JANE LYNCH in ANNIE Tonight!- Page 3

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 2:13am

....What an informative review.

[binau]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 3:18am

"They have a star now when they really need one, during the slow summer months."

Huh? Summer is peak season for tourists in NYC.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 3:52am

Seconded.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 8:42am

The actor who might remint the role persuasively is another Christopher Guest alum, indeed his star: Catherine O'Hara. Now that performance I'd pay to see.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 9:42am

"The production in general is somewhat "eh" as you put it, Musikman. I think in this production of Annie, some parts work really well and some not so much."

Must every revival reinvent the wheel in order for you to enjoy it?

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 10:23am

No I enjoyed it very much - as I have seen it 3 times actually..and may see it again at some point. It had nothing at all to do with whether or not it was a revival or an original show.

I just can say that some parts work better for me than others. And I think they made some great choices and some not so great...no more, no less.

[madbrian]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 11:19am

Though not a box office draw, the person I'd REALLY like to see play Hannigan after Lynch would be Harriet Harris.

[musikman]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 11:29am

Mattbrain, I'm actually one of those people who loves classic, straight-up, faithful to the original productions. Re-inventing the wheel often irks me (see: Cinderella. I DESPISED this production, which bares little to no resemblance to the Rodgers and Hammerstein version) This Annie was a mostly faithful production, but it jsut felt lackluster. The energy was off, transitions were awkward, there was no urgency in the performance.

To quote Daddy Warbucks "Something was missing."

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 11:33am

"Though not a box office draw, the person I'd REALLY like to see play Hannigan after Lynch would be Harriet Harris."

That would be amazing and would actually get me to see the show. Unfortunately she's not a name and it's very unlikely.

[rorschach37]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 11:37am

Auggie, Catherine O'Hara would be FANTASTIC, but I don't think she'd be as well known to younger audiences. At least not as much as Jane Lynch.

[gstrus2]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 6:38pm

On Sunday the 26 of May they have 3 shows. 1pm, 3pm, and 6:30pm. How is this going to work? The 1pm show only has 2 hours max before the next one. Will they lotto the shows??

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 6:42pm

There is no 3pm show. The two shows are at 1 and 6:30.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 6:42pm

They don't have three shows. They moved the 3 pm show to 1 pm - to accommodate a 6:30 pm show with a break in the middle.

Oops...posted at the same time. : )



Updated On: 5/16/13 at 06:42 PM

[gstrus2]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 6:45pm

Oh, okay, guess they havent updated the annie broadway website yet. Thanks!

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 6:50pm

I just saw that on their site. Which is dumb, because the show is over two hours long. There would be no way that it could have started at 3:00, if there was an 1:00 show.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 10:23pm

I saw the show again tonight to catch Jane Lynch. She's a vast improvement over Finneran, and she found most of the laughs tonight. Lilla was out again tonight, and I thought her understudy was strong, although only Constantine rivaled her for most accents used during a performance this season.

The revival is still only ok. The set is as crappy as ever, and "NYC" is so lackluster and disappointing. Lynch gives a nice boost to the credibility of the proceedings though and I'm glad I got to see her.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 10:40pm

Can I ask who the understudy was tonight?

It's weird because Lilla tweeted that a lot of the cast of Glee was in the audience tonight and that Kristen Chenowith was also there and came to her dressing room and she was so excited. So I assumed she was in.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 10:47pm

Taylor Richardson was on for Annie.

[mb87]

Posted: 5/16/13 at 11:18pm

I'm assuming Lilla goes on vocal rest every few days. She seems to ALWAYS be out. Taylor is one lucky understudy - she seems to go on more than Lilla. Although, Taylor screams compared to Lilla's beautiful voice

[Smaxie]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 12:46am

Lilla was on tonight (Thursday).

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 1:12am

Whizzer - was this the first time you saw the show since the first preview? Did you notice any major changes?

[Caring Soul]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 3:06am

It seems that the adage is true that these revivals on Broadway need a "name" to draw in the tourist crowds.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 7:33am

Lilla usually only does one show on matinee days..sometimes off in the afternoon, sometimes at night). I don't think of Taylor as an understudy so much as the regular filler..she was the one that was on Good Morning America with the Annie company when Lilla hurt her foot and she basically does two shows a week. There are a few extra swings for the orphans that can also play Annie but I haven't see that lately. I would love to see Sadie Sink who is an orphan/Annie swing play Annie - she stands out in the group for me.

I thought Lilla was there Thursday night.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 8:04am

My friend and I were saying how much we thought Taylor was a clone of Lilla, so if she did go on that would explain it. The call board in the lobby definitely said at this performance the role of Annie would be played by Taylor Richardson though...

bwayphreak, It was the first time I saw the show since the first preview! There were some changes, all for the best. The biggest was the removal of the orphans as french maids from Easy Street. It really helped the number, but I still wish they would have put in the original choreography for that one song.

There were lots of small things like Brynn O'Malley wasn't wearing those Mia Farrow glasses, but overall I wouldn't say they made huge changes.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 5/17/13 at 9:39am

It must have been the sign from the night before..(weird) ..especially as they are NOTHING alike at all. Taylor is really cute, little and girly...and Lilla is more like the Andrea McArdle version - tough, scrappy and certainly bigger and taller.