Christine Baranski and Ruthie Hensall to Star in Follies Concert This Spring- Page 2

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 2/20/15 at 11:18pm

Yes, bizarre is the word. Stephanie Powers?? Will she be belting out "I'm Still Here" as well as she sang Margo in APPLAUSE at Paper Mill years ago?

Oy.

I went to London years ago to see the first production of FOLLIES, which had been strangely rewritten and revised, and went back again to see a one-night BBC radio broadcast with Donna McKechnie as Phyllis and Julia McKenzie as Sally, and both were wonderful. I will not be flying to London for this one.
Updated On: 2/20/15 at 11:18 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/20/15 at 11:56pm

The London production in the 80s was heavily revised and almost an entire rewrite of the show. It's just wrong. It was well-received at its time.

How old is Ben? Is he going to say to Hattie, "You were just a toddler in a low-cut dress, I didn't hear a note you howled" or is Ben being played by a 20 year old?

ETA: I caught Glee tonight for the first time in like 12 years and Jennifer Coolidge was on it. She was autotuned to the point that she didn't really sound like a human, but that's what everybody on that show sounds like when they sing. Like a bunch of unthreatening robots that almost reach uncanny valley.

Updated On: 2/20/15 at 11:56 PM

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 2/21/15 at 1:15am

That poster is... very Vegas.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 2/21/15 at 4:59am

Let's not forget her Norma Desmond and her take on As If We Never Said Goodbye. Girlfriend can't belt and her delivery of the line "Home at Last" @ 2:35 is, well....


Stefanie in Sunset

Updated On: 2/21/15 at 04:59 AM

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 2/21/15 at 5:20am

Stefanie will play Solange, not Carlotta

[Gothampc]

Posted: 2/21/15 at 9:58am

Is Anita Dobson playing Carlotta?

[rjm516]

Posted: 2/21/15 at 10:05am

I would be interested to see this since I'm in London but the tickets are so expensive for what it is and who is in it!

[Auggie27]

Posted: 2/21/15 at 10:07am

Baranski as Phyllis, odd. But she's already done Mame, Mrs. Lovett, Carlotta. I guess she's got a bucket list. She'll be fine, well fine enough, but it just seems ... uneventful. Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, maybe as Phyllis, exciting, new. But this doesn't have much going on.

[Showface]

Posted: 2/21/15 at 10:11am

I think Baranski will be fine...she definitely has the look down!

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 2/21/15 at 10:36am

Anita Dobson is going to play Stella. Carlotta is still to be announced, like Buddy

[Scripps2]

Posted: 2/21/15 at 6:17pm

"I will not be flying to London for this one."

I won't be getting on a train for it.

I could just about cope with the idea that Russell Watson may be Roscoe. But I couldn't cope if he were to be either Ben or Buddy.