Caroline O'Connor as Velma in Australia !!!

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:04am

The new Australian cast looks sooo good! I really hope to watch it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGAWEqupJ1E

Can caroline o'connor be ANY better???

[boyfromoz2]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:11am

So that is what Chicago is supposed to look like without trashy star casting? :)

Chookas to Caroline, Sharon, Craig, Gina and the rest of the amazing cast for a great tour!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:24am

[devonian.t]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:38am

This lady is a goddess!

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:54am

The Aussie cast is wonderful.

O'Connor as Anita in West Side Story was breathtaking. One wonders what her Spiderwoman would have been like if she took the offer to take over the role after Chita left the London production.

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 12:30pm

She makes a GREAT Velma. Saw her on the West End a few years ago and at that point, I had only known her from Moulin Rouge. Her performance was electric...


BN

[Rentfan931]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 2:56pm

Hopefully she'll return to Broadway sometime in the near future.

[Ole Chum]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 4:24pm

Caroline OConnor is the only woman I ever saw play Velma live on Broadway and she is absolutely RIDICULOUS live. her voice reverberated off the walls of the Shubert while she was doing all that insane choreography... remarkable.

[alterego]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 6:20am

I was going to give this a miss this time around. I may have to reconsider.

[jakebloke]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 7:28am

I've been fortunate to see her as Anita in West Side Story as well as Chicago......she stole the show. Her stage presence is like no other. Those eyes alone radiate to the balcony.

[singtopher]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 8:24am

I've never seen her in anything, but those pictures look great.

PS- When I first read the title, all I could think of was Archie Bunker.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 9:44am

Here is a short montage of her work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1TSm-I0fI0

[dgjbear]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 10:04am

I didnt know she had been in Chicago in London I probably would have gone. I've only ever seen her in Mack n Mable in London. I'd never heard of her before and she left me speechless. Think she would be a great Norma Desmond.

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 11:56am

I'm pretty positive she's not done Chicago in London before apart from being in the 10th Anniversary celebration!

[PitPro2004]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 8:32pm

Saw her in the Broadway company of CHICAGO and was blown away!! I have a few of her solo albums too. In addition, I was lucky enough to meet her and her funny hubby at the stage door one night. Very gracious couple.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 8:39pm

She is FABulous.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 8:56pm

She was a fantastic Velma...so glad I saw her on Broadway in the show.

Everyone in Australia, go see the show if only for O'Connor's great performance!

[rabymon10]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 12:36am

I saw this show during its initial previews in Brisbane. Needless to say, I had just gotten off a plane, having come home from being with a touring show myself and found myself downing a drink or two in the foyer before the show started. What can I say? It was a HOOT! Caroline was really quite sublime, and being just that little bit intoxicated, I felt the need to yell out several affectionate compliments of explicit nature to her, however, I reserved to just licking my lips instead. In contrast to the rest of the cast, she just seems old, but my, I didn't give a damn. I had the best of both worlds - a young, capable, sexy, steamy ensemble (Fred Casely, you can take me any day; I was sweating in my seat!) with a powerhouse performance queen who deserves a bigger name than she will ever get.
Unfortunately, I will have to put my shoes under Sharon Millerchip's bed though. She stole the show like thunder. AMAZING. Perhaps it's simply because I knew what goods to expect of O'Connor, but Millerchip surprised me in such a way, that I couldn't help but eat up her performance - I honestly couldn't imagine the role played any other way now. O'Connor + Millerchip + Chicago = heaven of a new kind.

[gettinhep]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 1:45am

I was fortunate to see the previous revival. Caroline O'Connor blew that cast off the stage. She had such a stunning presence. I'm glad that in Sharon Millerchip they have found an equal for her. I must grab some tickets for the Melbourne run.

O'Connor is a favorite, though. She was marvelous in the MTC production of Bombshells a few years ago. We rarely give a standing o down here. Her performance in that one-hander certainly brought the audience to its feet.