I Am My Own Wife
I Am My Own Wife
Stagedoor2
Leading Actor Joined: 8/1/04
#0I Am My Own Wife
Posted: 2/18/05 at 4:43pm
I realize that I'm late on the bandwagon for this, but I finally got a chance to see the show here in Chicago last night.
Wow.
That's all I can really say. I've never been so impressed with a single performance -- and this is coming from someone who saw The Boy from Oz multiple time for Hugh Jackman. Jefferson Mays truly deserved every award he won for this role.
The show makes me want to read Charlotte's book to find out more about her fascinating life. I only wish that I had the opportunity to see it again before it closes on Sunday, but I'm so glad that I didn't miss it.
#1re: I Am My Own Wife
Posted: 2/18/05 at 4:46pmI love this play...
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: I Am My Own Wife
Posted: 2/18/05 at 4:50pmCheck out Rosa von Praunheim's documentary on Charlotte from the early '90's "I Am My Own Woman" -- fascinating, especially for those who have seen this play.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#3re: I Am My Own Wife
Posted: 2/18/05 at 4:51pmJefferson Mays was sensational in this production. it was really great.
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#4re: I Am My Own Wife
Posted: 2/18/05 at 4:51pmI left the theater thinking that I may never again see such a great performance. Mays was incredible.
#5re: I Am My Own Wife
Posted: 2/18/05 at 4:52pmSimply brilliant show, with a smashing performance by Jefferson.
#6re: I Am My Own Wife
Posted: 2/18/05 at 4:54pmFabulous play, fabulous actor.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#8re: I Am My Own Wife
Posted: 2/18/05 at 5:13pmYes, it was an overwhelming experience. Great theater. A truly great performance, a master class.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
#9re: I Am My Own Wife
Posted: 2/18/05 at 5:24pmi agree. great show. great actor. cant say enough about it.
"we're actors- we're the opposite of people"
-Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
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