Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?- Page 2
Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#25re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 11:38amWhat an invaluable contribution, BrodyFosse.
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#26re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 12:06pmShe sang quite a bit on "The Cosby Show." She was fine as a soloist, although she didn't fare as well when joining in with greats like Nancy Wilson. I'd put her singing about on the same level as Dixie Carter's.
#27re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 1:49pm
and don't forget that Sondheim "INTO THE WOODS" musical... when Miss Peters left.
She probably doesn't care anymore as she is more popular then anyone from the original cast now (except MAYBE.... Jennifer Holliday)
She has a TONY and was on THE COSBY SHOW and COS
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Jazzysuite82
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/6/05
#28re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 1:57pmI think she's infinately more famous than JHo because of the Cosby show.
LostLeander
Broadway Star Joined: 3/18/05
#29re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 2:08pm
I love her singing on Alba, and when are Deena's songs even remotely high?
And not even Peters sounded good on the higher bits of Children Will Listen.
The role of Deena is a bit of a walk in the park.
Personally, I think I have too much bloom.
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#30re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 2:33pmA walk in the park?! Yeah, right...
LostLeander
Broadway Star Joined: 3/18/05
#31re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 2:37pmComparatively speaking, of course.
Personally, I think I have too much bloom.
Jazzysuite82
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/6/05
#32re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 2:56pm
Vocally DEF a walk in the park comparatively speaking. YOu have a thick voiced Effie Screaming high F's. You have a pingy voice Lorell Belting High G's in Ain't No Party...then there's Deena who's most difficult singing is "Now who you callin' common...".
Deena has to be an actress. I personally think Lorell's the hardest and most thankless. You do all that and get swept under the rug
skingdom
Broadway Star Joined: 6/29/03
#33re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 3:47pmyup...the best vocal deena has been beyonce. ralph aint that great a singer.
BroomstickBoy
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/04
#34re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 4:45pm
I've heard Phylicia Rashad in Into the Woods, the entire show btw, and while not being able to have seen her, she sounded amazing. She had the perfect "witch" voice and her singing was very good. While she may not be up to every vocally fickle snob's standards, I find her voice to be quite lovely.
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sidjones09
Leading Actor Joined: 1/4/07
#35re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 4:50pmI love this woman. I feel like she's my second mother. I love my family to death, but I always wanted to be a Huxtable when I was young, so I could have the coolest parents ever (next to my own). She's a beautiful person on and off the stage/screen. I admire her so much.
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husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#36re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 2/28/07 at 5:36pmWell...Clarie was voted the most like "Your Mom" in TV Guide/People/Similar Magazine back in 05.
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Sandy in Sable
Stand-by Joined: 3/6/06
#37re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 12:39pm
I read this a few months ago and thought it was interesting:
from "Dreamgirls 1981" by Charlie Suisman
"The Boston tryout is the period I remember with the most pleasure. Despite tech week's '10 out of 12s' – a grueling schedule of ten-hour rehearsals out of a period of twelve hours, the shared purpose, being out of New York, and the excitement over the show created a camaraderie among the cast, crew, designers, and everyone else working on the show. (Well, among most of us: Phylicia Ayers-Allen, who was in the chorus, had a permanently aggrieved look on her face and her demeanor made it clear that she was made for better things. And who's to say she wasn't right, since she went on to become Phylicia Rashad and to play Bill Cosby's wife on The Cosby Show.)"
full article: http://www.manhattanusersguide.com/archives_content.php?contentID=121106&category=arts
Diehard Cosby fans (like me) know that Phylicia has a "lovely" (seems to be the best word to describe it) voice. It is definitely more powerful than Sheryl Lee Ralph's coo, and not as piercing as Linda Leilani Brown's head voice. It's a perfectly GOOD voice, right up there with any television star who's got an engagement at Feinstein's. Not coincidentally, I'd say that Phylicia's voice is to Nancy Wilson's as Diahann Carroll's is to Shirley Bassey's. Swell, but not *quite* strong enough for her to be considered a singer/actor opposed to an actor/singer.
I said "Swell"...
Phylicia was also busy playing Asa's lawyer, Courtney on One Life to Live when she was doing Dreamgirls. She was sort of Evangeline before Evangeline was Evangeline.
#38re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 12:46pm
I think a lot of people bent over backwards to get into a Bennett show and then felt aggrieved.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#39re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 3/2/07 at 5:05pmMan, oh, man, I'm happy that Bennett gave the theatre world A Chorus Line and Dreamgirls, but it sounds like he was a real ass.
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Hiram
Featured Actor Joined: 12/16/06
#40re: Did anyone ever see Phylicia Rashad go on as Deena Jones?
Posted: 3/4/07 at 6:55pmI saw Phylicia Rashad (then Ayers Allen) go on for Dee Dee Bridgewater in THE WIZ. At first I was angry because I wanted to see Ms. Bridgewater's Tony winning turn. But Ms. Allen won me over. She was lovely in the role, looked stunning and sang beautifully. I would've liked to have seen her Deena Jones.
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