Camille Claudel...

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 8/10/03 at 10:12pm

...opens this Thursday at Goodspeed. Anyone going? It does seem like a fine cast:

Matt Bogart (Paul Claudel)
Rita Gardner (Madame Claudel)
Linda Eder (Camille Claudel)
Michael Nouri (Auguste Rodin)
Milo O’Shea (Monsieur Claudel)

Posted: 8/15/03 at 6:26pm

what? where and when does it open?

the Camille song "Gold" is great, sounds like the ACT I finale song.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 8/15/03 at 9:44pm

No official reviews yet...but the backdoor news is that it's pretty decent and Linda Eder is very good as Camille. The power outage made the air-cond. die for the first Act, but the show operated on generator power. Details are sketchy.

I'm sure I'll get a better report tomorrow when my friends return from Conn.

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 8/15/03 at 9:54pm

Isn't this supposed to be coming to Broadway?

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 8/15/03 at 10:51pm

Yes it is, and I prefer to wait and see it on Broadway. Call me weird, but I like the anticipation.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 8/15/03 at 11:10pm

Is Linda Eder anygood in it?

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 8/15/03 at 11:14pm

I'm assuming she must be. The show was pretty much built up around her starring in it. And she does have an excellent voice.

Posted: 8/16/03 at 2:35pm

yes linda has an exceptional belting voice and sings the crap out of the theme song "gold" from Camille, but i hear she's not that great of an actress. not from this production but from jekyll. i hope she's better, she deserves success.

[EnyaWeiss03]

Posted: 8/16/03 at 4:51pm

I am biased b/c I'm a Linda fan, but everything I've heard about CC is that it's very passionate and well done. Granted, this is the first run with it and it's considered "a work shop" to iron out the wrinkles, it sounds like there are very few wrinkles even this early in the run. I also hear that Linda has a fairly large amount of speaking lines and it sounds as if she is doing well with them. It's been reported that she worked really hard for this role and many of the people I've talked to say that when she is on stage she IS Camille.

I'm eagerly awaiting it's arrival on Broadway!!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/16/03 at 6:29pm

The best description I ever heard of Linda Eder was a comparison to Streisand. Eder has a phenominal voice & was described as Streisand without the eccentricities & attitude problems. met her after a J/H performance & she was very nice & down to earth. No limo. After she signed for everyone she just walked away

Updated On: 8/17/03 at 06:29 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/17/03 at 11:42am

I completely agree that Linda Eder is aphenomenal.

Posted: 8/17/03 at 3:35pm

I am sure she has matured since JH. It was a few years now. I agre with how humble and sweet Linda is. She has always taken whatever time is needed to greet her fans. And she does not mind signing all you cd's (like she did with me).....She is a wondeful person. And every time I hear, If I Had My Way. I still think of the concert she did for the holidays in NYC and it was so amazing. I cried.

[Bwaybabie]

Posted: 8/17/03 at 3:42pm

I am really looking forward to seeing this show when it comes to Broadway. I'm sure that Linda is going to be amazing.

I highly recommend that everyone see the French movie starring Isabelle Adjani about Claudel's life. It was so tragic and moving to watch Adjani channel Camille's anguish and descent into madness. Now THAT was an acting tour de force.