Goodbye, LOSING LOUIE!
Goodbye, LOSING LOUIE!
#1Goodbye, LOSING LOUIE!
Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:41amToo bad the transfer to the States didn't work out as well as the show had done in London. Best of luck to the talented cast. I'm hoping to see Patricia Kalember back on Broadway in something else sometime soon! She is truly a talent, and was underused in this production. And I'd love to see Michele Pawk take on a nice meaty role in a drama again sometime soon. Peace, LOUIE!
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#1re: Goodbye, LOSING LOUIE!
Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:43amhttps://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=918169&dt=2
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neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#2re: Goodbye, LOSING LOUIE!
Posted: 11/26/06 at 2:03amWell we really are Lousing Louie... Goodbye Louie!
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#3re: Goodbye, LOSING LOUIE!
Posted: 11/26/06 at 4:53pm
Just returned from the final performance. I've never been to a closing show on Broadway, but I kind of expected them to make some kind of announcement. They didn't do anything. They just took a normal curtain call and all looked really happy.
The house had some celebrities today though. I spotted Andre de Shields, still sporting his beard from his recent turn in the title role of King Lear at the Classical Theatre of Harlem, wearing strange gray-colored workers overalls. I also saw Station Agent/Richard III star Peter Dinklage coming down from the mezzanine.
As for the play itself, I was less than impressed. Pretty obvious stuff. The four modern day leads were great though, and made the material much better than it had any right to be.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#4re: Goodbye, LOSING LOUIE!
Posted: 11/26/06 at 4:56pmHopefully someone will discover Jama Williamson and put her in something that will have a nice, long run. She held her own and managed to be better than some of the seasoned pros in the cast.
purpleprince101
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#6re: Goodbye, LOSING LOUIE!
Posted: 11/26/06 at 7:32pmToo bad we're losing Losing Louie before I got to see it.
#7re: Goodbye, LOSING LOUIE!
Posted: 11/27/06 at 10:25am
Honestly, the show was worth seeing (to me, at least) for the excellent work of Michele Pawk and Scott Cohen. Both managed to rise above the material and turn in heartfelt, compelling performance.
The play itself was rather slight and about half the jokes didn't land, but I've seen much worse in my years of theatregoing.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#8re: Goodbye, LOSING LOUIE!
Posted: 11/27/06 at 11:01am
What exactly about Michele Pawk's performance did you find to be "heartfelt"?
Her character felt pretty 1-dimensional to me.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Updated On: 11/27/06 at 11:01 AM
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#9re: Goodbye, LOSING LOUIE!
Posted: 11/27/06 at 11:05amYes, that's mostly true. She was largely there as comic relief. However, there were a few moments when she'd just give a look or mention something (usually when she was talking about her daughter) that struck me as really genuine. That's what I meant.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
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