Brooke Shields in West End CHICAGO- July 25ht, 2005! — Page 2

I agree with you too, Ruthiefan. I saw Brooke in her second performance and wasn't very impressed. I hope she improves for Broadway because it's so evident that her heart is in it, but I understand what you mean. So did several other fan reviews, which I linked on another thread of this topic.

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You're right - the London company right now IS very bland and dismal. There was no energy from anyone and I wouldn't be surprised if Brooke's enthusiasm (or lack thereof) was partially a product of that. I was disappointed with the production quality overall, but thought it had a lot of potential, with a capable cast which it seems that Broadway has at the moment. I actually didn't dislike Brooke's dancing - I don't know the level standards, but I found her pretty good. It was her acting and singing that was just passable, not outstanding.

I hope to be seeing Chicago with her in it at the beginning of October though - at the very least, I'll stagedoor it and thank her for being a classy lady over the Tom Cruise meltdown!

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To be honest, I think the London ensemble have definitely improved ALOT and is definitely out of the crisis that every girl look like drag queens! And male ensemble is gd too! Thought it's still hard to replace the AMAZING ensemble with Zak nemorin, Amy Field and Richard Roe.
I think the two leads are the greatest problem! Brooke and Charley are both VERY tall and stands out ALOT in the show. But they did not deliever as much as they look they will! Charley was alright, can sing can dance can act, but not like top class. I mean, her singing and acting is like... 'ok, you're fine...', but her dancing is not as exact and as stylised for fosse! And Brooke is quite ... blah.... and I am SURE she did the 1st level... she was literally walking for god's sake! and it's just literally seeing her walking around the stage singing badly....
But HAVE TO MENTION Clarke Peters - shorter than the both, but DEFINITELY deliver the BEST Billy performance I have seen! He's just EVERYTHING a BILLY should have... and ... YOU SHUD JUST SEE HIM IF YOU CAN! And the Mary Sunshine, WOW! Gave me chills when 'she' reached the high notes!
I mean, overall, the show's GREAT excluding the two leads, but they're So important and yet SO badly performed that it drags down the whole performance... hope you understand what i meant.....
Hope you guys could just spare us Charlotte D'Amboise for awhile.... and also some of your Velmas, e.g Brenda Braxton, Terra McLeod...etc

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i DO wanna see WT with Brooke and see what's the rave all about (the show and Brooke)!!!

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i saw donna murphy in WT and i didnt like the show too much...then brooke and jennifer hope wills took over the leading roles and i went to see how they were going to make a fool out of themselves and i left and i couldnt believe how these 2 women changed the show and the chemistry they both had onstage...i went to see brooke 4 more times...i couldnt get enough!

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