Profile for Flippancy

I hear Autumn is going on for Bailey tonight, since Bailey blew out her voice. :) Kidding, just kidding.

Thank you, rupe. A clear concise and level-headed opinion. This is what I wonder -- and I'm not bashing li'l Bailey AT ALL -- but do you think she's thought about where she goes from here? She is so young, and thrust into all this hoopla. I hope she's not buying into the hype hook, line, and sinker. Back when I was in the the business, I was always thinking 2 or 3 steps ahead in terms of career.

Yikes, I just watched the full performances on MTV, and for my ticket money, I'd chew glass if I had to watch Bailey for 2.5 hours. Let's hope they sent her to a vocal coach that worked on her pitch problems.

If it is going to be long, let's hope the producers put "shampoo" in the line item budget. Just sayin'....

I think that even though it's cost effective to have the chorus cover numerous tracks, thereby entailing performing numerous roles, it does increase the wig budget exponentially.

What is it with this "track" crap? Don't people have roles anymore? I understand the use of "track" when referring to something like LES MISERABLES, wherein multiple roles are played by the cast. In the Godspell thread, though, someone said DeGarmo is doing the "Sonia track". Uh, no, that's noooooot quite right. It's not a TRACK, it's a ROLE. Sorry for the rant. I haven't had my coffee this morning.

Oh, she's so very young, isn't she? Bless her heart. She'd better move past wanting to do all the blonde cute roles. If she wants to have a career, that means her only option down the road will be the Jayne Mansfield role in WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? -- at the Far Rockaway Dinner Theatre in Squeedunk, Missitucky.

Anyone who went on for Wanda Richert in the ACL tour way back when. Sheesh, she stunk.

Merle Louise was better than Lane Bradbury in the original GYPSY, at least according to Merman. After Merle Louise went on for Bradbury, Merman had Bradbury fired and Merle Louise assumed the role. OUCH!

Guys, I had the strangest thing happen yesterday. I recently ripped the PIPPIN cast album to my iPod. [Background: PIPPIN was the first B'way show I ever saw, and I absolutely loved it. When I got home, I got the cast album (an actual record album, LOL) and memorized the whole thing.] I haven't listened to PIPPIN in years...I mean, YEARS. But yesterday, sitting at my desk, Irene Ryan starts her rendition of "No Time At All", and I, like a big ol' goober, start to cry. FREAKIN'CRY!!!! Thank Go...

Adam, I completely agree with your comments. It DOESN'T make her more qualified, or talented, or entitled. She does, however, have a better take on the realities of someone in NYC pursuing a career in theatre than the other three girls.

"So Much Better" - the most difficult "power ballad" currently being sung on B'way?!?!?!?!?! Let me queue up to get THIS one. *snort*

Re: Autumn and her perceived sense of entitlement: you've go to remember, all this footage is filtered through an editing process. The editors can make her comments come across however they want. But I do think that Autumn's comments re: the girls' B'way dreams at the dinner table were RIGHT ON. She's 28, she's been in the city for a while, she's slogged through the audition mill, been told "no" more times than "yes", and has experienced the life of a performer in NYC. You're never guaranteed...

I'm far too aged to do stage doors anymore, but back in the day: Maggie Smith after LETTICE AND LOVAGE. Absolutely down to earth and charming and gracious and every other adjective you can think of. THE RINK stage door. Come out of the show and there's a veritable swarm of people buzzing around someone at the stage door. Being the curious soul I was -- and somewhat of a starf**er -- I elbowed my way in. Only to see Connie Stevens. I elbowed my way back out and went to get clams at the HoJo.

I'm ashamed to say that I've gotten hooked on this show. Geez. Anyway, regarding Cassie S.: True, she may not have gotten the best edit, but she also gave them the material to allow a bad edit. She's young, that's all. And not undifferent than a gazillion other girls out there that are talented, full of themselves, and don't think before they speak. With apologies to Sondheim, Sweeney and Anthony: "She will leeeeeaaaarnnnnnn..."

Good lord -- does this mean we have hear S. Channing sing again?

Is Cassie S. the young one, the 19 year old? If so, wowie kazowie. She reminds me so much of a girl I did theatre with 'back in the day'. While talented, she is just.... too much. I hee-hawed at the teaser for next week, wherein she throws her other contestants under the bus by telling the judges that they pulled back when she did her "Elle gets the dress" scene. Also, isn't she one that was like "OMG, Jerry Mitchell is like this legendary broadway director...OMG"? My, my, my -- methinks Cass...

Count me as a rider on the Tyne/Rose bandwagon, too. I saw her do the role twice in NY, and each time she was f'ing brilliant. I've gotta say: she scared me to death during "Roses". I have never seen a mad scene like that, before or since. I also saw Linda Lavin when she replaced Daly. OMG... that was painful -- I almost walked. One of the odd things about her (and there were many) is she kept slipping in and out of accents! One scene she'd sound irish, the next she'd be lower east side, the ...

Roscoe, I did a spit take when I read your entry. I thought I was the only one who remembered that line from the MTM show! CARNIVAL does have a great score; the original cast album is one of my favorites. However, it's like CAMELOT -- if all the elements aren't perfection, it just doesn't work. Kind of like divinity candy. On another note, I know that Liza Minnelli starred in CARNIVAL in stock (Westbury Music Fair, maybe? I don't remember) back in the early 60s. Even a young Liza would have t...

"Flippancy, only 3 of those roles were principles...." Okay, I stand corrected. 3 principals [sic] were out. THREE LEADS OUT FOR ONE PERFORMANCE? Where's David Merrick when you need him? Oh, yeah. Dead. :)