Profile for Patti LuPone FANatic

Lenora Nemetz on her mid show debut as Roxie in the 1975 production.  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRXgDDgDukc/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRadA1fkeLE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==   The vaudevillian inspiration for Me and My Baby (Eddie Cantor).

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRckd9GEWgh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==   Barney Martin as Amos (original Broadway production)  In this IG article, there's a story about the real life inspiration for the  character of Amos Hart: 

Did you know, “Mr. Cellophane” in Bob Fosse’s Chicago was based performances by Bert Williams? Williams was the first modern Black entertainment star: the first Black recording artist, one of the earliest Black leading men on film, and the first Black performer to star in a major Broadway production (Ziegfeld Follies) with white actors. His signature song, “Nobody,” a hauntingly comic lament about being unseen, directly inspired the creation and tone of “Mr. Cellophane.” Fosse and Kander & Ebb drew on Williams’s bittersweet blend of humor and pathos — the ability to make audiences laugh while revealing something painful underneath.

Williams’s career was full of contradictions. He achieved tremendous success while navigating a segregated industry that forced him into blackface even as he tried to subvert it. Unlike many other blackface performers, Williams did not play for laughs at the expense of other African Americans or black culture. Instead, he based his humor on universal situations in which any members of his audience might find themselves. In the style of vaudeville, Williams performed in blackface makeup like his white counterparts. Blackface worked like a double mask for him. It emphasized the difference between Williams, his fellow vaudevillians, and his white audiences.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRa7fDtjz35/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==   Chita as Roxie

Has anyone seen Kate Baldwin as Roxie?   Details please.

A few years ago, the Chicago cast presented me with this video greeting on my birthday (11 11 61).   Today's my 64th.  https://youtu.be/H6U8CGv7n_E?si=KfXVvLup-jYze_UL

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ5pBuAjYxg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Is the news about Alex Newell a rumor or is it the real deal?

ACL2006 said: "Patti LuPone FANatic said: "What about Jason Patrick Sands?"

He's retired from performing, so he's not coming back."

I know that.  Someone mentioned JPS all of a sudden.  I merely wondered why the OP mentioned him out of the blue.

I agree with some of the previous comments.  To ask about how actors leave thru non stage door exits is a bit too much.

Chicago's numbers are impressive.  For those who have seen the show, has Sorvino improved in her performances?

What about Jason Patrick Sands?

Any thoughts on a possible replacement for Mira Sorvino past Nov. 2nd?  Also, maybe it would be a good idea for a new Search For.....with the emphasis on Velma.  It wouldn't hurt the show to create some buzz. The original Search For Roxie garnered some decent publicity for the show.   Just thinking out loud.

On the day Dunaway was let go, who went on as Norma?  Also, knowing that Faye could be fearsome, what was her relationship with the creatives and with the rest of the cast during the rehearsal process and brief performance run?

"Most of you are not worth my time and effort."  May you and your ego take all the time you need.  A very long time.

 

How was Sophie Carmen Jones?   Is there anyone else aside from Pamela Anderson or Ariana Madix who can give the show a lift?