Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
bwaybri2
Featured Actor Joined: 6/11/08
#1Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:37pmI could have listened to Becky Gulsvig a lot longer. I heard LBB on broadway - I choose this Elle hands down.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#2re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:38pmBecky is my favorite Elle, I was so upset I never got to see her live. I missed her going on for Elle on Broadway by one performance!
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#2re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:39pmI thought she was awful. She was one of the worst parts of the tour when I saw it, imo.
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
#3re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:40pmCompared to LBB is not very good live at all.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#4re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:40pmA good singer, yes. A good Elle? It's hard to tell. She didn't seem to have the natural bubbly personality that LBB possess.
#5re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:43pmShe was amazing and so full of life (and had a knock-out voice) when I saw her last week in Chicago. Even with the messy sound system, she sounded strong, clear, and alive!
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#6re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:45pmShe has a lovely voice but she is not very theatrical and her acting always falls very flat.
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Trish2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/20/06
#7re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:57pmThe piece they selected to showcase was an atrocity. I think it was just as bad as the Mama Mia segment. Well, maybe worse.
#8re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:02amWasn't impressed at all. Any one of those girls from the MTV show couldn't done it so much better. So to speak.
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#9re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:03amatleast she didn't screw up that last note.
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"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#10re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:06amShoulda just brought in Laura Bell Bundy. I hear she's on as Elle more than Becky these days anyways.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#11re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:08amDid they pay to fly in the tour shows or how do you think that worked?
Ole Chum
Leading Actor Joined: 12/6/07
#12re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:20am
i thought becky gulsvig was fantastic.
i have no idea why we had to see any touring shows perform- ridiculous- but she did a fantastic job.
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
#13re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:23amI really liked seeing some of the Broadway cast again though.
#14re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:24amI enjoyed seeing Tracy Jai Edwards.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#15re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:24amI agree the touring productions seem out of place (though I enjoyed watching the Jersey Boys one), but they are trying to do whatever they can to increase viewership to the awards show (more performances and less creative award presentations). Also, it gets the word out about shows that are traveling the country if people cannot make it to NYC. So, in a way it is a good thing. But, yeah, this year I though Legally Blonde and Mamma Mia gave bland performances.
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RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#16re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:27amI understand the point of the touring shows, but I feel like it could have been done better. Like, why not go to them in their respective cities and tape a performance? That way the viewers at home can see, "Oh, Legally Blonde is in Nashville. Mamma Mia is playing in Florida, etc." I think that would have gotten the word out there more. Or maybe they should reach out to more colleges and incorporate people trying to get into the business or studying the arts or something.
dancindramadork
Chorus Member Joined: 8/13/08
#17re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 1:53amI saw Becky on tour and I went in with extreme skepticism expecting to hate her from what I'd seen. It was quite the opposite really. She is my favorite Elle now, but you'd never see it from short little bits of performances...she carries the show well in my opinion which you'd need to experience to see why she makes such a great Elle.
#18re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 4:08am
I love Becky. She is my favorite Elle. Hands down. Was lucky enough to see her 2x on Broadway last summer.
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rich.hanson59
Stand-by Joined: 8/7/07
#19re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 8:50amWho were the sorority girls? I only picked out Tracy Jai, and I think Gaelen Gilliland was all the way on the right side, but I could be wrong.
pli1018
Broadway Star Joined: 4/16/07
#20re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 9:36amThat was Gaelen, I think ALL of the girls were in the Broadway cast at some point or another. Either they're now on the tour or it was cheaper for the Tonys to just get whoever was in the NY area.
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
#21re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 11:40amI saw Tracy, Gaelen, Beth Curry, Kate Rockwell, April Berry, Tiffany Engen, and Emily Padgett.
#22re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 11:52amAre you sure that was Emily Padgett? She should be in Wisconsin performing with the Grease tour right now.
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
#23re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 11:57amyeah, you are right that was not Emily.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#24re: Legally Blonde - Becky Gulsvig can sing
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:01pmI'm guessing the producers of the TOUR pay for thier travel...it's advertisement....so CBS isn't going to pay.
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