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Black Roxie Hart?
Tom1071
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/04
#25Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 2:20pmI would love to see Vanessa Williams do it. I'd like to see her play either one but evidently she isn't interested in replacing anymore. She only want to create or re-create a role. Updated On: 2/11/05 at 02:20 PM
#26Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:37pm
The Watkins play establishes race as an issue. The musical lacks a race consciousness (though ethnicity is another story, especially as far as the Hunyak is concerned). It's best that way. A black woman could easily play Roxie and still have a white husband. If the musical truly takes issue with "miscegany," then why isn't there some snide line of dialogue about Roxie sleeping with a black Fred?
Race simply shouldn't be relevant to casting for this show.
#27Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:44pm
Especially since the costuming isn't even of the period.
Dorothy Dandridge would have made an AWESOME Velma had she been born twenty years later.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#29Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:53pmI guess...but Dorothy did play Anita in WSS, same as Chita...
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#31Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:08pm
Well..doesn't BeBe play all of Chita's roles? And Ann play all of Gwen's???
All I'm saying is that Dorothy could be a great Velma due to the dancing...and I'm sure she would have sang a great version of All That Jazz...
(As is my belief that if DD hadn't turned down Tuptim in K&I, she would have also been Anita in the WSS film...)
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#33Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:14pmNeither could Chita...
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#34Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:16pmI was referring to the current revival casts when I said Deirdre was the second best...
#35Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:17pmSome people are going to be comin for us when they read this.
#36Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:19pm
LOL...How true that is!
(I guess that is why your handle is TheTruth)
You crack me up.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
Updated On: 2/8/05 at 10:19 PM
#38Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:23pm
Okay...here is my take on Dorothy.
She did not have the best singing voice in the world (which is why her album was never released until 98 ), but she could sell the hell out of a song, which is why she was so popular in the Cabaret circuit. She was a performer who gave 195% of herself to whatever project she did.
I love her cd. I don't like some of the songs on there, but I love her smooth voice, as it was so calming.
I wish I would have seen her perform live. I bet that was a thrill.
And I would prefer to hear Dorothy over Gwen and Chita anyday...
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
Updated On: 2/8/05 at 10:23 PM
#39Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:27pmDorothy was a case where had she been born later, she would've been a huge star.
#40Black Roxie
Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:43pm
Sad thing is, Dorothy WAS a huge star back in her day. She was loved by many people, and had many fans.
But, when she died, everyone abandoned her, and her popularity vanished as soon as it had appeared.
She was almost forgotten.
But, yes...had Dorothy been born later, she would be bigger than Halle Berry...
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
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