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Posted: 6/14/13 at 3:37am
While I think Angela Lansbury is a national treasure, I think she was an awful Tony Awards host. I know it was more the style, but she was so presentational, careful and scripted. Her introduction of numbers on the Tonys back then was almost as overcooked as her portrayal of Jessica Fletcher. (Oddly enough, these days she seems so much more unguarded and genuine when speaking on stage)
I think Sutton Foster was miscast in Anything Goes. I also think she walks and dances like a surprisingly athletic hunchback. (Though when she's cast right she's dynamite)
I LOVED Bernadette Peters in Follies -- without reservation.
I love Cats and I won't apologize.
I think Audra McDonald's singing is often strident and shrill.
I think Adam Guettel is wildly overpraised for his limited talent. He's written some gorgeous songs, but I don't think he's written a great score all the way through - yes - Piazza included.
I thought Doubt was so-so and was shocked that it won the Pulitzer.
I can't stand Ethel Merman's voice.
I think Sutton Foster was miscast in Anything Goes. I also think she walks and dances like a surprisingly athletic hunchback. (Though when she's cast right she's dynamite)
I LOVED Bernadette Peters in Follies -- without reservation.
I love Cats and I won't apologize.
I think Audra McDonald's singing is often strident and shrill.
I think Adam Guettel is wildly overpraised for his limited talent. He's written some gorgeous songs, but I don't think he's written a great score all the way through - yes - Piazza included.
I thought Doubt was so-so and was shocked that it won the Pulitzer.
I can't stand Ethel Merman's voice.
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