Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 1:54pm
...when it was on Broadway!! What's up with that? Since she considered Michael Bennett a friend, did she just avoid him everytime he asked, "So what did you think of the show?"
(Sorry you have to look at ugly Clay Aiken).
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blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#2re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:00pmYou honostly think Bennett was such an egotist he repetedly asked her what she thought? I don't.
Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#3re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:01pm
Huh, that is strange!
(and yes, Clay Aiken is ugly... my eyes are burning now.)
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
#4re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:02pm
"You will have the choice surprise of learning that black singing, dancing and musically cultural ethnic American talent doesn't just have to do with the current craze of break dancing, tattoos, hip-hop, rap and loading yourself down with bling before you go to jail to be great!"
What a way with words....
#5re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:02pmAll she would have had to say was, "What a show!"
#6re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:04pm
I will never forget Liz Smith's quote hanging under the Broadhurst Marquis for NEVER GONNA DANCE:
"The best show I've seen since A CHORUS LINE!"
#7re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:05pmCareful. I worked on NGD.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:07pmRumor has it that she was snubbed by Jennifer Holliday at the stage door.
#9re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:09pmWhat did you do on NGD, Rathypoo?
#10re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:09pm
"...the current craze of break dancing, tattoos, hip-hop, rap and loading yourself down with bling before you go to jail to be great!" I love how she's down with the shorties.
Munk, I exec assisted one of the producers.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:11pm
"I love how she's down with the shorties."
I think you mean shawties.
#12re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:12pmI probably do.
#13re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:20pm
That's my favorite part of the whole article.
I won't dance
don't ask me
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#14re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:21pmLiz Smith likes deep fried foods, so her taste is shot to hell.
#15re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:21pmWhen I wear my NGD baseball cap, people think I'm making some anti-dance statement.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#16re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:25pm
I bet you look jiggy.
Fashizzle?
What's the word all of the kids are using now-a-days, anyway?
#17re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:26pmObviously I don't know. I can't even spell shawties correctly.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#18re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:28pmHow about Rathlicious?
#19re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:29pm
I don't think that's it.
I bet Liz knows.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#20re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 3:09pm
When I wear my NGD baseball cap, people think I'm making some anti-dance statement.
Are you sure they don't think, "That poor delusional 44 year old woman still can't tell a crappy show from a good one. $28 for that hat? Must have money to burn."?
#21re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 3:14pm
Most people in the real world don't know it was a show, Sueleen.
Which was kinda my point. But you knew that.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#22re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 3:29pm
Most people HERE didn't know it's a show, either. 
#23re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 3:31pmVery true!
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#24re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 4:02pmActually, many critics didn't like DREAMGIRLS...only because Rich gave it a good review did it keep going. And, of course, audience appreciation.
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