Baker's Wife Casting - Goldsberry, von Essen, Cahoon, Gay Marshall....
Baker's Wife Casting - Goldsberry, von Essen, Cahoon, Gay Marshall....
#1Baker's Wife Casting - Goldsberry, von Essen, Cahoon, Gay Marshall....
Posted: 10/17/07 at 3:19pm
Um, yeah, hi. I love the York casting department.
The Baker's Wife - MUFTI
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2re: Baker's Wife Casting - Goldsberry, von Essen, Cahoon, Gay Marshall....
Posted: 10/17/07 at 3:28pm
Great cast...but I hope there are some other folks of color in the cast.
When we did Baker's Wife in college, our Genevieve was black...but there were no other faces of color on the stage. So, the villagers shock at Aimable and her together took on an unwanted racial tone that was never justified in our production.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#2re: Baker's Wife Casting - Goldsberry, von Essen, Cahoon, Gay Marshall....
Posted: 10/17/07 at 3:32pm
That's a good point.
I'm SO excited to hear "Medowlark" in its original context.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#3re: Baker's Wife Casting - Goldsberry, von Essen, Cahoon, Gay Marshall....
Posted: 10/17/07 at 3:33pmAnd the rest of that score. Just delicious.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#4re: Baker's Wife Casting - Goldsberry, von Essen, Cahoon, Gay Marshall....
Posted: 10/17/07 at 4:03pm
Even though I attended a particularly horrendous amateur production of the show, I stayed for the second act simply for the score. With the exception of maybe two songs, it is utterly sublime. For some reason, the song "Chanson" can reduce me to tears. I'm not exactly sure why. There is something about its simple melody that feels so familiar and nostalgic, even when hearing it for the first time.
And life is the sound of the sheep
And the taste of the stew
And the way that you look
When he touches you
Then your whole life is different
Then your whole life is new
You really need the rest of the song for those lyrics to make sense, but they are actually perfect. I get goosebumps every time I hear the melody alone.
Most everyone knows Meadowlark, but there are so many stunning gems including:
Gifts of Love
Proud Lady
Serenade
Endless Nights
Where Is the Warmth?
There are a couple of cutesy cheesy numbers that manage to rise above schmaltz to be heartwarming when staged well such as Merci, Madam or Plain and Simple. But the two songs for the villagers, Bread and Buzz-a-Buzz, just don't work.
I wish I could attend this production. I fell in love with Goldsberry in Two Gentlemen of Verona and would love to see her in this.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Updated On: 10/17/07 at 04:03 PM
#5re: Baker's Wife Casting - Goldsberry, von Essen, Cahoon, Gay Marshall....
Posted: 10/17/07 at 4:06pm
Wow. Excellent casting. Can't wait to see this on the 27th!
Updated On: 10/17/07 at 04:06 PM
#6re: Baker's Wife Casting - Goldsberry, von Essen, Cahoon, Gay Marshall....
Posted: 10/17/07 at 4:22pmGreat cast. I'm so glad I got tickets to this, especially since I missed the production at Papermill.
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
#7re: Baker's Wife Casting - Goldsberry, von Essen, Cahoon, Gay Marshall....
Posted: 10/17/07 at 6:16pmCan't wait to hear Ms. Goldsbury wrap her velvety voice around "Gifts of Love" and "Meadowlark". I'll be there on 10/27.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#8re: Baker's Wife Casting - Goldsberry, von Essen, Cahoon, Gay Marshall....
Posted: 10/17/07 at 7:35pmI'd love to see this on my birthday (the 27th), but I'm working all day. I'll try to do a belated present and see it the 28th :).
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