIE BROWN, WICKED, TWENTIETH CENTURY and even the absolutely dreadful play EPIC PROPORTIONS. Her Lil Garland was astonishing and one of the all time great musical performances of the last decade. I'll look forward to her Dolly Levi once Bernadette finishes her stint, and her Mame once someone finally mounts that revival in the 2020's. From there it's only a skip and a jump to her Countess Aurelia in DEAR WORLD in the 2030's. 

[Margo319]

Posted: 9/13/17 at 12:48am

She is such a lovely person.  I was lucky enough to meet her, and she is so sweet, actually cares what you have to say, and does not have a diva bone in her body.  I love her, her awesome clothes, her incredible voice.  Great thread!  

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 9/13/17 at 1:06am

Back then, I was a huge Wicked fan but I realized I mostly loved Kristin Chenoweth and what she brought to Glinda rather than the actual show itself. I know some people think there have been better Glindas out there who have done more with the comedy, but I think they were able to do that because of the standard Chenoweth set with it. I still think what she did balancing the comedy but still grounding Glinda was amazing. When I first heard "No One Mourns the Wicked" and hearing how she sang that, I knew she was something incredibly special. Her performance in On the Twentieth Century  has to be one of the greatest performances on stage and I felt like this is how people must have felt like when they say Channing in Dolly, Merman in any of her iconic performances, Mary Martin in South Pacific, or any Broadway legend who is distinct and memorable and unmistakeable. I get why Kelli O'Hara won for The King and I (what a beautiful and nuanced performance) but what Chenoweth did in that show was beyond. I don't think any of the televised performances truly captured what Chenoweth actually did on stage.

Updated On: 9/13/17 at 01:06 AM

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 9/14/17 at 3:02am

Someone in a Tree2 said: "I see what you're doing there vis-a-vis the deleted thread. Very clever.

Please tell me what I'm doing vis-a-vis the deleted thread. I don't get many compliments. Keep in mind that I don't post very often, what I do post is usually ignored and I don't personally know a single person from this message board. And let me know if you read the offending post.

My first exposure to Kristin was a clip of her Tony winning "My New Philosophy." It was so cute and stamped her as someone truly original. I think I saw her live before Promises, Promises, but my 15-years-older-than-Kristin brain takes time to retrieve information. If I did see her before Promises, it was probably some gala. I know that I bought her first album soon after Charlie Brown, and it became one of my favorite albums, even over most of my Grateful Dead records. I knew "Let Yourself Go" as one of Ginger Roger's rare solos in the Astaire/Rogers film Follow the Fleet. Comden and Green's "If" was a near-classic of comedic songs and I understand that she invited them to the recording and they accepted. The duet with Jason Alexander was another original and funny track. I could go on.

I must have seen her do "Glitter and Be Gay" on a Boston Pops highlights DVD. It's a very funny piece. I would have liked to see what Barbara Cook did with that number. I'm sure it would have been more subdued than that of Kristin. Maybe it's on Youtube.

Promises was really a non-starter for Chenoweth, but a few who left at intermission missed a laugh riot as Katie Finneran with the late Dick Latessa and Sean Hayes produced non-stop laughter. Wicked was before I started treating myself to musicals and concerts in Manhattan to relieve the stress of being the only caretaker of my 90 year old mother as she slipped gradually into dementia. I don't think I would have seen the show anyway. I'm not sure what its audience is for it to keep going for so long.

I did see her in 20th Century four times, from the 2nd preview, without Peter Gallagher, to the last performance. But the third time was actually the most magical. The audience was so enthusiastic.

I saw her in concert at Carnegie Hall as well as last November at the Lunt Fontanne. I thought that in her last album, "The Art of Elegance," she approached the material with almost too much reverence. But some of her covers, especially "I Get Along Without You Very Well," are about as good as anyone's ever.

This album also was the first to break the barrier at the Sinatra Channel on SiriusXM Satellite radio. She did a "Playing Favorites" segment on the show, where a guest plays his or her favorite Sinatra songs for an hour, and customarily plays three or four songs by other artists. Kristin took advantage of this to play three or four songs from her album.

But Nancy Sinatra, who I think really runs the channel for the Sinatra family, must have liked the recording and/or Kristin, because the album ended up on the channel's playlist, the first by any predominantly theater actor. No Audra. No Kelli.

And have you seen her recent tweets? She is in Italy and last Sunday sang a duet with Andrea Bocelli of "My Prayer." At the end he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her up to him. Even for someone with so many career highlights, that must have been a thrill.

 

 

[rcwr]

Posted: 9/20/17 at 10:57pm

I love Kristin Chenoweth and I love Mary-Mitchell Campbell.

ASTEP Benefit Performance: Kristin Chenoweth w Mary-Mitchell Campbell

[eelw]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 1:00am

The ending of The Prayer with Kristin and Andrea Bocelli https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154736115101360&id=61583196359

Updated On: 9/21/17 at 01:00 AM

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 1:34am

OlBlueEyes, Barbara Cook wrote in her autobiography that what she learned from "Glitter and Be Gay" was that it was enough to just stand there and sing for 8 minutes.

And so she did just that, with her hands clenched at her sternum, as production photos show.

(Just FYI.)

[SweetLips]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 2:36am

What's with the T.I.T.S ? What a ridiculous outfit--NO age would this be appropriate.

And her a Christian lady too--sorry--that and that just don't go together.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 3:38am

SweetLips said: "What's with the T.I.T.S ? What a ridiculous outfit--NO age would this be appropriate.

And her a Christian lady too--sorry--that and that just don't go together."

omg get the hell over her tits

[rcwr]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 4:09am

She can dress however she wants. FFS.

[SweetLips]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 5:45am

rcwr said: "She can dress however she wants. FFS."

Of course she can--the same as I can say she looks bloody ridiculous.