Well, I will avoid offering criticsim of a number of Ednas, but I will say that while I enjoyed a few of the dialogue changes offered by Harvey - particularly on his return visit (the Asians banter, the Motor Home/Boat/Car/Cycle switch up, the altered Pinky phone call and the addendum to the Jewish joke in Timeless, my overall top two Ednas continue to be John Pinette and Paul Vogt, both of whom offered very different and wonderful Ednas.
I enjoyed the Blake Hammond was light on his feet and truly played Edna as a broken mother. I commend Jerry O'Boyle, who in 2006 in Atlantic City left feeling as though he didn.t have a grasp on who Edna is, to truly having grown to be a wonderful Edna in 2009-2010... the evolution was wonderful to see.
By all accounts, the UK has had a wonderful array of Ednas in Michael Ball, Brian Conley, Phill Jupitus, Michael Starke and Adam Price - any clips and features I have found show them to be fantastic as well..
One of my great disappointments is that David Greenspan and Jim J. Bullock never were able to go on as Edna. Who knows? Perhaps now that the show is flourishing on the regional circuit, they will don the frocks. I dearly hope so.
As this is a "favorite Ednas" thread, I won't name names, but I will say there have been a handful of absolutely GHASTLY Ednas who have really made me appreciate the difficulty and the heart within that role and that Ednas transformation is truly, truly critical to the show. Without that growth, it is still a wonderful and FUns how, but a bit of the heart will be missing.
Edited to add that I am SO excited to Chris Sieber bite into Edna under Matt Lenz's direction at Paper Mill... I have long thought that he could bring a lot to the role.
Updated On: 9/23/10 at 05:00 PM
