Anyone seen understudies for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY?
Anyone seen understudies for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY?
#1Anyone seen understudies for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY?
Posted: 1/4/08 at 2:38pm
Just wondering if anyone had seen any understudies go on in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY. I saw this past Wednesday's matinee and Deanna Dunagan (Violet Weston - the mother) was out. Her understudy did a fine job (can't imagine taking over that role) but I just wondered how the show would be different if Dunagan was there. Such a huge and commanding role - had to give her understudy credit for doing a nice job, but somehow I got the feeling that the show had a different feeling when Dunagan is there. Still was a fantastic piece of theatre.
Thoughts?
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Posted: 1/4/08 at 2:41pmI think I'm the only one who feels that Dunagan, while very good, wasn't nearly as fantastic as Amy Morton.
#2re: Anyone seen understudies for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY?
Posted: 1/4/08 at 2:42pmDunagan is the only cast member who has been out.
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Posted: 1/4/08 at 2:46pm
do you know how many times she has been out?
Amy Morton was amazing - as was everyone, really - so wonderful to see such remarkable ensemble work.
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Posted: 1/4/08 at 2:52pmJust last Wednesday
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Posted: 1/4/08 at 3:21pmI thought Dunnagan was outstanding-I'm going back to see August: Osage County at least once more, perhaps twice. LOVED it. But Dunnagan was, in my opinion, the standout performance (Amy Morton was second). I thought her performance was heartbreaking and it sent chills down my spine.
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Posted: 1/4/08 at 3:23pm
Walt not true. I saw August on 12/30 and Munson Hicks was on in the role of Beverly Weston...Dennis Letts was out for the evening. He did a fine job for what the role is...did not leave much of an impression on me. But he was still good.
I think Dunnagan and Morton are both amazing actresses in very different ways.
I feel like their 2 show days are so menatally exhausting.
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Posted: 1/4/08 at 4:17pmOne of my teachers was Amy Morton's understudy in the Chicago production and she was replaced when they moved to Broadway. Sucks for her...
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Posted: 1/4/08 at 4:20pmYankee, I feel the same way. Amy Morton gives a far superior, more in depth performance than Dunagan.
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Posted: 1/4/08 at 4:30pmYankee, I also agree with you on this.
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Posted: 1/4/08 at 4:49pm
The entire cast is brilliant. Morton's Act Two closer though, is so insanely brilliant. Everyone I went with still quote this line... So powerful.
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Posted: 1/4/08 at 4:52pmI hope the producers have petitioned to split these two women into different Tony categories.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#12re: Anyone seen understudies for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY?
Posted: 1/4/08 at 5:12pmWhat did you want me to say? Mom's beaver?
#13re: Anyone seen understudies for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY?
Posted: 1/5/08 at 1:19am
I walked by the theater this evening and noticed that Amy Morton was out. Does anyone know if this was a scheduled absence or if she is sick? I was thinking about seeing the show this weekend for the first time, and I would choose a different time if she is not going to be there.
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Updated On: 1/5/08 at 01:19 AM
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