Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls- Page 2

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 4:07pm

Dreamgirls was very different when it opened as far it's production values. Some people found it kind of confusing and hard to follow as the sets were even timed to move in tandem with the action so as not to interrupt the flow. I worked on the LA production at the Shubert - and I was constantly hearing remarks like "I have never seen anything like that before".

[DAME]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 4:50pm

You did? When?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 5:23pm

Perhaps, time has played tricks on my memory, but I could almost swear I remember Liz Smith giving her usual fawning praise to Dreamgirls and dedicating a couple of paragraphs in her column to Jennifer Holliday's performance, anointing her an overnight star. I definitely remember her using the phrase "A Star Is Born!" in there somewhere. She also praised Cleavant Derricks if I remember correctly. But, hey, perhaps I'm little off (though I doubt it). It was one column 25 years ago and she's 100 years old now -- why should I remember it correctly, if she doesn't?

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:27pm

You do know you are Priceless, Margo?

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:32pm

not to threadjack or anything,

but i quite liked NEVER GUNNA DANCE...