Frances Ruffelle
Frances Ruffelle
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#0Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 1:30pm
What is she up to these days? Is she just in London doing theatre I don't know about? I hope she's still performing. She's great. Listening to her On my Own right now.
Seems like she hasn't done any tv/film since 2001.
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
-- unknown
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#1re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 1:37pmShe recently finished a poorly received run as Roxie in London's Chicago and has just put out an album which I believe is called Smile.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#2re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 1:40pmthanks, popculture. Sounds like things are not going according to plan for her.
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
-- unknown
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#3re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 1:45pmI saw her in Chicago and she was truly awful, which was a real shame.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#4re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 1:50pmThat is a shame. I like her.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#5re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 1:54pmI had no opinion of her at all before I saw her as Roxie, as somehow it was my first time ever seeing or hearing her do anything. Don't quite know how I managed that. But anyway, after that I can't deal with her. Jason Robert Brown is holding a concert here this weekend, for three performances. He will be playing songs from The Last 5 Years, which I love, but Frances is going to be singing the female role and I just can't handle her voice.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#6re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 1:57pmI'm sure her voice will work much better with that music. She gained her fame as Eponine, remember.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#7re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 2:00pmYes she did. But I couldn't tolerate her voice. So listening to her sing the audition song from Last 5 Years would not be something I care to do.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#8re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 2:02pmOkay. I loved her as Eponine.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 2:38pmThe first time my daughter heard her sing "On My Own" on my CD, she said "It sounds like a dog whistle". (I just thought "Yikes") :)
#10re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 3:31pmI thought the same thing, justafan. I really cannot stand her. She whines too much for my taste.
Thou giveth fever.
#11re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 4:40pm
I am a big fan; she did recently star as Roxie in the West End "Chicago" (did not know about her reviews).
She has a new full album ("Smile" was the single) called "Showgirl" which can be bought through her website. As a fan, I love her voice, and this album (she does a version of "Nowadays" on it). She sent an autographed picture along with it. I am hoping she will come over here and do a couple of concerts as she did with her last album.
My mother always used to say, "The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana." - Rose Nyland
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#13re: Frances Ruffelle
Posted: 9/14/04 at 9:17pmI'm sorry, but her voice is just devastating. Oy.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
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