Bronx braves an afternoon of . . . the "Sutton"

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I said I would actually go see the show before forming an opinion about this woman who made my ears hurt on the website. I hated the movie "Life Aquatic" for so long but then I went and saw it and liked it so I'm doing less prejudgements. This is a cute little show. I think the "Sutton" is fine. I didn't find anything to rave about but she didn't disgust me. I think her voice is very ordinary. But, does anyone else notice anythign unusual about her vibrato. That can be a little annoying sometimes. A high note at the end of the song closing the first act she sounded like she struggled with. It was not all there and it was unfortunate to hear. That's all though. The most annoying singer in the show ended up being the unfortunate gentleman who played Laure. I thought he had that typical cliche Broadway gay tenor voice with the back of the throat vibrato that I am just so tired of hearing. I loved the design of the show. It may have been a little long though. Good job I thought.

I agree about Laurie...disagree about Sutton, but maybe she had it when I saw the show, or maybe I just didn't notice it. I totally feel the same way with Laurie, but I guess they were going for "classic" with him. The one who got on my nerves the most was Amy McAlexander...her voice was so obnoxious, can we say Shirley Temple? And I was incredibly to surprised that her voice is pretty much like that when she talks in real life, I just thought she was putting it on the play younger.

You can call her Sutton without the quotation marks. I'm pretty sure she's a real person.

I found they ALL hit their "t"s and "d"s especially hard. It was annoying. Obviously a directorial choice.

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The show really is terrific...if we all listened to every review that was ever put out, we would miss a whole lot of great stuff.

Yes, glad I was not the only one hwo notices the obnoxious overdone diction.

I also thought the music was unimpressive. Is it typical for an unknown composer? It was just kind of "ugh."

i didn't think amy was horrific... i thought her characterization was dead on... however... on my "preview survey" i but in bold letters AMY'S DICTION IS SO OVERDONE... TONE DOWN THE CONSONANTS... sutton's wobble is really noticeable watching her jaw too... oy

Hmm Macy, I've always found Sutton's voice to be very forward, and resonates well in the chambers of the face. It's mix-y without sounding extremely mix-y, if that makes any sense. But I haven't heard much from Little Women, so I don't know about in this show. In Millie, I thought it sounded very healthy. Maybe these songs are way out of her range.

are you people always this nice and pleasant to be around?

bronx will all due "respect" u can drop the quotation marks around sutton's name bro, she's a real person, not a character...

eh, why even bother. poor fool does it just to get much needed attention...

on that note:

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! WENT THE TROLLEY...
DING! DING! DING! WENT THE BELLS...ZING, ZING, ZING WENT MY HEART STRINGS...FROM THE MOMENT I SAW HIM I FELL...CHUG, CHUG, CHUG WENT THE MOTOR...BUMP, BUMP, BUMP WENT THE BRAKE. . .

:: RIDES AWAY ::

well to hear tell the story, hunter used to beat the cr@p outta her when they were kids. hence the facial defect.

Updated On: 1/27/05 at 11:56 AM

Ok. You're right. I will refer to her as the Sutton Foster. No quotes.