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How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
BeingAlive44Ever
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#25How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/1/24 at 12:05pm
Menken Fan said: "I also love Jinkx and was so thrilled to return to the show for a sixth time to see her. She definitely added her own spin, didn't copy other previous Audreys and added manyfun comedic bits. It killed me that she greeted the Urchins as "Hi Crystal, Hi Ronnette" and then a vicious scowling "Hi Chiffon", like there was some backstory or rivalry that I really need to know about.
The transposed score for her was so obvious and kept jumping keys randomly throughout.
But it was definitely fun to see her interpretation, and I'm grateful to the show for their progressive and fun casting choices."
Oh the key issue is something I wouldn't have guessed. When she's sung Hedwig, she's done it up a bit but jumped octaves a lot. Is the music regularly changing keys for her or is she just jumping octaves a lot?
#27How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/1/24 at 12:25pm
I could be wrong, but it seemed like several of the songs had random key changes that were not there before.
#29How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/2/24 at 7:06pm
That video of Jinkx is just lovely. Nothing sounds funny about the keys of that song, but maybe it's in other parts of the score?
She seems like her interpretation is the closest to Ellen Greene so far in this production, and she seems to have found the same kind of balance between humor and sincerity.
#30How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/2/24 at 7:15pm
I haven’t seen the production since the original cast pre-pandemic- have subsequent Audreys kept Tammy Blanchard’s idiosyncratic take on the character as being somewhat… drugged?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#31How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/3/24 at 12:24am
Kad said: "I haven’t seen the production since the original cast pre-pandemic- have subsequent Audreys kept Tammy Blanchard’s idiosyncratic take on the character as being somewhat… drugged?"
That video above is really rather wonderful. Her take is both heartbreaking and earnest. Sad I’ll won’t have the chance
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#32How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/3/24 at 1:40pm
TaffyDavenport said: " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JesXJoG4oyU&t=6s "
she wore that same black feathered headdress to see Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall, and i felt so sorry for the person sitting behind her. Luckily it wasn't me :)
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Updated On: 5/3/24 at 01:40 PM
#33How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/3/24 at 2:01pm
Kad said: "I haven’t seen the production since the original cast pre-pandemic- have subsequent Audreys kept Tammy Blanchard’s idiosyncratic take on the character as being somewhat… drugged?"
Thankfully not. I’ve seen Jinkx, Lena and Joy. None of them acted like they were drugged, spun around and hit in the head with a shovel before performing.
#34How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/3/24 at 2:04pm
The only thing missing from Tammy’s Audrey was a ln animated ring of tweety birds circling around her head.
#35How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/3/24 at 2:05pm
I want Anyone Can Whistle to get the Merrily treatment and I want Jinkx as Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper so bad.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
#36How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/23/24 at 8:06pm
Sorry to say, I found her to be absolutely insufferable. She has turned Little Shop into the Jinx Monsoon show. She thinks she is on SNL. It’s ridiculous. She does every single line so over the top that one barely recognizes the plot of the show, until she is (blissfully) off stage. Oh well. At least my 4th row center ticket wasn’t $250, like when she started performances.
Blue_Lotus
Stand-by Joined: 8/23/16
#37How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/23/24 at 11:13pm
I’m not paying upwards of $100 to see a drag queen in an Off-Broadway musical. This is the nadir of stunt casting. Producers cashing in on someone’s reality TV “fame” to line their pockets.
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#38How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/24/24 at 10:04am
A drag queen in an off-Broadway show? Heaven forbid!
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
MrsSallyAdams
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/13
#39How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/24/24 at 10:15am
Audrey is such a tricky part. I've come to the conclusion that Ellen Greene's performance makes her seem more interesting and important than she is. In the stage productions I've seen the actress either channels Greene or underplays in an attempt to avoid Greene. Audrey has no agency, and on stage her fate is much sadder than it is in the (standard edit) of the film. Her songs don't pop without Greene's surprise belt. She can end up feeling like a drip.
