Angela out of "Night Music" for both shows today.- Page 2

[Here I Am]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 12:18am

I saw the matinee today as well. I really only went for Jones, as I've already seen Lansbury live. I was disappointed, but the role is so tiny and Murphy was completely adequate to the task. Catherine Zeta-Jones is worth the full price of admission alone. What an experience! And I haven't even mentioned Erin Davie's pitch-perfect performance and Leigh Ann Larkin doing possibly the best "Miller's Son" you will ever see. It would have been nicer if both of the leading ladies were there, but I can't see it any other time this week and the memory of Jones as Desiree was so incredibly worth it. I also found the production to be absolutely beautiful.
Updated On: 6/17/10 at 12:18 AM

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 3:26am

Here I Am - Did we see the same show? It's been a while since I saw it, but...Leigh Ann Larkin? Best "Miller's Son"? Hardly.

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 9:06am

Best "Miller's Son" ever? Seriously? She walks to the lip of the stage and belts the song out like a voice major at her senior showcase, trying to impress her jury. There isn't one iota of emotion in her performance.

[Here I Am]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 9:32am

Okay, it's just my opinion. You don't have to bombard me with reasons why she was terrible lol. She's been a lead in two major Broadway musicals, so she doesn't need the Broadway World message board to validate her career anyway. She doesn't need my praise OR your nasty comments about her performance.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 9:49am

I wish you could have seen D'Jamin Bartlett's Petra. She was brilliant, especially in her unforgettable rendition of "The Miller's Son," by turns flirtatious, whimsical, defiant and practical. I not only saw her in the original production, but last year she reprised that number as part of Scott Siegel's Broadway series at Town Hall and amazingly, 36 years later, she was every bit as thrilling. I also saw Larkin, whom I thought barely OK. But I might have liked her better if I didn't have such glowing memories of Bartlett.

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 9:50am

Bartlett still sings "The Miller's Son" in the original key. It's f*cking thrilling.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 9:52am

I absolutely love Larkin's rendition of that song. It's my favorite part of the entire show.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 10:00am

"She better be seriously ill not to go on."

What an obnoxious and ignorant comment.

First of all, I don't care if she has to stand onstage for five minutes and only say a few lines. If you're sick, you're sick. If she went on, people would complain that she sounded too sick to perform and should have called out.

Not to mention she is in her 80s and doesn't have as much stamina as a younger performer. I'd rather for her to make sure her health is in check, especially at her age, rather than go onstage when she is ill.

[Rudy2]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 1:02pm

Any word if she'll go on tonight?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 1:43pm

She's been a lead in two major Broadway musicals, so she doesn't need the Broadway World message board to validate her career anyway.

Which two shows would that be? She has about a dozen lines in Night Music and sings The Miller's Son, certainly not the lead there. And in Gypsy, her character leaves at the end of act 1, again, certainly not a lead.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 1:45pm

^ Agreed. Petra and June are not lead roles. They are smaller featured roles.

[Rudy2]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 2:04pm

I would gladly play roles of such, indeed, featured sizes in a Broadway theater. As far as I'm concerned she was/is a major asset to both productions.

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 3:33pm

As of now, Angela is performing tonight.

[Here I Am]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:18pm

Always such silly arguments on here. Did I ever say "THE lead"? I said she played a lead in two major Broadway musicals. Larkin is on stage as much as Lansbury, who is above the title. Look at it any way you will, but Petra and June are lead roles. Not THE leads, but leads nonetheless.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:24pm

There is a distinct different between a principal role and a lead role, Here I Am.

[JimCo]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:33pm

I have worked with Angela on two different shows for about three years total, and in over 500 performances with her, she was out only one time! She is the consummate pro, and give her a break. She is 85 years old, and on the best people in the world.!!!!

[fflagg]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 6:02pm

She is a class act and a damn nice person.

Long may she thrive on stage, film, etc., and shame on Hollywood for not providing her with another good film role. Each time she is on screen, it is a treat.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:25pm

Is Angela definitely back tonight?

Also according to Karen Murphy's facebook, she is only 54 years old! Angela is 84. If Murphy ever goes on opposite Bernadette, she will be 8 years younger than her stage daughter. wow!

[bjh2114]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 8:02pm

She's back. I am in the audience right now.

[Rudy2]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 8:04pm

I would like to know also. Is she on or not? I am impatient to find out.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 8:07pm

She's on.

[Rudy2]

Posted: 6/17/10 at 8:13pm

Thank you! I'm so relieved.

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Posted: 6/18/10 at 2:01am

She was fantastic at the Thursday performance! If I didn't know she was just out due to illness, I would have had no idea...she was in top form.


I'll post a full review in the morning,

[Rudy2]

Posted: 6/18/10 at 3:10am

Thank goodness! Thank you for alleviating my worries, both of you. I have seen the show before, of course, but I am bringing friends on Sunday, both of whom are major fans (well, one of them is casual, the other major) of hers who have not yet seen her in this part.

I would also like to point out, in reference to some comments above, that Angela's, like any other fine actor's, parts are not interchangeable.

Updated On: 6/18/10 at 03:10 AM

[Leonora]

Posted: 6/18/10 at 8:48am

Rudy, I hope you got my PM about Angela.