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Reba's wonderful!
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#25re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/26/06 at 11:04pmThis show just cemented my true love for Stokes and Danieley. I was WAY up in the nosebleed seats (in fact, I could see myself in the audience shot at the end of the first act), and their voices just SOARED. Lillias White was wonderful as well, and Reba was quite good, though not completely comfortable with the concert setting.
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stokesrocks
Stand-by Joined: 9/30/04
#26re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/26/06 at 11:09pmStokes and Jason definitely sounded the best...but I'm am way too partial to Stokes. He could sing anything and I would go ga ga. Stokes is super talented and kind as well!
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Stand-by Joined: 9/30/04
#27re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/26/06 at 11:09pmStokes and Jason definitely sounded the best...but I'm am way too partial to Stokes. He could sing anything and I would go ga ga. Stokes is super talented and kind as well!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#29re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/26/06 at 11:11pm
Stokes is amazing, even my dad who hates most things theater ate this concert up, also was anyone else playing "spot the body mics" while watching? Some of the actors' were spottable if you looked, but it started to bug me as to why there were the stand mics at the front of the stage.
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Stand-by Joined: 9/30/04
#30re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/26/06 at 11:13pmYeah...something kept shining in his hair. I'm assuming a body microphone.
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Featured Actor Joined: 10/10/05
#31re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/26/06 at 11:17pm
I thought Reba did well, though at first her "accent" took some getting used to. I only watched bits and pieces of it (will watch it in full later) but I really enjoyed Jason Danieley and Brian Stokes Mitchell's performance...and there was just something about Alec Baldwin in a grass skirt that amused me 
All around a great concert, one that really peaked my interest in this musical!
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#32re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/26/06 at 11:21pm
Reba was entertaining
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sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#34re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/26/06 at 11:35pm
What a wonderful evening.
During Stokes "This Nearly Was Mine" I was in tears.
I have to get the DVD.
#35re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 12:15amI just finished watching it, and I LOVED it. Everyone was wonderful. I need to buy the cd now.
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#36re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 12:24amI don't get to see it til tomorrow night, but I'm curious why Reba's southern accent should be an issue at all. Nellie could easily be from the south.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/06
#37re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 12:25amDid I see Hunter Bell in the ensemble?
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Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
#38re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 12:29am
Reba was wonderful indeed, but I'm sure anyone who saw her performance in Annie Get Your Gun wasn't surprised, she is quite a leading lady.
The cast was just superb, Baldwin was the weakest link, I believe, I don't think he is much of an actor or much a singer for that matter, I always feel he plays his characters as performed by him instead of actually acting, but that's just my opinion.
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jason Danieley, and Lillias White were just brilliant. Lillias White is such a natural, she never stops surprising me with her performances.
#39re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 1:00am
Nellie IS from the South. Little Rock, to be exact.
It was just a bit - different - to hear Rodgers and Hammerstein sung in the style of the Grand Ole Opry.
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Broadway Star Joined: 1/23/06
#40re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 1:32amYou dont have to follow country music to know who Reba is! She is one of the most famous singers ever.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/06
#41re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 1:40am
I did! I did see Hunter Bell!
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I wish PBS would do this more often.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#42re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 1:52amWhat a score! Simpy sublime.
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#43re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 2:09amI thought Reba was amazing. I'm sure the producers for the revival will be looking for someone younger, but I hope she's at least considered. imagine what she could do with more rehearsal time...
#44re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 2:38am
Although I have seen the show on stage many times (and the film versions as well) I was really impressed with the deft editing that got the whole thing down to 1 hour 50 minutes! (Anyone planning a revival, take note: SP does not need to last 3 hours!)
I'd like to hear from others on this but I suspect anyone seeing the show for the first time would have no problem following the plot even in the limited staging done here.
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#45re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 3:07pmha! I knew something was up with that. I seem to remember the last time I saw it on stage it was about three hours. what did they cut for the concert? I didn't particularly miss anything. except for "My Girl Back Home". I really love that song. but that would have only added a few extra minutes and it still would have been shy of two hours. was it just a lot of dialogue that was cut? all the reprises were still in. those are my favorite moments. Cable's "Bali Ha'i" reprise and his "Younger Than Springtime" reprise.
#46re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 3:25pmI thought I saw Nancy Anderson in the ensemble too.
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#47re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 3:31pmI watched last night as well and was a little apprehensive, but my god, Reba's voice soars on it. So crisp and clean, and I love the twang. Signature Reba. LOVELY!
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#48re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 3:39pm
In staged readings of musicals the script is such a hindrance. It just gets in the way.
I thought Reba was fantastic. I loved her in AGYG too.
Updated On: 4/27/06 at 03:39 PM
#49re: Reba's wonderful!
Posted: 4/27/06 at 4:18pm
I thought Reba was sensational, and so was Brian Stokes...the whole concert was wonderful, Lillias White's songs were delightful, especially "Happy Talk". Wasn't in love with Alec Baldwin, though.
I'd love to see Reba in the revival, but she's a bit too old, methinks. (I think Kelli O'Hara is gonna snag that role, though I'd always thought Sutton Foster would be a wonderful Nellie)
This concert has got me all excited for the revival now, lol. I really hope Lillias White gets Mary.
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