Elisabeth Moss

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 10/4/08 at 11:05pm

Will someone tell me what I missed?

Just saw SPEED-THE-PLOW and thought she was horrible. Did I miss something here?

Updated On: 10/4/08 at 11:05 PM

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 10/4/08 at 11:09pm

Well, for starters, you missed the spelling of her name.

It's Elisabeth Moss, not Elizabeth.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 10/4/08 at 11:15pm

Whoops, sorry. My playbill is in my bag.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 10/4/08 at 11:27pm

i won't disagree with you...

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 10/4/08 at 11:42pm

Odd. I really liked her performance, I thought she brought something to an otherwise underwritten, one note role.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 10/5/08 at 12:50am

Sad. I love her on MAD MEN.

I hope she'll grow into the role...

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 10/5/08 at 1:00am

Raul Esparza was the best thing about this production...

[Morgaine885]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 1:01pm

I thought Elisabeth was wonderful and definitely held her own against two older and more-seasoned actors.I kept trying to imagine Madonna in that role and just couldn't do it.

[BroadwayBaby19]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 2:59pm

Oh, Madonna definitely bit the big one. Cannot wait to see my "Peggy" & Raul The Magnificent!

[wonkit]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 3:25pm

When I read the play, I thought there was nothing to the role but she is so earnest, so enthusiastic about the weird radiation book that she convinced me that she could convince Bobby to change his mind. The whole second scene is so long, and it is all hers, and I thought she actually gave it an arc. She starts out talking about the book, but by the end of the scene she is really talking to Bobby about Bobby!

[Broadwaylady]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 3:40pm

I find her a very "wishy washy" actress.

[Broadwaylady]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 3:40pm

I find her a very "wishy washy" actress.

[broadfan327]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 3:42pm

I thought she was miscast.

[Hest882]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 5:01pm

I know what you mean about Elisabeth Moss. Actually, as much as I love Mad Men, I find that nearly all of the main female characters sound rather emotionless. I'm not sure if it's the direction or the dialogue, but Elisabeth Moss' voice and delivery fit right into the flat Mad Men mode.

[cdt2118]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 5:15pm

I found Elisabeth's performance to be quite nuanced and captivating, especially in the second scene. And she handled the quick dialogue of Mamet like a pro. Bravo!

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 5:27pm

I think Moss is excellent on "Mad Men." I don't think it's a great career move for her though go from playing a sexy, ambitious secretary on TV to playing...a sexy, ambitious secretary on Broadway. Two very similar roles in two back-to-back high-profile projects.

[TonyVincent]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 5:37pm

I made the same exact point in my review:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=981219#3692474

Not trying to plug, just wanted to link something I posted that was very on-topic.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 6:41pm

Madonna was arch and one-note, and like Nina in SEAGULL, "didn't know what to do with her hands..." I didn't entirely blame her, because the role is so monotonous. But then, I find the play that way -- a lot of jerking off about Hollywood, blah-blah, aren't we over all that by now? It was been there/done that when it came around the first time.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 7:12pm

Did she refuse to let you braid her hair at the stage door?

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 9:03pm

I thought she was the best one on the stage. Piven got lost in the role and the dialogue, and Raul just mugged to the audience the whole time instead of playing a character with a full arc. He didn't show any new sides of the character. And I found the play dull, and pointless. It's nothing like the TV ads say, ah. But I did enjoy her. I found myself missing her when she wasn't on stage.

[broadfan327]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 11:22pm

I agree that the play was pointless.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 11:28pm

Charlie doesn't have new sides. He is cynical and completely obsessed with whatever is going to put money in his pocket. He doesn't go from point A to point B and "change" or like, come to some sort of revelation so much as he almost goes in a big circle. That itself is a huge comment on the nature of his job and the industry of which it's part. He's totally consumed by his hunger for success, and by the mindset of the business.

I love the TV ads, but I kind of wish the play were as sexy as they make it seem!

Updated On: 10/20/08 at 11:28 PM

[FlyingMonkey1223]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 1:50am

Since when has Elisabeth Moss played "sexy"?

[wonkit]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 11:39am

Mamet (Lord love him) can't write female dialogue well, and never gets close to overt seduction in this play.

BUT Bobby Gould might not have responded well to seductive behavior because he already sees everyone around him trying to "promote" him. I think dramatically he falls for Karen because she is not jumping him.

That said, I, too, wish the play was as sexy as the ads make it seem...

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 1:01pm

Moss is more "cute" than "sexy" really, but she's definitely attractive.