Emily Skinner

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 4/7/04 at 10:26pm

This lady blows me away whenever I listen to Side Show, especially in "Tunnel of Love." SHE CAN BELT! I would love to see her originate another role on Broadway soon. How do you feel about her? Agree?

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 4/7/04 at 10:29pm

LOVE Emily! I've been lucky enough to see her in THE FULL MONTY and NO STRINGS (Encores!) in New York and COMPANY and MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at the Kennedy Center in DC. Great voice and wonderful comic timing. Come back to Broadway soon!

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 4/7/04 at 10:31pm

Was she in the original cast of The Full Monty or a replacement?

[CJR]

Posted: 4/7/04 at 10:41pm

OBC Full Monty. She's on the cast recording.

*looks for DaisyHilton* Wheeeere aaaaaaaare you Bethany!

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 4/7/04 at 10:44pm

Oh...without looking...does she sing "Marry Me, Harold"?

[CJR]

Posted: 4/7/04 at 10:47pm

Hahhah try, "Life With Harold"

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 4/7/04 at 11:02pm

she was great in PARDON MY ENGLISH!

d.b.j

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/7/04 at 11:31pm

I hear Daisy Hilton HATES her.

[CJR]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 12:15am

To quote Michele Pawk in Bounce....

"Buuuuuuulllllllll****"

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 1:24am

LUHVE HER!

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 11:43am

HAHA! Last night while I was in bed, I thought about the song I mentioned...I got confused, lol. Marry Me, Terry and Life With Harold. I am an idiot...

[DefyingGravity2]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 12:15pm

She was so amazing in both Company and Merrily, like i can't even explain. I've seen her in so many things and her solo album (and duet albums w/ ALice) are brilliant. I would love to see her in a starring role, revival or original just something were the lead is a woman and she could just do her thing. she is SO good. okie doke.

[musicaltheatreman]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 12:32pm

I LOVE EMILY SHE IS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would love to see here in the little mermaid as ursala!!!!! i also jerry springer the opera in london and there is a part in the show for her! i would love to see her in jerry springer!!!!

[MariantheLibrarian]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 8:04pm

Whoa, where IS Bethy?

And yes, Emily needs to get back and do something awesome on Broadway *now*. Pardon My English should've been enough for her to be offered something substantial. :)

[GladysBumps]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 8:25pm

Like Patti, Emily Skinner is a force. Producers don't know what to do with either of them. (Excuse me, Patti in "Gypsy," Emily as Ruth in "Wonderful Town?")So, like the smart cookies both divas are, they do straight roles and hone their acting skills. I sincerely believe Emily was the best thing in "Dinner at Eight" at Lincoln Center. It was a big brave gutsy performace, that could have gotten her killed and she went for it head on anyway.
The weight gain thing is intersting. At first I thought she did it to get the soubrette roles she does so magnificiently. Then I realized she's probably been dieting like crazy her whole professional life and just sad: "Fk it, They ain't ever gonna cast me as Marian The Librarian, anyway. Bring on the canoles!"
Everybody loves Em, don't they?
Kisses,
Gladys

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 9:17pm

Emily would not be a good Ruth. please no.


save us all from the horror.

d.b.j

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 4/9/04 at 2:07pm

I like her a lot. Her voice is so rich and pure, but it also has an edge to her, plus she seems hilarious! I LOVE her CDs w/ Alice Ripley-'specially "Sisters", "Friendship" "Unsuspecting hearts" and my favorite "Alto's Lament". Is there sheet music for that anywhere?

[sabrelady]

Posted: 4/9/04 at 2:37pm

I suspect i am one of the few who liked her in "My Life w Albertine" Apparently her breasts scared some people!! LOL

[ShineOn]

Posted: 4/10/04 at 10:14pm

Hate her. :)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/10/04 at 10:15pm

What did I say?

[ShineOn]

Posted: 4/10/04 at 10:28pm

Mwahaha... well, she may be a hobag, but there's no denying she IS a force to be reckoned with.


I can't see her as Ruth, either... she's too glamorous. It would be one of those moments where you say, "But that doesn't make sense... she's PRETTIER than Eileen... what the hell???" Yeah, I couldn't buy her as the sister everyone passes by... she doesn't have the right look for Ruth, though she could sing the f*ck out of 100 Easy Ways.


Alto's Lament... interesting you should mention the sheet music for that... I'm actually attempting to get my hands on a copy myself (well, someone is attempting to get their hands on a copy for me), but I don't think it's actually in print... I don't honestly know. I know one person who has a copy and that's the aforementioned person in this post. LOL. I had a copy YEARS ago but I lost it... I'm sure its floating around SOMEWHERE.

Do we know who else has recorded this song? I know it's recorded on some other CD... hmmmmm....


And Sabrelady... I feared for my soul sitting in the audience of Albertine... FEARED... SOUL...

Her breasts could have devoured the entire audience... her incessant need to fondle them was indeed a scarring experience in my case. The show on a whole was... bad... however, when a single song lyric is the sole cause of nightmares concerning Emily as a big giant thigh, that's when you know it's crossed a line.

[ShineOn]

Posted: 4/10/04 at 10:37pm

And Gladys... haha... yes, Em... likes... her food. But don't we all? :)

I actually have a picture of us in front of McDonald's that has yet to be developed... *ahem, Miss Librarian... gonna develop it one of these days? * If we (well, basically if I...) don't look TOO bad, maybe I'll post it in the fan photo section. And if it doesn't come out, next time we pass by a McDonald's, then by all means, I'll make the woman take another picture with me... (though I prefer Wendy's, but there just ain't enough of them in Manhattan)!

[theatreguy2]

Posted: 4/11/04 at 5:08pm

wasn't emily in the last Broadway by the year series? 1935 i think? I'm really looking forward to the next one on monday april 19th. That one has got Karen ziemba who i also love. in fact, didn't emily and karen work together in something, or maybe they were in different showsof the same series? like Encores maybe???

[stageboy6]

Posted: 4/11/04 at 5:21pm

emily skinner was in the last encores' pardon my english. i'm not sure but maybe karen ziemba is doing another encores show in the near future. maybe that's the connection ur thinking of. it's all so incestuous! seriously, i too am looking forward to the broadway musicals of 1949. too bad jeff mccarthy had to cancel. but now there is robert westenberg (into the woods). and of course, cady huffman.

[localonecrew]

Posted: 4/11/04 at 5:44pm

while i agree that miss skinner is talented i cant help but remember all of the times she called out on sideshow for a slew of mystery ailments.