Not sniping at the long tradition (a tradition that is mainly a tradition due to the rareness of triple threats of Sutton's level than it is for other reasons), just sniping at the immediate second posted comment with the link to "how it should be done." Not only is Sutton powerful vocally with crystal clear diction, she is a rare star who can stay with the chorus with little if any dancing down. And even if there is some accommodation, it is spectacular to see it done. And, in my opinion I don't think the dancing of the chorus alone in the Lupone version has anything on this number. Sutton gets that quick break to look upstage and be appropriately out of breath in character before turning around and powerfully delivering her final commentary on the whole bit of shenanigans she has just "fully" participated in. She is regularly under-appreciated and is regularly the target if quick snipes like that second comment, which is why I chose to counter with what has been said about the performance that was held up as "the way it should be done."
*Note on seeing other comment on Lupone in '87 probably being able to handle all the dancing Foster does in the show. She might have been able to get through the steps, but how she would look doing so would be the question. And, she certainly would not have had the stamina to pull off what Sutton does in the title number. So, in that way, — no she could not have handled the dancing Foster does in this show. Also, Foster accomplishes a similar feat in 'Blow Gabriel,' penche included.
*And I find the "touch of droll" (quite aptly put, it isn't boredom) not entirely inorganic to Sutton's personality (from what I have seen of it, not being a friend or anything). I think she has managed to put together a powerfully singing, and dancing Ginger Rogers-of-a-Reno, with a main ingredient of adorable sexiness and a dash of deadpan droll.
Updated On: 3/25/11 at 12:44 PM
