Evita
Evita
DollyGirl
Leading Actor Joined: 9/5/04
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#1re: Evita
Posted: 10/24/04 at 10:19pmSmall role (one scene) but she has one solo; "Another Suitcase in Another Hall". Beautiful song.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
Updated On: 10/24/04 at 10:19 PM
DollyGirl
Leading Actor Joined: 9/5/04
chunchun
Swing Joined: 9/26/04
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#6re: Evita
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:37pmIt's one of my favorite songs from that show, actually. I'm glad they gave it to Madonna (yes, the only real Eva Peron) to sing because she did a gorgeous job with it.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
B.B. Wolf
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/26/04
#7re: Evita
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:53pm
I couldn't agree more, Matt_G. I thought Madonna was wonderful in the film version. I have NO idea why the song was not originally given to Eva to sing. It makes no sense structurally for the mistress to sing Another Suitcase. It's a memorable song and an incredibly prominent solo for a character that only appears in ONE friggin scene. But if it must be it must be, I guess. Break a leg! 
Word. Word, indeed.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#9re: Evita
Posted: 10/25/04 at 12:04am
DAMNIT, WOMAN! I told you not to read this thread!!!
Madonna IS Eva Peron and always will be.
She had to let it happen
She had to change
Couldn't stay all her life listening to LuPone
Shrieking out of the speakers
Shrieking into her ears
So she sang better.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#11re: Evita
Posted: 10/25/04 at 12:07am
She had to change the score some
She had it changed
Couldn't sing in that wrong
Dreaful key
That was written for Patti
Who fuc*ed it all up
Madonna's brilliant.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#13re: Evita
Posted: 10/25/04 at 12:11am
Bitch, you gon' get on Matt_G's last nerve. Madonna is not "FROM" Michigan. She is from the heaven's and was sent to us on a cloud of love and delivered upon us to spread joy and happiness. Oh, and I do know it wasn't written for her, but I was going for humor.
So BOO-YA!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Updated On: 10/25/04 at 12:11 AM
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#16re: Evita
Posted: 10/25/04 at 12:14amWhy don't you get off here and go home to your wife since you've obviously turned straight!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#17re: Evita
Posted: 10/25/04 at 12:17amI couldn't agree more. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a HUGE Madonna fan. And while Madonna may not be the greatest actress that ever lived (yes, I know... that's an understatement), she was born to play Evita in the movie version. IMO Evita is a highly underrated film and Madonna's performance is first rate. And her performance of the song Another Suitcase in Another Hall is heart breakingly moving. The parallels between Evita and Madonna, in regard to how they are perceived, are such that Madonna could have been singing about herself, which only adds to the emotional impact of the song and the scene.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#21re: Evita
Posted: 10/25/04 at 12:26am
And who the hell in their right mind would want to see Patti Lupone on a 20 foot high screen in close-ups anyway??? 
Not to mention that she was old too old for the part by the time they got around to making the movie. There's a big difference between stage and film. And while I wouldn't have wanted to see Madonna perform it on stage, IMO, for the movie, she was perfect in every way.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
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