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Posted: 12/31/04 at 3:31pm
What did you guys think of her as Rose in the recent revival? I loved her! She made me go back twice!!
FIRST TIME I SAW IT: Knocked me dead on my ass! I saw it in previews and she nailed every note, every comedic line, as well as every dramatic one. The scenes leading into Everythings Coming Up Roses and Roses Turn were bonechilling. She was frightening and loveable at the same time. I raced to the box office and bought tickets to another performance.
SECOND TIME I SAW IT: She was sick. She really should not have gone on. She was coughing the entire show and during Together, Wherever We Go, she began coughing and she just stopped singing. She was out of breath as well. Her acting was good but her singing was horrible and I felt so bad for her because she really went out there and tried to make the best of it. I was praying that Roses Turn wouldnt be a dud and it really wasnt. She was great during Roses Turn and gathered a standing ovation at the end of the show for being such a trouper.
THIRD AND FINAL TIME: The best performance I had seen her do as Rose. Everything's Coming Up Roses, Roses Turn, and Some People all got standing O's!! Her acting was phenomenal and her singing was perfection.
All in all, I adored Bernadette's portrayl of Rose. It was new and fresh (which upset many people who were used to the big brassy performances of Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bette Midler, and of course the incomparable Ethel Merman.) She put Rose into a new and sexier light, showing that she wasnt always so mean and pushy. I loved her performance.
What did you guys think of it??
FIRST TIME I SAW IT: Knocked me dead on my ass! I saw it in previews and she nailed every note, every comedic line, as well as every dramatic one. The scenes leading into Everythings Coming Up Roses and Roses Turn were bonechilling. She was frightening and loveable at the same time. I raced to the box office and bought tickets to another performance.
SECOND TIME I SAW IT: She was sick. She really should not have gone on. She was coughing the entire show and during Together, Wherever We Go, she began coughing and she just stopped singing. She was out of breath as well. Her acting was good but her singing was horrible and I felt so bad for her because she really went out there and tried to make the best of it. I was praying that Roses Turn wouldnt be a dud and it really wasnt. She was great during Roses Turn and gathered a standing ovation at the end of the show for being such a trouper.
THIRD AND FINAL TIME: The best performance I had seen her do as Rose. Everything's Coming Up Roses, Roses Turn, and Some People all got standing O's!! Her acting was phenomenal and her singing was perfection.
All in all, I adored Bernadette's portrayl of Rose. It was new and fresh (which upset many people who were used to the big brassy performances of Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bette Midler, and of course the incomparable Ethel Merman.) She put Rose into a new and sexier light, showing that she wasnt always so mean and pushy. I loved her performance.
What did you guys think of it??
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