Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Le Bete
Understudy Joined: 4/4/17
#1Cate Blanchett
Posted: 4/14/17 at 1:25am
How is her acting on Broadway?
Do you think it was smart of her to do 'The Present' on Broadway
and should she do more Broadway?
and in what plays?
#2Cate Blanchett
Posted: 4/14/17 at 1:53am
I've never seen her on Broadway, but she's a great actress!
#3Cate Blanchett
Posted: 4/14/17 at 2:33am
What do you mean by "should do Broadway"? She is based in Australia so I imagine it would be quite inconvenient to commit continuous months in a foreign country.
Oh, she is an amazing actress, on screen or stage.
Le Bete
Understudy Joined: 4/4/17
#4Cate Blanchett
Posted: 4/14/17 at 2:40am
But she did The Present . How is she in that? Was she any good? And do you think STC should transfer any of the shows with her in it.
Side note apparently Woody saw her in A Streetcar Named Desire and that was the catalyst for her being cast in Blue Jasmine.
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I guess I expected The Present to sweep with raves. But has not happened for her or the play. So I am wondering if she is any good on stage?
#5Cate Blanchett
Posted: 4/14/17 at 2:48am
She and Richard Nixon are great. The play is not up to their talent though. The first act feels interminable and the rest of the cast are all in different shows. It needs better direction.
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#6Cate Blanchett
Posted: 4/14/17 at 2:50am
Le Bete said: "But she did The Present . How is she in that? Was she any good? And do you think STC should transfer any of the shows with her in it.
Side note apparently Woody saw her in A Streetcar Named Desire and that was the catalyst for her being cast in Blue Jasmine.
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I guess I expected The Present to sweep with raves. But has not happened for her or the play. So I am wondering if she is any good on stage?
I saw it and she was excellent in it. She's very charismatic and you are drawn to her when she's on stage. She's clearly very talented. Whether STC should transfer other shows with her in it, that I'm sure depends on the show. I'm sure you are aware that The Present is an adaption of Chekhov's Platonov and the person who adapted this for the STC production was her husband, hence her strong ties to this particular show. The show itself was 3 hours long and a bit of a slog. The reviews reflect that though she won praise for her performance. So you can rest easy. Yes, she's good on stage.
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