If Glenn is gonna do it in London they ought to get La LuPone to do it in New York. Not that she would, unless they made her an offer she couldn't refuse.
Thought Rita Moreno (west end) was better than Close, Clark, or Buckley. Never saw Paige (Karen Mason-who I love was on for her). All that being said. What about another 50 year old for the part?
This joke would work if you were suggesting Abe as Streisand's father in Gypsy, but since Norma is supposed to be older than Joe it really doesn't work here.
I hope this transfers to NYC, I would love to see Gleen as Norma. She's the best, she has no competition. No one can act like her.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
I saw Glenn Close early in her Los Angeles run, and she was quite solid. Not very impressive singing, but fine acting.
I saw it again closing night. She had descended into high camp and was wringing every last laugh out of the material. It was disgraceful, her mugging. I'm assuming they reigned her in for Broadway. Closing night, Glenn made a curtain speech where she mentioned the death of Jackie Kennedy and the OJ Simpson Bronco chase. She also obliquely referenced the Patti controversy by saying "I'm very proud to be taking this to Broadway" or words to that effect.
I find it very sad that LA doesn't see these kinds of pre-Broadway runs anymore. How fun that was to have that show in town for so long!
And you guys in LA got to see Judy Kuhn as Betty, the best Betty!
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
I find this all slightly disingenuous of ENO. They play in a massive venue and charge typical opera prices--so most of the seats (And certainly the decent ones,) are more than typical musical theatre prices (ie very expensive.) Add to that this is just a semi-staged concert done by Lonny Price the way he has done semi staged concerts ad nauseum (and some I've mostly liked, like Company, while others, like Candide, I've hated.) That would be justifiable as a week long fundraising thing, but this is playing a little over a month (I believe,) which makes me all the more cynical about it all. I won't be in England anyway, but I'm happy to stick to my memories of seeing Dihann Carroll and Rex Smith and that ridiculously over the top John Napier set several times in Vancouver, in a decent sized theatre at relatively decent prices.