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#1

Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!

Posted: 5/13/08 at 11:54am

Okay, gang, here's a toughie!

Obviously, I'm rooting for Benanti. And she seems the most likely and obvious with all the love letters for her tour-de-force as Louise. BUT! This seems like the tightest and hardest to predict race of the year.

Anyone agree?
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

Updated On: 5/13/08 at 11:54 AM

#2

re: Benanti, Mereditz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!

Posted: 5/13/08 at 11:58am

I'm rooting for Sayre but it's tight. I tend to think Benanti has it.
"A birdcage I plan to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird who flew away...Around the world." "Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
#6

re: Benanti, Mereditz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!

Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:06pm

Olga has my vote.
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-Kad

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#8

re: Benanti, Mereditz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!

Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:11pm

Benanti
Now what would you say if today I started over? Without a thing but this taped together four leaf clover And I'll pretend like everything is already alright And I'll run toward the sun till the castle's out of sight
#11

re: Benanti, Mereditz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!

Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:20pm

I have yet to see Sayre, but I've only heard wonderful things!

This race seems it could go any way.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#12

re: Benanti, Mereditz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!

Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:20pm

I think that Benanti has the award. No contest.
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
#16

re: Benanti, Mereditz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!

Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:24pm

I adore all three performances. I really enjoyed Loretta Ables Sayre's rendition of Bali Ha'i and Happy Talk. She just made the tears well up in my eyes. Beautiful performance. Any other year she'd win. That said-Benanti gave a career changing performance. Her Louise was incredible. The one thing I liked about that show.
"A birdcage I plan to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird who flew away...Around the world." "Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
#18

re: Benanti, Mereditz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!

Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:28pm

That's kind of how I feel...

While Mereditz delivers a beautiful performance, bringing a lot of light to some not-always-stellar material and Sayre apparently delivers something astonishing... Benanti has really breathed life back into her career. Besides the couple performances with pneumonia, her attendance has improved and she got all around love letters for her performance from the critics. Still seems there's room for an upset though!
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#19

re: Benanti, Mereditz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!

Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:30pm

Wouldn't it be wonderful to have another situation with the Best Actress and the Best Featured Actress in the same show?

That being said...we all know my vote's for Benanti.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
#25

re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!

Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:42pm

Dame, where did Merediz play Dolly? and how long ago? I totally missed news of this production.
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