Beanie Feldstein & More to Star in SPELLING BEE at Kennedy Center- Page 3

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/16/24 at 5:46pm

Unless The Notebook is allowing her out of the show the week following her debut, Anna Zavelson is probably going to have to dropout of this. 

[MyLife]

Posted: 9/16/24 at 10:50pm

How about Greta Lee? She has played the role before and mentioned on the red carpet she was returning to the stage soon but that it was the first time she was saying anything about it.

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 9/17/24 at 9:58am

wsondheim94 said: "darquegk said: "It’s a question of, is the taking out emotional neglect/resentment, physical violence or sexual abuse?"

Ah, I see. Makes sense. Thanks!"

I've always interpreted this as meaning emotional neglect/resentment.  I think if it was intended to imply physical violence or sexual abuse, that would be made more clear elsewhere in the material, because that's a very heavy topic to introduce into a generally uplifting/light-hearted show in a passive/ambiguous way.  But I guess it's up for interpretation. I wasn't aware that this lyric had been "debated heavily."  

[Kad]

Posted: 9/17/24 at 11:57am

Rentaholic2 said: "wsondheim94 said: "darquegk said: "It’s a question of, is the taking out emotional neglect/resentment, physical violence or sexual abuse?"

Ah, I see. Makes sense. Thanks!"

I've always interpreted this as meaning emotional neglect/resentment. I think if it was intended to imply physical violence or sexual abuse, that would be made more clear elsewhere in the material, because that's a very heavy topic to introduce into a generally uplifting/light-hearted show in a passive/ambiguous way. But I guess it's up for interpretation. I wasn't aware that this lyric had been "debated heavily.""

I'm of the same opinion. I don't think the idea that Olive's father is outright abusive is supported textually at all. Absent or distant, emotionally neglectful, frustrated, sure.

[SweetLips22]

Posted: 9/17/24 at 11:33pm

Did I just see Beanie Feldstein in some gross Lesbian horror film on Netflix? It was very R rated, at least at the beginning, and that was as far as I got.
I Updated On: 9/18/24 at 11:33 PM

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 9/18/24 at 9:51am

…You mean Drive Away Dolls, directed by 4 time Academy Award Winner Ethan Coen? It’s not great, but in what universe is it gross or a HORROR film??? 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 9/18/24 at 10:43am

Crazy that my post telling them to get a hobby and stop being weird gets deleted while people here just get to take cheap shots at Beanie for the crime of taking a role she was bad at on Broadway like 3 years ago and they can't let it go...

Updated On: 9/18/24 at 10:43 AM

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 9/18/24 at 12:29pm

Leana Rae Concepcion replaces Anna Zavelson

https://playbill.com/article/leana-rae-concepcion-joins-kennedy-centers-25th-annual-putnam-county-spelling-bee

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 9/18/24 at 1:11pm

Truly. She’s talented in the right roles. I thought she shined in Lady Bird. Weird people still talk about as if Funny Girl is still running. 

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 9/18/24 at 1:14pm

Finn's done significant rewrites on his other shows for their major revivals (the Broadway revival of Falsettos and the Encores revival of A New Brain). Do you think he'll do any for Spelling Bee?

[singer234]

Posted: 9/18/24 at 2:07pm

Kimberly Immanuel would be a great Marcy, though she's not a name. Not sure if Stephanie Hsu is around and available.

[Kad]

Posted: 9/18/24 at 3:37pm

Alex Kulak2 said: "Finn's done significant rewrites on his other shows for their major revivals(the Broadway revival ofFalsettosand the Encores revival ofA New Brain). Do you think he'll do any forSpelling Bee?"

I don’t recall the Falsettos revival having significant rewrites? From what I remember, it was very close to the original Broadway version. However, the original Broadway production was never recorded and it did have a lot of differences from the original off-Broadway versions of March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, and those were the only formally recorded versions of the score until the revival.

I hope Finn doesn’t make changes. The changes implemented by he and Lapine for A New Brain were sideways moves at best. 

Updated On: 9/18/24 at 03:37 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 9/18/24 at 3:51pm

If anything, I wish William Finn & Michael Starobin had taken a new pass at the orchestrations for the FALSETTOS revival (even if it didn't involve adding musicians). The sound of that show is so 90s.

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 9/18/24 at 4:15pm

Not sure there’s much to play with for spelling bee anyway. The book is pretty tight structure wise. 

[Observation]

Posted: 9/18/24 at 4:45pm

I wonder if they'll change/update some of the words and their definitions and sentence usage. There's usually some room to play around with that.