Into the Woods- Page 3

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 7:59pm

"wickedrentq: You're so verbose!"

An understatement

[BroomstickBoy]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 8:06pm

What I felt that the OBC had that the revival lacked was the believable appearance of a fairy tale. The revival seemed visually correct but the feeling just wasn't there because it seemed too modern to me. I may be biased, but I just didn't believe that Vanessa Williams was the Witch or Laura Benanti was Cinderella. It was a nice take on each role, just not as believable as the original cast.


Didn't Kay also understudy/replace Kim Crosby as Cinderella in the original run?

Updated On: 10/27/06 at 08:06 PM

[Jon]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 8:24pm

I think the revival was affected by post-9/11 sentiment. The Baker and his Wife in the revival were like average middle American folks, with the Baker becomeing a hero. The Baker's hairstyle, with a ponytail, almost madehim look liek a Revolutionary War hero. In the original, Chip Zien and Joanna Gleason were like a couple of Manhattan sophisticates out a a Woody Allen movie.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 9:30pm

Not to mention they are the true "bad guys" in the show. They cheat, they steal, and they swindle. By contrast, the Witch is honest and tells it like it is.

Updated On: 10/27/06 at 09:30 PM

[singingwendy]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 9:52pm

Back to the Little Red/Wolf discussion:

I always thought it spoke volumes that the actor who played the wolf also played Cinderella's prince.

And it disturbed me that there were two wolves in the revival. That's just too kinky!

[Ciaron McCarthy]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 10:26pm

but if you just allow yourself to listen to the words and live IN them, they take you where you need to be.

That is what I meant about emotion. Going to that place. Getting into the mood of the piece. The problem is that "Moments in the Woods" is exactly that. A bunch of moments that need to be deciphered by the bakers wife in under 4 minutes. You need to have PERFECT comic timing and be able to switch it to sympathetic and then to indecisiveness. Its a whirlwind of emotions. Again, I am NOT an actor so I really wouldnt know. It just seems that way. When I watch Joanna I am like "Where does this come from?! It's brilliant".

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 11:29pm

Ciaron-
You actually do sound like an actor, and you make way more sense...Musical Theatre 101 is convey the emotions in the song. I would rather have an over-emotionalized song than one without emotion (Debra Monk in Company?)