Betsy Joslyn
Betsy Joslyn
Doogie
Broadway Star Joined: 8/4/03
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Musetta1957
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
#2re: Betsy Joslyn
Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:02am
Am I the only one who's tired of topics that start with "Am I the only one"?
No one is THAT unique, come on. Be more creative in finding someone else who shares your interests, honestly...
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3re: Betsy Joslyn
Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:05am
Be nice, it's Doogie's first/second day on the board. 
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Musetta1957
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
#5re: Betsy Joslyn
Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:14amWhen Betsy Joslyn sings Green Finch I get the feeling that her head will explode at some point during the song. Her eyes bug out and the whole thing is just too painful to view. A much better performance of that song in on the Sweeney concert video.
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magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6re: Betsy Joslyn
Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:16amI should say that Betsy Joslyn is wonderfully talented. I've seen her in a number of things and have liked her, especially her tough as nails witch in Into the Woods on the road. But she's uncharacteristically shrill and strange on the Sweeney Todd DVD.
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#7re: Betsy Joslyn
Posted: 8/6/04 at 1:17amAn even better one is on the Sondheim Celebration at Carnegie Hall from 1992 with Harolyn Blackwell singing "Green Finch and Linnet Bird"
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#8re: Betsy Joslyn
Posted: 8/6/04 at 9:32amBetsy was amazing in Sunday in the Park... but I've heard stories that on the day they filmed Sweeney Todd, they changed the key of Green Finch and she had to do it differently than she was used to doing it, therefore it sounded shrill and very unattractive. I find her to be a wonderful performer - I just think that was a bad experience for her...at least I tend to look at it that way, Possums!
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#9re: Betsy Joslyn
Posted: 8/6/04 at 9:34amI think it would be unfair of me to judge her based on one song- but her "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" was just painful to listen to. I'll take Sarah Rice's lovely version any day.
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#11re: Betsy Joslyn
Posted: 8/6/04 at 9:42am
Not crazy about Betsy Green Finch. I believe the best to date is still Sarah Rice's
On a personal note....Betsy is a HOOOOTTTT to work with. She is funny as hell and a sweet lady. I would share the boards with her any day!
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#12re: Betsy Joslyn
Posted: 8/6/04 at 9:43amThat song is phenomenal when sung properly - listen to Harolyn Blackwell sing it on the Sondheim Celebration at Carnegie Hall - she even takes the ending up instead of the way it's written and floats those notes so beautifully...I love that version (even though there is a tense moment where she seems a bit nervous)...
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
twogaab2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#13re: Betsy Joslyn
Posted: 8/6/04 at 9:46am
From what I heard from one of the cast members, She had a SEVERE case of the flu when that was filmed. (Word to the wise, DON'T PERFORM WHEN YOUR ARE TOO ILL-I MAY BE FILMED). I'm sure that one mistake will be dogging her for the rest of her life.
Just my opinion, based on what I heard. I may be wrong.
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