Alice Who?

[Jordan Catalano]

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

[MeggilyWeggily08]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:35pm

Reading 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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:37pm

Kyle 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.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:44pm

I 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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:47pm

Well adamgreer, I consider that a form of hate speech and it is unacceptable around me.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:49pm

Maybe 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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:50pm

LOL. I dare you.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:54pm

The thing is, I'd be frightened at some of the people who would seriously join the group.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:57pm

You mean, "The Crazies"?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:59pm

Who's crazy? The husband or wife....

[mybigsplash]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 9:29pm

My speculation for best a replacement Tony would be Bernadette.

[chellie]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 10:08pm

Kyle 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.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 10:12pm

Alice read your thread title and called you a fag.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 10:16pm

Alice who?

[BroadwayBound115]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 10:20pm

So 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?

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 10:48pm

are we talking about Alice Toklas? She makes fantastic brownies.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 11:18pm

I love her restaurant! Exceptional menu.

[phantomvegas2]

Posted: 8/8/10 at 12:20am

Felt the same effin way! Really wish this cast could have been preserved somehow. I never say this, but the show was perfection.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/8/10 at 12:36am

I'll always be Alice Toklas, if you'll be Gertrude Stein.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/8/10 at 11:13am

Note to adamgreer and The Crazies:

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/8/10 at 11:43am

That's right, bitches. This is Marin's house now!

[sondheimfan2]

Posted: 8/8/10 at 11:50am

Have 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.

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 8/8/10 at 1:08pm

Jordan, I completely agree with your original post. Marin and Jason are the breath of fresh air that I felt the show desperately needed.

[angelplays]

Posted: 8/8/10 at 6:08pm

I 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!

[matty159]

Posted: 8/8/10 at 6:33pm

Mmmm...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.