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#40How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/24/24 at 10:24am
There's clearly some biased vitriol going on in this thread which is a shame. I saw jinkx a week ago Wednesday and she was beyond incredible. Truly felt like the first proper successor to Ellen Greene without copying or mimicking. Jinkx's somewhere that green was equally funny and beautifully tragic (full body chills in the last few beats). Suddenly Seymour was so special too. And her death? Oh my god. Me and my friend certainly cried. Vocally, I think there's some things that could be smoother. It seemed like she was working a little hard because of how much back and forth between the chest voice and falsetto. She's a star though and that much was clear. I hope someone is writing something for her.
#41How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/24/24 at 2:02pm
MrsSallyAdams said: "Audrey is such a tricky part. I've come to the conclusion that Ellen Greene's performance makes her seem more interesting and important than she is. In the stage productions I've seen the actress either channels Greene or underplays in an attempt to avoid Greene. Audrey has no agency, and on stage her fate is much sadder than it is in the (standard edit) of the film. Her songs don't pop without Greene's surprise belt. She can end up feeling like a drip."
I've seen many capable and even great Audreys over the years, but yeah, nobody has touched Greene's performance. It is truly singular. Seeing her do it at City Center, even all these years later, remains one of the great theatergoing experiences of my life.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#42How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/24/24 at 8:07pm
I found that a painful listen.We are not fans and feel she's overrated as do our friends but she seems to be so enamored here on this board for some reason?
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#44How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/24/24 at 10:10pm
Kad said: "MrsSallyAdams said: "Audrey is such a tricky part. I've come to the conclusion that Ellen Greene's performance makes her seem more interesting and important than she is. In the stage productions I've seen the actress either channels Greene or underplays in an attempt to avoid Greene. Audrey has no agency, and on stage her fate is much sadder than it is in the (standard edit) of the film. Her songs don't pop without Greene's surprise belt. She can end up feeling like a drip."
I've seen many capable and even great Audreys over the years, but yeah, nobody has touched Greene's performance. It is truly singular. Seeing her do it at City Center, even all these years later, remains one of the great theatergoing experiences of my life."
I have trained myself not to speak about that night if Little Shop comes up in conversation because I begin to sound like an absolute maniac in seconds, or else get genuinely and awkwardly emotional, it was so special. It was in some ways the closest thing to a truly religious experience I've had in public in my adult life, and I will never forget it.
#45How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/25/24 at 1:26am
Stripped down https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z7eeuwikWw
#46How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/25/24 at 2:28am
Blue_Lotus said: "I’m not paying upwards of $100 to see a drag queen in an Off-Broadway musical. This is the nadir of stunt casting. Producers cashing in on someone’s reality TV “fame” to line their pockets.
Who cares what you want to pay or see and where?
I find your remark totally offensive to a performer[ANY performer] and have reported such.
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#47How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/25/24 at 10:28am
Who cares if you are offended? I agree. This casting is ridiculous. I am a Gay man, and I don't need to see drag queens outside of a bar show. Love their shows in bars.
#48How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/25/24 at 10:39am
CurtainsUpat8 said: "Who cares if you are offended? I agree. This casting is ridiculous. I am a Gay man, and I don't need to see drag queens outside of a bar show. Love their shows in bars."
Guess Hairspray is out for you. And La Cage aux Folles, and Kinky Boots, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Rocky Horror, and...
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#49How is Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey.
Posted: 5/25/24 at 10:48am
CurtainsUpat8 said: "Who cares if you are offended? I agree. This casting is ridiculous. I am a Gay man, and I don't need to see drag queens outside of a bar show. Love their shows in bars."
No one asked, and they don't need your close-minded money.
I was there this week, and the show was not only sold out, but the entire audience was clearly there for Jinkx. But they're also so respectful of the other performers and uplifting them in a way I've never seen from stunt casting before. Every single character got extended entrance applause, and the energy emanating from the house to the stage was electric. Jinkx did mug and play to the crowd a bit too much, but it's LITTLE SHOP... it's a giant camp fest and should be treated as such, and they're doing that.
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