Emily Skinner looks great!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 10:54am

How did she lose all that weight?

[Chrranke]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 10:56am

I know!!! She looks amazing. I made a thread about this but it got deleted for some reason. Don't know why...

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 10:58am

I don't know, either. She looks like she may have had a gastric bypass.
Updated On: 11/17/10 at 10:58 AM

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 11:04am

oh em gee I hope not. That'll mess you up in a lot of ways, health-wise.

[Chrranke]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 11:06am

Yes it would! I hope not.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 11:07am

She does looks fantastic. And her performance is wonderful.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 11:11am

She looks great. Her performance in Billy Elliot...not so great.

[AC126748]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 11:37am

In an interview for Broadway.com, she said that the training required to go into BILLY ELLIOT, coupled with performing the show eight times a week, has caused her weight loss. In her own words, she says that she has to "go home and eat her face off" just to maintain.

[PurpleFanta]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 12:00pm

She looks amazing! Good for her!

[THDavis]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 12:47pm

"oh em gee I hope not. That'll mess you up in a lot of ways, health-wise."

Have you been very close to someone who has had gastric bypass? It doesn't mess you up as much as you might think as long as you're smart about it.

Skinner looks fantastic and she gives an outstanding performance as always.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 12:49pm

Remember when Star Jones said her drastic weight loss was due to diet and exercise?

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 12:52pm

"Have you been very close to someone who has had gastric bypass? It doesn't mess you up as much as you might think as long as you're smart about it."

No, I have not. I'm just going by what I've heard on here and in other places. Thank you for the clarification!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 1:00pm

Maybe she got a lap band.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 1:07pm

If she did, she doesn't look like the people I know who have lost weight by using lap bands.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 1:27pm

Careful how you talk about her.

It might be deleted.

[justafan2]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 5:49pm

I saw her performance in "Billy Elliot" and I could not really understand her dialogue (and I know the book---because I've seen the show many times). Her words seemed a bit garbled---has anyone else experienced this? I was close---in the 3rd row and still had to strain. People around me were expressing the same---maybe it was just that one performance? Her expressions and physical movements were very good, tho. (IMO)

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 11/17/10 at 6:58pm

I could understand what she was saying fine. She basically just talks to the audience, after all.

[THDavis]

Posted: 11/18/10 at 12:30am

It could be something she picked up in Chicago, because I had a hard time understanding anything that anybody in the cast said throughout the entire show. I understand using an accent, but from what I overheard I wasn't the only person who found it difficult to understand the cast.

[Chrranke]

Posted: 11/18/10 at 4:16am

You don't have to say much on this board to get your message deleted, huh!

Well I for one understood her well but I guess it's all about what you are used to. Her accent is legit but its a thick british accent. If you are going for authentic good but would be nice to understand the plot too

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 11/18/10 at 7:03am

I had no problem understanding her in the Chicago run, and thought she was amazing.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 11/18/10 at 7:34am

Quite simply, awful.

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Posted: 11/18/10 at 8:37am

"That'll mess you up in a lot of ways, health-wise."

Not necessarily, the pros heavily out way the (possible) cons.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 11/18/10 at 8:39am

Oh! It's okay. I didn't mean that. I was only making fun of someone.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 11/18/10 at 10:29am

I do know from personal experience that the first 5 rows or so in the orchestra of the Oriental in Chicago has terrible acoustics, especially for spoken dialogue. When I won the lottery for Wicked, I had to strain to hear the spoken dialogue. I had no problem understanding anything in Billy Elliot, but I never sat in the front orchestra for the show.

[THDavis]

Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:04am

Both the Oriental and the Cadillac have awful acoustics and their sound design doesn't do much to help the situation.