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Didn't she take a vacation during which they had to slash ticket prices INSANELY?

As for Paltrow, I like her. I even mentioned that she'd be a rather ideal Diana in a film version of Next to Normal. I'm just not sure how charactery she can get (same with Zeta Jones). That first half is pure character actress...which is why I think it is a rather tough role to cast.

ljay, hi from the tourist guess who sold my ticket not Zeta-Jones. I saw her the night before the tonys and i have never seen a worse performance in a theater. She was throwing everything at the wall in her performance with no cohension or real characterization. She was not funny in the least. And you couldn't understand a word she said, or sang. I was floored and very surprised she won in that year, i still think scott deserved the award more. Maybe she would fit the witch better but i hope they say no. Plus she is currently involved in filming Broken City and afterwards will be starting work on a new soderbergh film she's busy. As for bakers wife, for paltrow i don't know, maybe...

Updated On: 1/27/12 at 04:47 PM

Did I wander into an ESL class???

I seem to remember attendance being decent for her vacation, but that the average ticket price was astonishingly low.

There are a lot of factors that go into box office during a star's vacation - time of year etc. You can analyze it in a hundred different ways, but there is no denying that Zeta Jones was absolutely a very large box office draw during her time in NIGHT MUSIC.

For the record, I saw Zeta Jones twice and thought she was breathtaking at both performances I attended. I'm not sure what was going on during the Tony broadcast, but what I experienced in the theatre was absolutely nothing like that.

Paltrow would probably surprise as the Witch and, much like her appearance on Glee, surprise and be a lot funnier and more lively than people would initially imagine. She has young children though and lives in London so that does seem a long shot.

If i remember correctly a lot of the other actors in night musics company mentioned how very inconsistent her performance was, she could be spot on one night and just plain bad the next.

I remember one member of the company, a vaction swing, no less, calling her performance "inconsistent" on facebook. Let's not rewrite history, here.

i'm sorry i was incorrect if that is the case, i apologize. I saw her and was less than pleased. i mean you all complain about la LuPones diction whew. And i highly doubt she's going to walk out of her movie broken city that is filming around this time. She's not available for this production. Pick someone new to favor. She also recently signed onto a Soderbergh film that starts in april she will not be available for this run of this show.

Updated On: 1/27/12 at 07:38 PM

Also, for the person who saw her right before the Tonys, wasn't that the week that she was very ill but trying to go on as much as possible? I'd imagine that could account for some of the "pushing" in the role, as it were, and also in part for what happened in her Tonys performance, but that has been talked to death, to be sure.

The point being that it is an undeniable fact, regardless of what anyone thought of her performance, that her name sold lots and lots of tickets. Did Lansbury help things? For sure. But I echo what posters have been saying in this thread that it was Zeta-Jones who ultimately attracted the masses. Don't forget that one of the reasons that it took Lansbury so long to commit to the show after it was essentially widely known that she was in talks because she didn't want to have to headline it alone should a non-star (such as Waddingham) win the role of Desiree.

And as for her casting as the Witch, I think she'd be very exciting. She is not without her flaws, but she has undeniable strengths in performance, and, to my mind, the Witch aligns with those strengths in a fantastic way.

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If they can get her a vocal couch, especially the one who got her through chicago i wouldn't have objections. I did not know that she was sick during this time, and come to think of it she was clutching her throat alot too. Thank you for telling me that bwayfan. I have been a bit too harsh on her. I still would prefer someone new to the muscial mix, as i think there are alot more stars that can sing than we imagine, but she's a nice thought now. But sadely she can't do the production as she has a film that she's working on during the time rehersals would be going on so that's not going to happen.

Owen not that i'm arguing but Marissa Jaret Winkour has a tony.

Updated On: 1/28/12 at 11:52 PM

I had a vocal couch once. I had to get rid of it, it kept moaning.

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I'm saying it's alot harder to be bad and get an oliver giving how strenous their selection process is and its more likely to have a bad actress win the tony than an oliver.

Well its a critics award and from what i'm reading she got very good reviews.

Well i didn't get to see her (i wish i had i'm a big fan) but i trust your judgement.