Posted: 3/26/18 at 10:22pm
Only seen him in La Cage and Fire and Air. A lot of hot air signifying little. Did anyone see his Charlie?
Posted: 3/26/18 at 10:26pm
La Cage - Yay (except what is up with the weird autotune on the recording?)
Fire and Air - Nay (but might also be due to terrible writing. I really wonder if Nathan Lane would have saved this show - and I don't think I'm the only one to make this comment)
Black Mirror Season 4 episode "Black Museum"- Yay.
Posted: 3/26/18 at 10:32pm
qolbinau said: "La Cage - Yay (except what is up with the weird autotune on the recording?)"
I remember saying this when the recording was released, and others said I was being ridiculous.
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Posted: 3/26/18 at 11:18pm
Bought the soundtrack to the LaCage revival. Couldn't stand listening to it because of his vocals. But Karma is a bitch. I saw the revival during Jeffrey Tambor's brief run. What a nightmare. Felt so bad for him.
Posted: 3/26/18 at 11:53pm
Nay on ''Cage.'' Chad Kimball (''Memphis'' ) should've won the Tony.
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Posted: 3/27/18 at 12:39am
Only brought it up cause I'm listening to his "Must Be Believed To Be Seen". Like it better than Borles's. Didn't see his Charlie.
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Posted: 3/27/18 at 5:23am
I'm with AdamGreer. I disliked him immensely in La Cage. I also hated that production.
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Posted: 3/27/18 at 6:19am
Count me in the group that hated the whole La Cage revival, Hodge included. I greatly enjoyed the London production of Charlie, but mostly the first Act in which Wonka barely appears. Act II was much less good and Hodge seemed to be playing in some panto on a different wavelength than the rest of the cast. Let's face it-- following in the footsteps of Gene Wilder is a tough gig for any actor, soI don't blame Douglas Hodge for the failures there. Give him a part like the Dysquiths n A Gentleman's Guide and he'd probably triumph.
Posted: 3/27/18 at 6:34am
I saw him in La Cage and Charlie... He's very talented but always a little too much for me.
Posted: 3/27/18 at 11:56am
That production of 'La Cage' was a travesty- and not in the right way!
Hodge is better in plays than musicals.
Posted: 3/27/18 at 12:08pm
I like him a lot more on TV (Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror specifically) than I do on stage. His performance in Fire and Air was one of the worst I've seen.
Posted: 3/27/18 at 12:13pm
Didn't see him in La Cage, but I absolutely LOVED that production (Graham Norton in London and Harvey Fierstein on Broadway). In fact, it's the only production of La Cage I've seen that I truly enjoyed.
Posted: 3/28/18 at 7:58am
Have only seen him in Charlie. His performance was ok, the production was so so. It made me not even want to see it on broadway!
Posted: 3/28/18 at 8:48am
Loved him in Charlie-the show came alive once he appeared at the end of Act I.
Posted: 3/28/18 at 9:30am
I don't get it. The La Cage revival was so crazily overpraised, but I found nothing remarkable about Hodge's smirky, painfully sung performance. Fire and Air was a mess, and I couldn't figure out why Hodge was playing the role of a continental European impresario as if he were a closeted ballet teacher from the Midwest. And his production of Old Times managed to make a 70-minute play feel like it was five hours long.
Posted: 3/28/18 at 9:34am
I've only seen him in Cyrano de Bergerac when it was at the Airlines five years ago or so, but he was brilliant when I saw it. That performance definitely gets a Yay from me.
Posted: 3/28/18 at 9:37am
The LA CAGE revival had it's problems, but I saw Harvey and I felt he made the whole thing worth it.
Posted: 3/28/18 at 9:45am
Why don't we change the thread title to something else. It seems a little mean to single out someone and encourage a Love/Hate forum. This is time to be kind!
Posted: 3/28/18 at 5:53pm
I saw his La Cage back in London before it transferred and honestly loved it and loved his performance in it. But I could also tell watching it that it could very possibly be a pretty divisive performance, so I've never been too surprised at the detractors.
