"3 Broadway Divas" in Rochester
"3 Broadway Divas" in Rochester
karen24
Broadway Star Joined: 2/27/06
#1"3 Broadway Divas" in Rochester
Posted: 2/14/08 at 3:27pm
Hi,
This weekend the Rochester Philharmonic is hosting a pops concert with "Three Broadway Divas"--Debbie Gravitte, Jan Horvath and Anne Runolfsson. I was just wondering if this is a show these three women have done in other areas of the country? Have any of you seen it? If not, can you tell me something about them? Should I go? The press says they'll be performing songs from Evita, Gypsy, Wicked, West Side Story, Mama Mia and A Chorus Line.
I have heard of Debbie Gravitte (I think I saw her years ago in Jerome Robbins's Broadway) but I'm not familiar with the other two.
Thanks!
Maggie-the-schnoodle
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#2re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/14/08 at 7:39pm
I would say BUY A TICKET!
I've only seen Deb and Anne before, but they were terrific!
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-whatever2
#2re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/15/08 at 12:24amI've seen Jan Horvath and Anne Runolfsson in various other similar concerts and they're both GREAT. Go!
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Cape Twirl of Doom
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#3re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/15/08 at 1:17amAnne Runolfsson is fabulous! Her solo CD At Sea is a favorite of mine.
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#4re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/15/08 at 1:20amPersonaly, I don't like Jan Horvath in this concert. Although Debbie Gravitte is my favorite musical actress, her two solos did not come off very well (Defying Gravity and Don't Rain on My Parade). Still, it should be fun.
#5re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/15/08 at 9:41am
i saw a similar concert in Chicago a few years ago... i liked Debbie's performance, but i wasn't too keen on her "Defying Gravity"... it's a pretty bad arrangement (hopefully she's changed it). i did hear she's very nice, though.
enjoy the show!
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Cape Twirl of Doom
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#6re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/15/08 at 9:47amI heard Debbie's "Defying Gravity" at a benefit concert last year and I was not impressed. She kept pronouncing the word as graviddy.
"It's Phantom meets Hamlet... Phamlet!"
#7re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/15/08 at 2:53pmDebbie is VERY nice--too bad she's stuck in Rochester! Is it playing at the old high school auditorium?
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#8re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/15/08 at 3:30pm
"She kept pronouncing the word as graviddy."
Well, her last name IS Gravitte
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PUPPETMAN
Understudy Joined: 12/28/07
#9re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/15/08 at 4:22pm"Stuck in Rochester"?????? There is theater and great audiences outside of NYC. I suppose you'd say the xame about Buffalo.
#10re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/15/08 at 4:24pm
Honey--I played Rochester for a week last year...
My comment had nothing to do with the quality of the audience but rather of the venue.
karen24
Broadway Star Joined: 2/27/06
#11re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/15/08 at 10:13pm
Thanks, everyone. I did buy a ticket--I'm going tomorrow night. It's playing at the Eastman Theater, not the Auditorium Theater, so I think that will be better. I haven't been to the Auditorium yet (we just moved here over the summer), but I do hear it's very barn-like. The Eastman is a beautiful old theater and the "divas" are performing with the Rochester Philharmonic. They also had a performance tonight, but I figured I'd give them a day to work out any problems 
Maggie-the-schnoodle
#12re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/16/08 at 9:13pmanne is amazing!!!!
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#13re: '3 Broadway Divas' in Rochester
Posted: 2/17/08 at 9:11pm
Well.....
HOW WAS IT??????
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