Elizabeth Parkinson...wow

[Broadwayballerina]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 9:43pm

Just wanted to share that last night I got the student rate ticket for Movin Out and was VERY pleasently suprised when I was lead to my seat in the FIRST ROW. One of the best experiences I have ever had in a theater!!! HOLY CRAP I saw this show last summer and was like umm ya cool dancing and all but not really invested in this AT ALL. What a difference being able to see their facial expressions is!!!

From the lack of board coverage it seems like this show is lacking a solid fan base...any one else on here a closeted (or uncloseted) movin' out lover? Particularly of the stunning technical, sharp, rivetingly sexy dancing of Elizabeth Parkinson!?! (let me just say WOW to her...freakin amazing).

Updated On: 7/1/05 at 09:43 PM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 9:47pm

Yes she is - and she is richly deserving of her Tony Nomination for MOVIN OUT as well - I'm a big fan.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 10:00pm

Not only is her dancing amazing, but you won't find a better acted performance on Broadway. She's remarkable.

[cur10call]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 10:23pm

The show is simply breath taking. The first time I saw it I was just amazed at how incredible all of the dancers were.

[zoran912]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 10:53pm

I saw the show on tour with Laurie Kanyok and Rasta Thomas. Such a treat. I wish I could see Elizabeth Parkinson. I've only heard amazing things about her.

[BwayBoy25]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 10:55pm

you are really lucky to see such amazing dancers as rasta and laurie though too!!

i am such an OPEN movin out fan. there was a great article in the times a few weeks ago before the tonys talking about the lack of dancing on bway lately...thank god movin out has kept it up. and i can not tell you how awesome it is to see an original cast still on the great white way!!! they all are amazing dancers and AMAZING actors/actresses as well...i love this show and always will

[Broadwayballerina]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 10:57pm

Are any of you movin out fans dancers yourselves...I appreciate the show only more from my dance background

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 11:02pm

Parkinson was a colleague of mine when she was one of the most beautiful dancers in The Joffrey Ballet.
Her dancing has only become stronger since she left the ballet world for work with Twyla.

[zoran912]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 11:10pm

Laurie and Rasta are stunning dancers! I so enjoyed seeing both of them. Meeting them and getting autographs was pretty sweet too!

I am a dancer! In fact, when Movin' Out came to Atlanta, Sean Maurice Kelly, the dance captain of the tour, came to my school and taught dance for a day! It remains the best dance class I've ever taken.

[kikki327]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 11:38pm

Movin' Out is an amazing show. im obsessed with it. I love it! As a dancer, I can appreciate how hard the cast works to perform this wonderful show 8 times a week. It blows my mind how talented these dancers are! And they are the nicest people! I've met the cast after the show each time ive seen it, and they are so appreciative and so sweet! and Elizabeth Parkinson...she is my hero! i love her! the last time i saw Movin' Out i saw her husband, Scott Wise, outside the theater before the show, and my mom and I started talking to him. I told him how much i love the show and that Elizabeth was my idol, and he ended up taking me inside and bringing me onto the stage where Elizabeth was warming up! it was amazing..i was so excited i could barely talk to her! she signed a playbill for me and took pictures with me on the stage...she's so nice!! yea so that was the most amazing 5 minutes of my life. anyway, im the most obvious Movin' Out fan you could ever meet, im constantly sporting some type of Movin' Out gear, and im ALWAYS talking about it. and i cant wait till i see it again at the end of the month! ahh.

and i must point out that John Selya is incredible. his dancing is amazing! and he is extremely nice to all his fans. and i'm marrying him.

and in the spirit of Movin' Out, i want to say Happy Birthday Twyla Tharp!

[zoran912]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 11:42pm

Happy Birthday Twyla!!!

Wow, Nikki, that is incredibly amazing! I'm lost for words. Wow! So incredible!

[BwayBoy25]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 12:13am

heck yeah im a dancer...ballet raised with all the other stuff too of course...why else are all the "dancey musicals" my personal favs!!!

[kim1061]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:08am

i love movin out!

Actually..where can i find info on the Student tickets and how much they cost because my friend and i want to see this show.

[Broadwayballerina]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 9:25am

In the summer they are available Mon-fri performances (possibly only the night shows) and you have to go to the box office btwn 10-llam and they cost $30. First row...AWESOME.

[kim1061]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 9:39am

What about a Saturday? That's when I am going

[devonian.t]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 11:24am

Coming to NYC in two weeks: what's the one show I'm repeat viewing? You got it!

Had the chance to see anything, and am seeing Bee, Pillowman, and DRS, but aboe all else, have to see Movin' Out.

STUNNING, AMAZING, ARTISTICALLY AUDACIOUS, MOVING, ELECTRIFYING.

My wife is a dancer (ballet); she cried twice during the show: once at the end of act 1 with the return of the flag; the second time during Shameless, just because it was so damn good.

The cast deserves huge praise.

[BwayBoy25]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 11:47am

shameless IS beautiful...but so is we didnt start the fire because that sequence is so amazing

[Chip1012]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 3:19pm

I saw it twice in June...Elizabeth is STUNNING. And those rush seats are a-mah-zing.
Updated On: 7/3/05 at 03:19 PM

[Broadwayballerina]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:52pm

I am obsessed with the Judy/Pressure sequence...SO ENGAGING

[BwayBoy25]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 9:19pm

i love that sequence too..you saw ashley tuttle right?

[Broadwayballerina]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 9:58pm

noope Her understudy Mabel M-something...she was good, hopefully I will see Ashley Tuttle!

[devonian.t]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 4:33pm

I saw the show again this weekend- a fairly new piano man, I think- Henry Haitt, did quite well, (though struggling a little at the lower end of the range), but still a hot show...
And needless to say, is there a better dancer on Broadway than Elizabeth Parkinson?

I've yet to see her equal in a Broadway show.