Everybody say STARK! — Page 2
#27
Posted: 5/1/13 at 3:52pm
Stark Sands will always be the original, and definitive, Clyde Barrow to me. He was so much better than Jeremy Jordan. I'm not thrilled with his accent in Kinky Boots. I feel like all the leads could work on that a bit, but I think the nomination is well deserved and I'm very excited for him. He's crazy talented and has charm for days. His wife is one lucky bitch.
#28
Posted: 5/1/13 at 3:59pm
Stark didn't do B&C on Broadway because he was wrapped up with "American Idiot"... It was never a Broadway try-out, per say, in La Jolla.. and it went to Sarasota before Broadway when they got Jeremy Jordan... Personally think Jordan was better. Sands still performs at the Frank & Friends concerts occasionally, no bad blood.
#29
Posted: 5/1/13 at 4:03pm
I didn't mean to imply there was bad blood or anything. And I certainly understand his decision to continue with American Idiot, I just liked him a lot better as Clyde than Jeremy. Jeremy had a few better songs to work with too, but overall, I thought Stark brought more to the character than Jeremy did. I miss him a great deal when I listen to the Broadway cast album.
Updated On: 5/1/13 at 04:03 PM
#30
Posted: 5/1/13 at 4:35pm
Stark Sands does what he can with a thankless workhorse role. By the time his character is allowed to let rip we are 20 minutes from curtain,and we have given up watching that character because he is so deadly dull.
Every show, play or musical, has a role that keeps the plot moving along. Sometimes these roles are good and most times they are just hard to make interesting.
The actor is gifted but he is done in by the role.
In the film the character is played by Joel Edgerton who set the Harvey Theatre ablaze when he played Stanley opposite Cate Blanchett. Few remember what he even looked like in the film of Kinky Boots.
Every show, play or musical, has a role that keeps the plot moving along. Sometimes these roles are good and most times they are just hard to make interesting.
The actor is gifted but he is done in by the role.
In the film the character is played by Joel Edgerton who set the Harvey Theatre ablaze when he played Stanley opposite Cate Blanchett. Few remember what he even looked like in the film of Kinky Boots.
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