Broadway.com video: Melora Hardin gets ready for her BW debut

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 12/22/08 at 9:16pm

She sure is excited.

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 12/22/08 at 9:18pm

We all know what happened last time they did one of these.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 11:18am

PHOTO FLASH: CHICAGO welcomes Melora Hardin 12/29

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 3:10pm

She's cute, and very funny.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 3:12pm

I love Melora! She's amazing on The Office.

Anyone else think she'd make a great Baker's Wife in Into the Woods?

[heo1128]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 4:37pm

Does anyone else find her outbursts at the end really, really awkward? Still not convinced she'll be able to pull off Roxie.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 4:51pm

She emailed me and is VERY excited.

When I got to work with her on Le Miz, she was SO nice and just a pleasure to be around.

I wish her well!

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 4:54pm

I don't know about the dancing, but her voice is certainly better suited to singing Roxie than Fantine.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 5:35pm

Kind of awkward but adorable. She seems very excited so I can't wait to hear reports/recordings

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 5:50pm

I adore Melora's talent (singing and dancing) but that was a little too much of "Trust me! Love me!" whereas I would have preferred more of her singing to be featured in the preview.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 6:36pm

For anyone who missed it, here's some footage of Melora singing "Roxie" that was put up on BWW early this year.
BWW TV: NBC's 'The Office' Star Melora Hardin Sings in LA

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 6:41pm

What you are seeing in that video is actually who she is:

Beautiful
Funny
Wacky
and actually really thrilled to be asked to do the job.

As she said, she's trained for years, so now's she's getting her chance to show it all off, ON BROADWAY!


Too bad it's for the Weaslers.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 11:31pm

She's off her rocker. And I love it.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 11:44pm

She is NOTHING like the character she plays on The Office, AT ALL.

She is a riot in person, and has SO MUCH energy.

And, DAMN, she's looking good in those shots!

[winter_sky]

Posted: 12/24/08 at 12:42pm

Not gonna lie, I found her really braggy and annoying in that video. She was great on the Office (until they made Jan a nutter) and I'm sure she's excited but yeah, I don't like her.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 12/24/08 at 12:53pm

I love that they do the photo shoots ON the stage.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/24/08 at 5:05pm

But, Winter,

You just whine about everything.

No one cares.

[shh282]

Posted: 12/24/08 at 5:14pm

I'm so excited to go see her! eee. Does anyone know how long she's going to be in Chicago?

[mormonophobic]

Posted: 12/24/08 at 10:16pm

Supposedly until February 12, though I hope she extends a bit. I get there the day after and would really like to see me some Jan Levinson-Gould.

[LouieLovesTheater]

Posted: 12/24/08 at 11:46pm

Yeah, I found the video a little self-gratifying (though not in an annoying way like Cody Greene's West Side Story bio)...

I thought it was nice to see that she's actually excited about the opportunity and she has put in a lot of time in the business so why shouldn't she get to display some talent.

One thing is for sure...that hair will NOT survive a full show. Maybe at the beginning but by the end of the show it would be a hot mess.

[jennyish]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 11:59am

mormonophobic, there's no Gould!