Guess Who Is Playing "Effie" One More Time?
Guess Who Is Playing "Effie" One More Time?
#1Guess Who Is Playing "Effie" One More Time?
Posted: 6/11/13 at 12:49pm
really...guess.
Jennifer Holliday
#2Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 12:52pmQuick way to make a buck, and one would hope she has the lines down by now.
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John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#2Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 12:56pmI suppose it would be completely fair to say that Holiday might be a "one-trick-pony", but if she can still recreate the emotional excitement she created (and IMO, Hudson only imitated onscreen), God Bless.
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#3Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 12:58pmPlease, somebody write a show for: Andrea McArdle, Jodie Benson and Jennifer Holiday!!!!!
#4Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 12:59pm^ "Alright, Get The Hell Off The Stage: A Riffing Spectacular."
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Vespertine1228
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#5Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 2:09pmI think "one more time" is the part of this thread headline that should really be in quotations.
#6Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 2:11pmYou know that shiz is gonna sell out in a minute. I might make a little fun, but I'd sure as hell be buying a ticket.
rorschach37
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/10
#8Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 2:35pmWell, she's certainly told me she's not going. Again and again.
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JP2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/07
#9Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 2:55pm
" but if she can still recreate the emotional excitement she created "
If her tv performances the last few years are anything to go by... the answer is a resounding "no".
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#10Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 3:02pm
>> If her tv performances the last few years are anything to go by... the answer is a resounding "no".
I dunno... I saw her duet with Hudson and I think she's still got it. 
Jennifer Holliday vs Jennifer Hudson - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
#11Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 3:04pmEveryone here who likes the idea is no longer allowed to ever complain that someone is too old to play a role again. Ever.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#13Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 3:08pmMichael Bennett's estate should sue her. She's still using the same line readings he gave her 30 years ago. She should be paying royalties on those line readings.
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#14Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 3:10pm
>> Everyone here who likes the idea is no longer allowed to ever complain that someone is too old to play a role again. Ever.
Oh, Jordan! Everyone knows the "...don't crack" adage!
Look at Cicely Tyson. Holy frijoles! Given the educated speculation of her real age, she's "too old" to play Carrie Watts, but who could tell?
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#15Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 3:14pm
>> She's still using the same line readings he gave her 30 years ago. She should be paying royalties on those line readings.
Do people really care about the line readings in that particular role? I'm probably in the minority, but I don't think Hudson won the Oscar for her acting/line delivery. In that particular role, I think people pay to hear And I Am Telling You (...and the line, 'because you're lyin', you're lyin' I never been sooo thin-NAH')
Updated On: 6/11/13 at 03:14 PM
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#16Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 3:19pmYou've obviously never heard her deliver the line "No one can see her on record."
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#17Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 3:23pmJohn Adams - you're DEFINITELY in the minority... I know I'm pointing out the obvious.
#18Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 3:27pmI saw Jennifer Holliday in the original Dream Girls and her acting wasn't great but THAT SONG! WOW! It literally blew the roof off the theatre. When she gasps that big breath at the end, she sucked half the audience in her big mouth. It was AMAZING. I thought Jennifer Hudson was awful in the movie. Just awful. How she won the Oscar is beyond me. Although she does sing well too. When Hudson Sang "I GOT LOVE" from Purlie on SMASH she was also AMAZING! I saw Melba Moore sing that in the 70's and she was wonderful but Hudson did a great job.
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#19Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 3:30pm
John Adams - you're DEFINITELY in the minority... I know I'm pointing out the obvious.
You thought Hudson's acting was as good as her singing?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#20Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 3:34pmHooray for Curtain8. This place needs more people who don't know what the word "literally" means.
#22Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 3:51pmThere is something I call expression of speech. I took literary license with my speech. Sue me! (Are you really going to sue me) I doubt it.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#24Guess Who Is Playing
Posted: 6/11/13 at 4:14pm
"She's too old for the role now..."
In the script, they're going to have to change a few lines.
I have a baby now...well she's not a baby anymore, she's seventeen.
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