Best Desiree in 'A Little Night Music' ?- Page 3

[Jarethan]

Posted: 8/16/23 at 11:12pm

At a minimum, I saw Glynis Johns (three times), Jean Simmons, Blair Brown, Hayden Glynne (Boston), CZJ, BP, and Howes.  IMO all were good, but none came close to Johns.  I still think hers was the best Send in the Clowns, with BP also being truly memorable.  I can picture Dench being great in the role, and have see her Clowns performance, which was among the best I have heard beyond the show,  it I still stick with the beauty of Johns’ performance.

Given how mediocre the movie was, I would love to see a remake of some type.  I think Renee Zellweger would be a great Desiree.  

 

[bear88]

Posted: 8/17/23 at 12:13am

bwaylvsong1 said: "I was a big fan of the last revival and got to see Jones, Peters, and (understudy) Jayne Paterson and they were all phenomenal and brought different qualities to the role. Jones had glamour, Peters had pathos, and Paterson had joie de vivre. I did think that the production as a whole was elevated and more humorous when Peters and Stritch came in."

In my Sondheim musical-fest during the pandemic, I watched an audience member-shot bootleg of the show with Peters and Stritch on YouTube. I will pause for everyone to chide me silently. I don’t doubt they had off nights, but Peters was fantastic as Desiree in my first exposure to A Little Night Music while Stritch had me laughing out loud with her sardonic comic timing.

I am sure there were better performances but I certainly enjoyed that one, crappy bootleg notwithstanding.