"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-
"McDonald is the only competition at this point and while she brought me to tears, from an acting standpoint, she didn't have that strong of a relationship with the rest of the cast. "
How could she possibly have a relationship with the rest of the cast that compares with Ebersole's? 110 just began previews. Ebersole and this cast have been working together since the off-Broadway production, except for Davie, and she's been in since they opened last year. Ebersole has had much more opportunity to settle into and perfect her role than any of her competitors.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
I loved every minute to Ms. Ebersole's performance. I truly hope she gets a Tony nom. I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to see her standby, Maureen Moore. I heard she was excellent.
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
Reading all these, I'm definitely gonna have to go back and see GG again. Maybe Sunday. AARGH! There are so many I want to see again!! And the decisions!! Moon I know is limited, so I'm inclined to see that first. But who knows what's gonna happen with GG... I've already got a ticket for next Friday to see 110. So much theatre! So little time!! (And money!)
Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
"what? what is it? do i have something in my teeth? ok lets get this over with : no im not seasick,yes ive always been green, and no i didnt chew grass as a child "
"I don't actually think Christine got the character at all"
Princeton, I'm not trying to be snippy or rude at all, but I'd be really interested to hear you elaborate on this. I'm definitely not of the same opinion, but I'm just curious.
It's very simple. I'm very aware of who the character in the movie version of GG is. I don't think Christine got that. I think she made things melodramatic and ultimately was a weaker woman than Edie in the movie was.
"How could she possibly have a relationship with the rest of the cast that compares with Ebersole's? 110 just began previews. Ebersole and this cast have been working together since the off-Broadway production, except for Davie, and she's been in since they opened last year. Ebersole has had much more opportunity to settle into and perfect her role than any of her competitors. "
To clarify, I meant the reporte with the actors in the production. In my opinion, Ebersole acted so natural with Wilson, Davie and the other while in comparison, I didn't feel that McDonald belonged in that family. It just wasn't as cohesive as GG.
Christine's CD with Billy Stritch is divine. Her voice is so smooth and gorgeous. Her melancholy version of "the Lullaby of Broadway" is the best I have ever heard.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
Betty, I like your new pic a lot better than the one from "I Love NY"!
"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-
I totally respect that camp Dottie. GG doesn't touch everyone.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
And I went in expecting to be bored, and was moved by it like nothing I have ever seen. Our expectations can be quite wrong.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
I saw GG today, it was on TKTs along with everything else but Wicked and Jersey Boys. I agree with many who have praised Ebersole's performance, but I think she's just one aspect of an extremely well crafted and put together piece of theater. The score is brilliant, the entire cast (including the children) deliver rich nuanced performances and book and lyrics are beautifully written. Watching Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson's characters interact was riveting.
I guess my point is that what makes it possible for Ebersole to give her Tony-worthy performance is the great writing and all of the other elements of the show.
"I have got to have some professional music!" - Big Edie
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.