Alice Who?
Alice Who?
#1Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:25pm
Ever see one of those performances you know will stay with you forever? Ever walk out of a show not only knowing you've seen something remarkable but also wondering how it could possibly happen again, not to mention 7 more times this week? Marin Mazzie has not only taken over the role of Diana in this show but has also completely erased any memory of her predecessor. Standing up and leaving after the matinee today, I couldn't imagine how she was going to step on that stage and put herself through that again in only a few hours, it is completely unfathomable to me.
Jason Danieley as well is simply remarkable in this. I will agree with people who've said he seems "smaller" than anyone else has in the role but I LOVE that about him in this part. Dan is lost in a way, and it comes across brilliantly here. And if his "I Am The One" reprise doesn't rip your heart out of your chest, chew it up and spit it back out onto the floor before stomping on it, than you have no heart. It was simply devastating.
THIS is why a replacement Tony award needs to be instituted. If you want to see what acting really is, what a human being is physically and mentally able to put themselves through for their craft, than it's worth seeing again or for the first time. While the show itself still isn't my favorite, that performance will go on my mantle as one of the finest I've ever seen.
Updated On: 8/7/10 at 08:25 PM
#2Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:35pmReading these great reviews of Marin and Jason makes me feel like I truly won't be able to wait until I see this again. How is Kyle Dean doing with both of them? Also, are you one of the lucky ones who got to hear Kyle Dean's experimental high note at the end of I'm Alive? Would kill to hear it. I totally agree 100% about the replacement Tony. It's not just the originals who can truly deliver.
#2Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:37pmKyle did do a high note today. I didn't even think about it being new but it sounded great. This entire cast together is phenomenal.
#3Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:44pmI unfortunately have to disagree. Mazzie is fine enough, I suppose, but the entire performance feels very calculated to me. I didn't get a shred of honesty in it. She doesn't have near the raw emotion that either her predecessor or the phenomenal Jessica Phillips (who deserved to assume this role full-time) brought to it.
#4Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:47pmWell adamgreer, I consider that a form of hate speech and it is unacceptable around me.
#5Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:49pmMaybe I should start a facebook group to "Give Diana back to the crazies!", along the lines of that lovely group Hunter and Cuddles set up.
#7Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:54pmThe thing is, I'd be frightened at some of the people who would seriously join the group.
#10Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 9:29pmMy speculation for best a replacement Tony would be Bernadette.
Stephen: "Could you grab me a coffee?"
Me: "Would you like that with all the colors of the wind?"
chellie
Stand-by Joined: 6/7/10
#11Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 10:08pmKyle Dean's high note isn't really experimental; they've actually just changed the note, from what I've heard. But either way, I'm looking forward to seeing this again, mainly for Marin Mazzie. I've loved her in almost everything I've seen her do, so I have no doubt that I won't be disappointed.
#12Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 10:12pmAlice read your thread title and called you a fag.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#14Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 10:20pmSo for the "I'm Alive" high note, what is the high note? I want to go up in my room and get nodes trying to sing it?
#15Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 10:48pmare we talking about Alice Toklas? She makes fantastic brownies.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#16Alice Who?
Posted: 8/7/10 at 11:18pmI love her restaurant! Exceptional menu.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
phantomvegas2
Stand-by Joined: 1/24/08
#17Alice Who?
Posted: 8/8/10 at 12:20amFelt the same effin way! Really wish this cast could have been preserved somehow. I never say this, but the show was perfection.
#21Alice Who?
Posted: 8/8/10 at 11:50amHave to agree with adamgreer...as I posted on another thread...saw the show Friday and was very disappointed, especially with Jason. Will wait for Alice to go on tour to see this again.
#22Alice Who?
Posted: 8/8/10 at 1:08pmJordan, I completely agree with your original post. Marin and Jason are the breath of fresh air that I felt the show desperately needed.
angelplays
Stand-by Joined: 3/11/10
#23Alice Who?
Posted: 8/8/10 at 6:08pmI third you Jordan! I saw it last week and honestly haven't been that moved by the show since the first time I saw it at Second Stage. And even that paled in comparison to what I felt this week!
#24Alice Who?
Posted: 8/8/10 at 6:33pmMmmm...all this debate has lit my fire to revisit this to see Marin and Jason. I loved the show when I saw it at the Arena in VA, but was rather nonplussed when I saw it about a month ago (Alice just really didn't do it for me that time around). Can't wait to see it on Tuesday.
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