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TotallyEffed said: "I think an argument could be made that it could take a longer time to “find” Rose compared to a character like Dolly. Patti from City Center to Broadway was night and day."

 

Hell, let's go back further.  

Patti from Ravinia to CC to Broadway was a huge change (and not just from those awful early wigs).

Give Audra a month.  She'll find her footing.

As an interesting aside, Goldblum is giving me a lot of the same performance that Robert Morse was giving in the pre-Broadway San Francisco run.  I like it a lot.

Morse was immediately strange, a little off-kilter, even sinister from the get-go.

Really enjoyed Goldblum's take.

Bette's Turban said: Nobody is saying any of that. A comparison, was made to Bette’s first preview in Hello Dolly. A preview in which her performance was pretty much already conceived and already landing beautifully . Dear God, you people just love to hear yourselves talk.

 

I mean, Bette was playing Bette as Dolly Levi. 

It's not like she was giving some transformative performance in a Shaw play.

binau said: "Is Tom still off?"

Please don't tell me it's about Tom

KitKatBoy24 said: "3.5 hours"

I'm crossing and uncrossing my legs just reading this

Aside from what she said or didn't say, saw the production today and was underwhelmed.

She was pitchy on songs and had odd issues with her vowels on big notes.

Understudies in for Joe and Betty.  Both underwhelming vocally and as actors.

I don't see the big deal about this production, as it only highlights the weakness of the material.

Womp womp.

Lewis was looking for a hook and she found it with race baiting.

Patti is Patti.  She's not micro ANYTHING.  This wasn't a race issue.

As someone who actually knew Chablis in passing, if she were alive today, she'd have a **** fit over these costumes.

And as others have already said, she's written here as a one-note character.  

It's sad, actually.

The problem with Wildhorn musicals is that if you don't have voices like Linda Eder's, the show falls flat.

The book is usually....  Lacking.

The lyrics are campy, but questionable.

The voice has to be spectacular enough to make up for all of it.

And Eder's is.

hearthemsing22 said:

Given how hot it will betomorrow (reaching 92 degrees), I wonder if they'll sell ice cream at the Lyceum? I know in West End it's normal to sell ice cream at the theater but somehow it's not that common on Broadway."
 

Ice cream isn't noisy enough, so probably not.

 

Ugh. Does MR really need him that badly?  Grosses can't be down this much.

He cracks and blows out on his notes:  It's well-known he had frayed vocal chords a number of years back, so I'm wondering why he was put into this in the first place.

BG's atrocious personal history aside, perhaps I'll wait until Eric Anderson is back.  He is a brilliant Zidler.

Oh look, someone else virtue signaling.

Color me bored.

chrishuyen said: "Out of curiosity, did you lose all $50k you put into The Prom or only a portion of it?"

All of it.

Of course I saw Staunton do it live.  I only comment on things I've seen in-person.

She chewed enough scenery to stay full for months.  It was comical, actually.

And her vocal delivery was nothing special.  She's not a belter.

Her Dolly will be...  Very Imelda.  As per usual.

Now that Elt has stopped touring, he might actually take the time to give a **** about this show.

He's capable...  He just has the attention span of dryer lint.