BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione

[orangeskittles]

BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione#1

Posted: 6/3/09 at 12:24am

She's delightful but this:

"BWW: It is such a rich season of shows, to have Next To Normal and West Side Story running, what a gift!"

Is really awkward. There's no mention of Next to Normal anywhere else in the interview to justify its inclusion at the expense of other shows. The BWW interviewer comes across as a crazed Next to Normal fan who thinks the entire season revolves around that show, instead of a neutral professional.

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

[givesmevoice]

re: BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione#2

Posted: 6/3/09 at 12:25am

I thought the exact same thing.

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[luvtheEmcee]

re: BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione#2

Posted: 6/3/09 at 12:26am

Me too.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[somethingwicked]

re: BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione#3

Posted: 6/3/09 at 12:27am

Agreed.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[BroadwayBound062]

re: BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione#4

Posted: 6/3/09 at 8:35am

I was like well we all know what show the interviewer liked.

Genius lasts longer than beauty.

[MTVMANN]

re: BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione#5

Posted: 6/3/09 at 8:57am

On a different note, I knew NOTHING of this youtube video "thing".

Can someone elaborate more on that situation?

[Yankeefan007]

re: BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione#6

Posted: 6/3/09 at 9:05am

That's really funny.

MTVMANN, Laurents discovered Scaglione through a video posted on YouTube.

[Gobstopper]

re: BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione#7

Posted: 6/3/09 at 4:20pm

To be fair, they do mention other plays as well. I think they were trying to give an example of a NEW, ORIGINAL musical, and Shrek, 9 to 5, and Rock of Ages don't really fit the bill.

[orangeskittles]

re: BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione#8

Posted: 6/3/09 at 4:54pm

That explanation makes no sense.

"It is such a rich season of shows, to have Next To Normal and West Side Story running"

Nothing in that statement warrants a NEW ORIGINAL musical example over an adapted musical, and even so, West Side Story is neither.

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

[jv92]

re: BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione#9

Posted: 6/4/09 at 8:49pm

It is rather weird, but she's delightful in the show and although she has no chance at winning, she would have my vote!

[americanboy99]

re: BWW Q&A with Josefina Scaglione#10

Posted: 6/4/09 at 11:16pm

Maybe the interviewer was trying to point out that there is a highly challenging, brand new original musical and a bonafide American classic running now on Broadway- both shows at either end of the spectrum.