"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Honestly, I think we can apply my "Geoffrey Rush Rule" to this production. That rule states that 95 percent of everything that Geoffrey Rush does is going to be sheer brilliance. I'm sure that this will be no different. Very jealous of you Aussies.
anything you do let it come from you and it will be new.
Who's to say Rush won't come over to the States and perform here? He did come over with "Exit the King". I have no doubt that if schedules can be arranged and there is a demand for a revival of Forum with Rush, that some producers will attempt to entice him over here.
Am I the only person who thinks that the announcement that Sondheim will attend being in the press release is a little ridiculous? I mean, why does that really matter at all?
It seems interesting that a US based composer would fly to Australia (it's a long flight) to see the show, and suggests it will be 'good'/'important'.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Expect this to be filmed and shown as fathom event in the States, plans are underway and full DVD release as well.
Plus this will be a Melbourne only season, and late the following year we may see Mr Rush in drag once again!
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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The show is wonderful (sparse review, indeed). It has a couple of Broadway producers (including Jerry Frankel) but everyone is publicly insisting the production won't be seen outside of Melbourne (live, at least). What a great way to experience a new (old) Sondheim show for the first time. I hope the production is mounted with Rush elsewhere.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
I love Geoffrey Rush, but - he's 61. Isn't that a little - um, mature - to be playing Psuedelos?
Does Pseudolus' age matter? Can't somebody of any age want to be free?
Milton Berle played the role in South Florida when he was 65. He wasn't the ideal casting for other reasons (though he was very funny to a certain audience and sold every ticket), but I don't remember his age being an issue.
Zero Mostel originated the part in his mid-40s; Phil Silvers was 61 when the show was first revived on Broadway in 1972. Is there something in the script I'm not remembering?
P.S. to wonkit: since you don't like FORUM, you probably haven't seen a good production. It's pretty irresistible, even to those of us who don't generally like low comedy.
For me Geoffrey being old added to the role. (I'd never seen it before, so I don't know if this is common but:) In this production he is depicted as being particularly decrepit, so it seems like it's his last chance at being 'free'. And the scenes with the Lycus girls are even funnier considering his age, for me.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Sorry I should clarify by decrepit I mean kind of unkept and maybe a little bit mistreated/less favoured throughout the years (not by Hero of course, maybe his parents) - at least, compared to the head slave - his clothes were noticeably tackier, he had a bandage on his leg, he was dirty.
It felt as if he had been a slave for a long time, so to me it made sense he had enough and wanted to be 'free'. He didn't lack energy or seem physically impaired or anything (perhaps decrepit was the wrong word)
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000