Brooke?
Brooke?
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
Tom1071
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/04
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#3re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 10:15am
Here you go Tom!
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#5re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 10:18amyou beat me to it bobbybubby...i posted a short review on the Debra Monk thread from Saturday night's performance.
#6re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 2:05pmBrooke is not tacky!!!
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#7re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 2:08pmI became a huge fan after seeing her in Wonderful Town. I'm seeing Chicago for my first time to see her, and I love the show itself. Looking forward to it. My mom is a huge Brooke fan so she can't wait for Saturday.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
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#8re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 2:10pm
Brooke was a delight in Wonderful Town...I doubt she will be as good in Chicago....but im sure she will be great in it.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
Updated On: 9/14/05 at 02:10 PM
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#9re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 2:11pm
Muscle you and i both know that when it comes to Brooke we disagree.
Well it is good to hear that she is decent, because she truely killed Wonderful Town in my eyes.
#10re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 2:25pmwell...it's me and all the critics in New York City that thought she was amazing.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#11re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 3:08pm
Some critics also like Melanie Griffith. So there ya go.
Muscle, get over it. Not everyone likes Brooke as a broadway performer.
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#12re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 3:19pm
Correction : Brantley was the really the only critic that raved about Melanie. Clive Barnes went on to say she was the worst Roxie he's ever seen.
Brooke got across the board rave reviews from the top critics in WT.
And just some info. Brooke is doing all the original choreography for Roxie. Melanie Griffith did basically none of Reinking's original Roxie choreo, Melanie mainly just bopped her head and did a kick here and there.
#13re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 3:35pmI personally am I fan of Brooke mainly because she is an example that you don't need this amazing singer and belty woman to make a role powerful and meaningfull.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
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Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/03
#14re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 5:19pm
Well, she's not doing all the original choreography - she doesn't do the leap in Me and My Baby, for example, but a lot of Roxies haven't. The changes are minimal, though. She's obviously not a Fosse dancer at all, but she can move. I thought she was pretty good, though I liked her better in Wonderful Town, she made a fine Roxie. Way better than Melanie, IMHO.
"I cried during the Frug." - MC
Updated On: 9/14/05 at 05:19 PM
#15re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 6:23pmMelanie was terrible...I think she got good reviews from Brantley (tnks for reminding me the name,ljay) because after all, Roxie is a girl with no talent and sometimes a bad singer and dancer can showcase that. Melanie was so bad in it...that somehow she was cute. Deidre Goodwin was dancing next to her at the end...and it looked like a joke...one, a great dancer and singer and Melanie was next to her...doing what she can...she was sooooo bad...it was kinda funny/cute.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#16re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 6:28pm
NBC. Ann Reinking choreographed 3 different versions of ME AND MY BABY.
Level 1 - shuffles, kicks etc.
Level 2 - a little more advanced
level 3 - which include the leaps.
So Brooke is probally doing a level 2. Only the REAL trained dancers can handle the leaps. But apparantly Melanie did an even easier version than a level 1!
NBC
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/03
#17re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 6:43pm
I think even Ann stopped doing the leaps after awhile. Very few Roxies I've seen have done them...Charlotte, Tracy Shayne, Michelle deJean, I think, to name a few.
Brooke's Roxie choreography seemed a little bit different, too...mostly I think it's because she hasn't quite gotten the hang of "Fosse arms" yet. But she definitely dances much better than Melanie! No arguments there.
"I cried during the Frug." - MC
#18re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/14/05 at 11:10pmActually i am reading her book at the moment and have found a new respect for her.
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#19re: Brooke?
Posted: 9/15/05 at 8:57amEmo i laughed my way through it....no i am kidding i'm not that mean to her.... I was thinking about this tonight why i don't like her and i think it is just that i feel like when i have seen her perform she doesn't have the energy to push a show.. Her singing is ok, i can't really atest to dancing scince she hadn't really done any in WT.
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