EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival- Page 2
EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
#25re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/20/07 at 5:22pmMoreover, Orlando Bloom can't act his way out of a wet paper bag. He has a range from A to A and a half.
http://community.livejournal.com/ltd_brands_suck/
#26re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/20/07 at 5:35pm
Oh Jamie Bell... what would I do for the chance to see him live on stage?
he was the first clue that I was gay 
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
whatever2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/06
#27re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/20/07 at 6:55pmim confused ... didnt the article confirm radcliffe was coming over? why all the speculation on bell, bloom, etc -- did i misread something?
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
#28re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/20/07 at 6:58pmThe playbill article mentions that both Radcliffe and Griffith were okay with June '08 so I assume that they're not officially confirmed (or are they?) but that they'll definitely be transfering.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#29re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/20/07 at 7:11pmYou don't have to play a human to win a Tony. Roger Bart won for playing Snoopy.
EdmundOG
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/05
#30re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/20/07 at 10:34pmWho cares how hot? I want an actor well-suited for the role (As Radcliffe seems to be) regardless of how "hot" they are. To that end, I want DJ Qualls to play Alan. No, I'm not joking.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#31re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/20/07 at 10:39pmLet's hope that Loretta Swit signs on as Mrs. Strang.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
darwhite915
Swing Joined: 8/15/06
#32re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/20/07 at 11:00pm
Argh. I just saw this in London three weeks ago.
I thought Radcliffe was impressive, but I wasn't impressed with Griffiths as Dysart. You could see Radcliffe working very hard to make that connection to Griffiths, but Grittifths really never opening up enough to make it happen believably.
Griffith's role also has many long monologues, and I didn't really buy them. Dysart is supposed to be shaken to the core by Alan, and Griffiths really didn't seem to be bothered much.
I had just the night before seen the final performance of Underneath the Lintel with Richard Schiff, and I really wanted to see him in the role of Dysart. Just my opinion, but I think Radcliffe would shine even more with another actor playing Dysart.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#33re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/20/07 at 11:04pmI'm all for Kevin Kline as Dysart....
#34re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/20/07 at 11:07pmeven though i'm basically a history boys fanatic, i wasn't all that bowled over by Griffiths. In fact, I quite preferred Desmond Barret in the role. Griffiths seems to play everything incredibly over the top and melodramatic. but i can see how he would be a good Dysart...
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
darwhite915
Swing Joined: 8/15/06
#35re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/20/07 at 11:16pm
Now that you say that, I'm in total agreement. His performance in Equus was very melodramatic, complete with rolled R's.
His Dysart just seemed very snobby, superior, or something along those lines. If anyone else has seen it and understands what I mean, help me out.
I didn't hate it by any means, but there was just something about his Dysart that didn't sit well with me. By the end, you want to understand why Alan has opened up to Dysart and plays out everything for him. But with Griffiths, I just didn't buy it.
Attendthetale331
Featured Actor Joined: 1/8/06
#36re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/21/07 at 2:02amI saw it in London when I was there in March. I am excited. It was a very intense well acted show.
"Listen to the song that I sing and trust me..."
#37re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/21/07 at 2:05am
Will someone please send a Mohel to Sir Radcliffe's home before he journeys to Broadway?
Come on! CHOP CHOP!
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Updated On: 4/21/07 at 02:05 AM
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
lightguy06222
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/06
#38re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/21/07 at 12:37pmim looking foward to this... I have heard mostly good things!
#39re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/21/07 at 12:42pmWhy would that be, Foster?
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#40re: EQUUS Set for Broadway Revival
Posted: 4/21/07 at 6:37pmIt's officially announced that Radcliff and Griffiths are coming now. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/107488.html
Videos