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#51

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 3:33pm

I have to see if I can get a copy of Reefer Madness. It looks like it's funny.

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#52

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 3:36pm

Very true C, but you also have to remember that Ana has soooo much screen time, especially at the end, so at that point and the fact that Amy has like one song, I don't think she has a chance. Ana kicks some major ass during her songs. But I think Amy is funniest person in that movie without a doubt!

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#53

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 3:37pm

she fell down!!

*g*

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#54

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 3:39pm

That is by far the funniest line in that movie, just because of how she says it! Because, let's face it, the line itself is awful, but Amy just adds that special something to it. And surprisingly, no matter how many times I watch it, it never gets old. I even have it recorded on my cell phone.

And now I got so in the mood I had to go and change the avatar.

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Updated On: 2/6/07 at 03:39 PM

#55

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 7:57pm

The first time I saw Amy was when she sang Always True to You on Rosie, and I have been in love ever since! It was a real shocker when I found out that Bianca's beautiful red hair wasn't really Amy's! I was lucky enough to see her in Tick, Tick...BOOM! and she was stunning. She is wonderful in everything she does and I hope we only continue to see more and more and more of her.

I too heard Michael and her had separated. Anyone have any details? Yes, I know it is none of our business, but I love and respect both of their work very much. I'm curious just like everyone else.

#56

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:19pm

muscle, I saw Amy in the show back in July.

While she sang four songs, she didn't have one shining moment that was completey owned by her and her alone. The only number that came close to being a solo for her (a mediocre on at that) was upstaged by Matthew Salvidar's appareance toward the end.

Look at the competition: Leavel had "As We Stumble Along," Withers-Mendes had "Push Da Button," Fields had "Hell No!"... are you really going to put "Right In Front Of Your Eyes" anywhere near the same level as those songs? And that's just on what she had to work with. I'm not even going into detail on how those performances outdid her.

My comment that she "had nothing to do" was more about her overall story arc and stage time. When she wasn't singing in the above four numbers, she wasn't doing much of anything. I can remember (off the top of my head) three appearances she made on stage with just dialogue.

As I said before, Spanger was great in the show, but nothing beyond that.

The part alone doesn't even lend itself to any award recognition. You just can't place the role of Holly anywhere near the prestigious pedestal characters like The Drowsy Chaperone, Shug, and Sofia reside on, so the fact that you were convinced she had the Tony in the bag for her work in the show was just plain near-sighted.

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Updated On: 2/6/07 at 08:19 PM

#57

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:19pm

If you know that its none of our business then why are you asking.

It was announced that they got divorced. The only way I found out about it was from that blog on broadway.com. It talked about how a Roxie/ Billy flynn couple got a divorce. And I was reading onhere that people talked about how she and michael were one of the only couples to play roxie/ billy.

I am not going to say much because I know people from the broadway world read and post here and I wouldn't want to offend anyone who could be reading this and knows her.

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#58

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:23pm

I saw here in Feeling Electric and i went to heaven.

#59

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:26pm

A lot of stuff that is discussed on this board is technically none of our business winston.

#60

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:31pm

I don't think she was upstaged by anyone while she sang "Right in Front of your Eyes" she sings about a 99% of the song, and "Saturday Night in the City" although she wasn't the only one singing the song, it was her number.

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#61

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:36pm

If memory serves me correctly, doesn't she just pop in and belt a big note in the last fifteen seconds of that "Saturday Night in the City" song?

Regardless.. you're ignoring my point. Even if she got BOTH of those numbers to herself, the material in ANY season (but particularly in the one in which she would have been nominated) doesn't lend for a Tony, and neither did her performance.

Updated On: 2/6/07 at 08:36 PM

#62

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:45pm

I agree that compared to the other nominees, she wasn't going to win the Tony. But regardless, she did sing the majority of SNITC, not just the last 15 seconds. And I agree, I don't think Matthew upstaged her at all during "Right in Front of Your Eyes."

"For example, if I should paint my fingernails green - and it just so happens I do paint them green. Well, if anyone should ask me why, I say: 'I think it's pretty!'"

#63

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:50pm

eh.. what the heck... maybe she should be Glinda in WICKED... there i said it...

#64

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:52pm

Oh lord, please, no!

"For example, if I should paint my fingernails green - and it just so happens I do paint them green. Well, if anyone should ask me why, I say: 'I think it's pretty!'"

#65

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/6/07 at 9:21pm

acting wise? she'd make an AMAZING g(a)linda :P singing.. I'm not so sure. Not that she doesn't have one of THE most killer voices, its just not so right for g(a)linda I dont think. Although, I HAVE never heard her in Urintown, which it sounds like she did some legit soprano in... so.. you never know! I'd say she'd be an amazing elphaba except... she's a little bit too sexy for elphie, I think *g*

and as far as the whole tony thing goes- she def DID lead SNITC for almost the entire song- there were other people in it obviously, but it was pretty largely her song. And also, I think she DID deserve a nomination, becuase she was most definitely one of the best things about the show (along with stephen and felicia... and I'd say laura too but the role just didn't lend itself to being.. scene steeling like the others did). I think what makes people overlook it a little is that its complete comedy, and that kind of comedy can seem a little.. not legit to some people. But, if you really think about it, to be THAT funny seems pretty darn hard! so yeah... I would have loved to have seen her get a nomination :) win? prob not-not for that role. But nomination.

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Updated On: 2/6/07 at 09:21 PM

#66

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/7/07 at 6:31pm

eh.. what the heck... maybe she should be Glinda in WICKED... there i said it...

No thanks.

#67

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/7/07 at 6:39pm

snl89, it isn't accurate to say she was overlooked because her character was pure comedy when the winner that year (Beth Leavel) delivered a purely comedic performance as well.

I also think your reasoning that she deserved a nomination because "she was deffinetly one of the best things about the show" is a little bit off too.

The Tony nominees are considered to be the best in their category out of every show that season. Just because someone like Spanger was the best part of their show doesn't mean that they were the best in their category up against other actors from other shows.

#68

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/7/07 at 6:47pm

I hope Amy does a new show, preferably one that she can win a Tony for because she diserves one. I would kill to see her in Feeling Electric. I was so disapointed when I couldn't get tickets for that show, but I know that it's so not likely for her to be in the show at this point. Although she did tell me that she would 'quit the business' if she didn't get to do it (she was joking).

eta: edited for spelling

Updated On: 2/7/07 at 06:47 PM

#69

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/7/07 at 6:54pm

She is byfar my favorite girls on bway. I remember after I saw WS I had this 5 hour bus ride home, and half of it was playing right in front of your eyes over and over.
I think I have all the cast recording that she is on but can someone list them just so that I can see if I'm missing anything?

Also Reefer Madness is one of my favorite movie musicals ever, because the cast is f-ing amazing! I mean we have Amy, Kristen (I'm a HUGE veronica mars fan), Ana, Cummings, and so many other great preformers. more movie musicals shold be like that.

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#70

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/7/07 at 8:41pm

She may have played Hope Cladwell, but she screamed her way through the show. Not pretty.

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#71

re: Amy Spanger

Posted: 2/7/07 at 11:47pm

She sure didn't scream her way through the role when I saw her as Hope Cladwell. She sang it beautifully and, of course, she nailed all the comedy.

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