UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
#1UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/7/16 at 10:32pm
Maybe it's a performance that needs to be seen. Not saying it's terrible by any means, but she isn't exactly a powerhouse vocalist and it's hard to forget Barbara's performance.
"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
Whateverjsays
Featured Actor Joined: 7/12/16
#2UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/7/16 at 10:36pm
I really wish Lea Michele hadn't passed on this when she was given the role when Ryan Murphy acquired the rights
#3UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/7/16 at 10:40pm
qolbinau said: "Maybe it's a performance that needs to be seen."
Yes, it does need to be seen.
#4UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/7/16 at 10:58pm
I listened to it the other day and was thoroughly unimpressed. Sadly, I think this might be a show where no matter who plays the role, I'll always just wish it was Streisand. But Smith's performance (based on the disc) is not anything I'd ever say I'd need to see live.
#5UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/7/16 at 11:11pm
But the point is she acts the role excellently, even if her singing is nothing special. I haven't listening to the cast recording because I feel no need to hear her sing the score again, and yet she gave one of my favorite performances of the year.
Ronald Scarlata
Swing Joined: 7/31/16
#6UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/7/16 at 11:27pm
Sheridan is a warm and vulnerable Fanny, but vocally can't compare with Streisand. I also missed the yiddish comedian that the musical represents. Also missing is a character arc; we don't see Fanny mature and harden with fame and a troubled marriage. Still, I found Sheridan warm, loving and compelling.
also
aaaaaa15
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/31/15
#7UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/7/16 at 11:31pm
It's a shame they didn't record her alternate who has probably gone on more times than Sheridan and has a much better voice.
aaaaaa15
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/31/15
#8UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/7/16 at 11:36pm
The cast recording is on Spotify for anyone that hasn't listened and wishes to.
#9UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/7/16 at 11:46pm
aaaaaa15 said: "The cast recording is on Spotify for anyone that hasn't listened and wishes to.
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I can't find it on Spotify how is it listed?
aaaaaa15
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/31/15
#10UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/7/16 at 11:47pm
Oh sorry, it might just be UK Spotify!
#11UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 1:01am
This recording makes me dream of a production with Jessie Mueller. That would be too wonderful.
Sheridan sounds capable. I'm sure she acts the part wonderfully, but she doesn't conjure up the memory of Fanny Brice for me. I kind of think that she's miscast.
Btw Sheridan kind of sounds like Jane Krakowski on this recording.
sparepart973
Broadway Star Joined: 4/7/12
#12UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 4:22am
She's not that much better when seen. It's such a missed opportunity, this revival. So underwhelmingly designed and directed, with a below-par leading lady. The cast recording is a catastrophe. I can't wait for this to close and be replaced by the exciting Dreamgirls.
lightguy06222
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/06
#13UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 6:21am
^^^^^^^^^^^^ completely agreed!!
just as bad in person.
awful direction, awful design, and a truly mediocre leading lady.
#14UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 6:21am
Why can't I find it on iTunes?
#15UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 6:30am
Color me unimpressed with this as well.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#16UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 6:54am
Yet the critics here gave her strong reviews. Yes she's an OK vocalist but she plays the part very well, especially the comedy.
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#17UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 8:38am
I can't find it either...
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#18UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 8:41am
I should clarify I'm listening it through Apple Music with an Australian subscription.
"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
#19UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 9:56am
I'm glad she reminded someone else of Jane Krakowski!
#20UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 11:12amI like the orchestrations and I like that they included some material I hadn't heard before like "Temporary Arrangement" and "What Do Happy People Do?" though I'm not sure if those songs really add anything. I like Seridan's performance of the title "Funny Girl" song from the film but she just doesn't have the kind of voice that we're used to hearing sing this score. I don't think that's her fault exactly. She's just miscast. It's also possible that Barbra's shadow simply looms too large over this role for anyone to ever be able to effectively reinterpret it. For some reason it doesn't seem to be like Mamma Rose where each new actress is welcomed and lauded for her interpretation. The reaction to anyone else playing Fanny Bryce tends to always be "she's not Barbra" and I don't know if that will ever change.
#21UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 11:37am
The role of Fanny is like the role of Audrey. Others can play them and some might even do a good job, but they will always be compared to the originals. And a large part of that has to do with the films being so iconic.
#22UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 11:39am
If anyone has the recording and would be willing to share it with me on drive I would greatly cherish it!
BIG BALONEY
Leading Actor Joined: 6/21/03
#24UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 11:48am
Glad U saw it but it was a cheap production on the order of tent and pole.
#25UK Funny Girl (Sheridan Smith) cast recording on iTunes
Posted: 8/8/16 at 3:57pm
That arrangement of "Music That Makes Me Dance" is criminal.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
