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Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#25re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/15/08 at 5:38pmDoes anyone know the exact date Jill left? I was at the show last Thursday, and Nili Bassman was on as Niki. Though she was good, I was hoping to catch Jill before she left.
StageFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/07
#26re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/15/08 at 5:53pmelphie - Jill's last show was February 3.
#27re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/16/08 at 9:02amAny chance that anyone went to Curtains last night? I'd love to hear about it. I'm really looking forward to going back and seeing Curtains again with Erin- I'm sure she'll be great in the part!
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#28re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/16/08 at 9:17amErin did a very good job and I'm sure she's going to grow into the role in time. She got a couple of very big laughs and did a fine job with the choreography despite one little slipup (but she recovered beautifully, and for someone who's not a dancer, she did very well). And she looks great!
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#29re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/16/08 at 12:36pmThanks! I knew she would be amazing. And I know she'll only get better.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#30re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 4:22pm
Shots of Erin Davie in Curtains are up! 
...and Gerry Vichi too.
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Updated On: 2/28/08 at 04:22 PM
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#31re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 4:36pmShe just isn't a dancer, though. Otherwise her performance is very good. Updated On: 2/28/08 at 04:36 PM
#32re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 4:39pmLove those pictures! Thanks for posting.
"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"
StageFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/07
#33re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 5:17pm
Thanks Smaxie! Can't wait to see the show next month. 
#34re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 5:22pm
Great shot thanks...I think her dancing is wonderful
Hi there.
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#35re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 5:34pmI saw Erin a week or so ago - she's not a dancer, as ShbrtAlley44 said, but she gave an adorable performance. One thing that struck me is that she doesn't look very good in the costume - the dress sits more frumpy on her than Jill, and I feel like they put a lot less makeup on her. But otherwise, she's very good.
#36re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 5:37pmSmaxie, have you made a trip to the Hirschfeld to see Davie in the role?
"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"
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#37re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 5:47pmI'll be seeing this in March and I just can't wait! The pictures look great and I KNOW Erin will be amazing in this role.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#38re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 5:55pm
Yup. I adored her. There is something delightfully off kilter about her Niki, so it's a very good match for David Hyde Pierce's odd man out character. They are unbelievably sweet together. She also got some very big laughs, including a few new places. It may be true that she's not as sharp and clean in the dancing as Jill Paice was, but "Tough Act" is tough stuff, and she hasn't been doing it for a year like most of the rest of that company. I think she's great in the role.
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#39re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 6:24pmBoy, I'd love to be in Gerry Vichi's position right about now. Playing the exact same role in 2 shows back-to-back, and done by 9:45 in each one.
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#40re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 7:34pmWow she looks frumpy.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#41re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 8:22pmYou wouldn't have a kind word for her, no matter what she looks like.
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Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#42re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 8:22pmYou wouldn't have a kind word for her, no matter what she looks like.
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#43re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 10:22pm
Thanks for the comments on her, Smaxie.
I have no doubt that she makes a great Niki and really I assume she'll only get better in the role. It's not like she got to do an out-of-town and preview period with the show, so it's completely understandable that she isn't entirely up-to-speed with Ashford's complex choreography for "A Tough Act to Follow." I can't wait to see her in that number as well as "The Woman's Dead," Niki gets some of the best lines in that number.
"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"
#44re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/28/08 at 10:41pm
The least important aspect of Niki Harris is technically perfect dancing. Erin's gift is as a singer and actress. She's probably not completely comfortable with the dancing this early on (and remember, she was learning it at the same time she was learning APPLAUSE, so it may take her a bit longer than someone who had a "normal" rehearsal period) but when she gets there, those steps will be infused with glorious joy and subtext. That is her gift.
I look forward to seeing her in the part!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#45re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/29/08 at 12:41amHow stunning does she look in these pictures? Far from "frumpy," I'd say. Go Erin!
#46re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/29/08 at 12:47am
I find it quite admirable that she was able to do such a great job in APPLAUSE while rehearsing for her role in CURTAINS. She was off-book (unlike the leading lady) and did not disappoint with her "One Hallowe'en."
Honestly, the summer can't get here any sooner, so I can finally see her.
"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"
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#47re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/29/08 at 1:31amTotally agreed, Rath, and I know she was struggling to learn the dancing. However as of right now she looks very awkward; that's all I meant to say. I'm sure things will smooth out. She gets great laughs in unexpected places and plays the part in a delightfully quirky way.
StageFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/07
#48re: Erin Davie Will Replace Jill Paice In CURTAINS
Posted: 2/29/08 at 9:42am
I love quirkiness. DHP has also been described as quirky.
Quirky + quirky = Adorable!
I can't wait to see the two of them together.
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