Profile for ChgoTheatreGuy

The idea of moving the show up to present day seems like an amazing idea!  You also have to remember that when the original film, "Sunset Boulevard" came out, Norma Desmond was 50 years old and considered old news by Hollywood.  The idea of including the older actresses/singers is an amazing idea, it will also introduce to new audiences to these older actresses that most people have either never heard of or thought were dead.  This was a great idea!...

But the best part would be how she sings it, she's great with Sondheim songs!

Was just sitting here, thinking that I have not anymore news about "Follies" being made into a film.  My thought of who could possibly make it happen would be casting Barbra Streisand as Sally.  I am very sure that her performance of "Losing My Mind", would win her her third Oscar and be a pefect final film for her to be in...

When I saw Keene Curtis on the first National tour, when he was singing, "I Am What I Am", and he storms off the stage at the end of the song, he stomped down the stairs and fell down the final three steps.  The entire audience gasped and all through the intermission I became worried that he wouldn't return for Act 2.  Ever the trooper, he returned and finished the show with no indication that he had been hurt in any way.  It was an amazing show to see!...

I remember seeing her in a preview performance and once the show started, the audience was dead silent waiting for her to appear on stage.  When she did finally show up, there were flashbulbs from cameras lighting up the audience and the show came briefly to a complete standstill for a few minutes.  I think that there was nothing more distracting or unprofessional to have that happen, thankfully, her co-stars acted as if nothing had happened at all...

The curtain was in three sections, each section told the very beginning of each story.  It would get so far and then it would stop with a ....  It was very inventive and left me imagining what would happen once the show started.  I saw a preview performance and was very impressed.  When I saw it the second time, I didn't realize that a certain major character in the show needed to be sacrificed.  It shocked me and also made me very happy!...

I read this in my email and immediately burst into tears and have crying ever since!  An amazing woman and performer!  The very first time I saw her, during "Proud Mary", during one of her spins, I caught a drop of her sweat on my right cheek!  She was a fantastic force of nature!...

I feel that she has become a HUGE box office draw, that the perfect casting for Mama Rose should be Jinkx Monsoon from "Drag Race".  She has the comedic chops and her performance of "When Your Good to Mama" on the "Drag Race" finale showed that she has the vocal abilities also!...

I found it incredibly annoying that everytime I saw "RENT", the audience was always giddy before the next upcoming number, especially, "Out Tonight" and "Seasons of Love",  I understand that the songs are all well written, but to me, hooting and hollering is borderline annoying!...

I watched the 1:30 commercial on You Tube, and didn't feel any excitement the woman playing Francine does not have a Minnelli voice and doesn't even sound that good.  I will not be rushing to the St. James to see this, the movie was enough...

Do you have names of other people that would report on what's going on the Great White Way?...

I watched the Richard Ridge piece here on BW, and I love the fact that SB wants to always go inside of the character and give it a much better understanding.  I saw Glenn Close in the original production, and became exhausted by how much running up and down the stairs and costume changing.  I am a HUGE lover of the film and was incredibly disappointed in the musical.  The clip on BW almost makes me wanna go to DC and see how Miss Block is able to interpret the character...

I feel that Sheryl Lee Ralph would be amazing as Rose.  My dream Rose would be Patti Labelle, unfortunately from seeing her in concert sooo many times, she isn't always the best at remembering the exact words to the songs that she sings, not to mention all of the dialogue that her character has to remember.

I think that Keke Palmer would be amazing as Louise.  I am really not sure who I think would be a good Rose.  I don't know if Vanessa Williams would have the vocal range to pull it off.  Although I was really puzzled by the newspaper ads from when Tyne Daly was Rose, until I saw her and she scared the holy hell out of me!...

To me, it seems odd that as many revivals we have had for the musical "Gypsy", we have never had an all-black version of the show.  I know that there, and are today many Black singers that could pull this off, even if one of the young up and coming girl singers would be interested.

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I cannot say that I recall a person (I won't use the word "star" being replaced as quickly as Beanie Feldstein was in the revival of "Funny Girl".  I have seen a few pre-Broadway performances and thought that certain actors should have been replaced.  Does anyone know of any other actor that had had this happen to them?...