#151
Posted: 5/27/16 at 10:52am
I NEVER get tired of watching that SCTV sketch with Andrea Martin as Bernadette!
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#152
Posted: 5/28/16 at 1:15am
That video is really funny. Personally, I enjoy crying (if it is appropriate). I know there is an old adage some people have expressed here RE: actors crying - but people cry, so I can't see why we wouldn't want actors to replicate this (often) important behaviour on stage. Examples of where I think crying has worked well: Marin Mazzie and Alice Ripley in next to normal, Bernadette Peters in A Little Night Music (Send in the Clowns) and Bernadette Peters in Sunday. The "And the Band was Playing" scene and overwhelmed entrance Bernadette did in Follies.
I suppose I can understand criticisms of when crying is used when it is unwarranted though. In particular, I still am conflicted about Bernadette's "Losing My Mind". Obviously the song is a heartfelt Ballad about unrequited love, but the song isn't a quiet introspective, intimate moment (cf. Send in the Clowns) and there comes a point where you want them just to sing the damn song and hit the damn notes. The Follies Variety interview had a pretty funny/honest take on it: "When those big ballads come along, we can’t tell whether Sally is struggling with her emotions or Peters is just struggling with the notes." LOL. That said, someone must have realised that her performance was not going to translate well to a recording because she actually sings a pretty straight/toned down performance on the cast recording
I'm not sure if PalJoey's comment RE: slowing down the tempo could reflect one criticism I heard about the tempo Bernadette sang some of the songs in FOLLIES on ATC (namely, In Buddy's Eyes). However, I will say one thing - without knowing the tempo they performed it in 1971 or why the OBC is so damn fast - the tempo at which Bernadette performed the song is a lot closer to what is written on the score than the OBC recording (if anything, Bernadette's tempo was still a little too fast!).
Also:
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
Updated On: 5/28/16 at 01:15 AM
#153
Posted: 5/28/16 at 1:15am
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Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#154
Posted: 5/31/16 at 11:19am
A few posters seem confident that they'll be adding a second date to this show -- does anyone know for certain, or when they might announce it? I completely missed the first announcement and then tickets were on sale like the next day, so I'm anxious about missing the second one!
Updated On: 5/31/16 at 11:19 AM
#155
Posted: 5/31/16 at 11:30am
I figured it would have been announced by now...
#156
Posted: 5/31/16 at 11:34am
I've always wanted to see Sherie Rene Scott as Dot/Marie.
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#157
Posted: 7/2/16 at 9:31pm
I guess they're not going to add more performances?
#158
Posted: 7/2/16 at 10:00pm
This is a gala performance as an evening to honor Adrienne Arsht, not a typical concert.
I'd be very surprised if a second performance was added.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 7/2/16 at 10:00 PM
#159
Posted: 7/2/16 at 10:11pm
Yes but Annie Get Your Gun was a gala too and got a second performance right? In any case, based on this article I THINK they might have only added an extra performance the month of the performance (!), and they did describe it as 'one-night-only' before announcing a second performance. In other words, I don't think we can rule out a second performance yet based on this previous example.
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/andy-karl-judy-kaye-megan-hilty-annie-get-your-gun_74457.html
If they announce Bernadette as Dot I'd find it hard to believe they wouldn't try to add an extra performance - a lot of missed revenue opportunity there (I would have thought if it was her they would have announced it already through to help with gala ticket sales).
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#160
Posted: 7/14/16 at 10:58am
Just got the announcement of two added performances on the 25 & 26. Also it now lists Annaleigh Ashford as co-star.
#161
Posted: 7/14/16 at 11:00am
Yup—the website officially says Annaleigh is Dot. Totally out of left field for my mind, but I'm completely game.
#162
Posted: 7/14/16 at 11:05am
Did they announce who's directing this and I've forgotten? I don't see it on the City Center page.
#163
Posted: 7/14/16 at 11:07am
No director has been announced yet.
#164
Posted: 7/14/16 at 11:09am
Ashford is an intriguing choice! I'm sure she will be wonderful. I have to say, though, I was really hoping they'd go with Carmen Cusack. Oh well, maybe this means she's been cast in a fall show! (I can dream.)
#165
Posted: 7/14/16 at 11:13am
I passed up the chance to buy tickets for the one-night performance and instantly regretted it. Really hoping to grab a pair now that they've added two more shows.
#166
Posted: 7/14/16 at 11:16am
I'm thrilled they added two more shows. i hope i am near a computer when these go on sale.
#167
Posted: 7/14/16 at 11:17am
Is there a time? Do they go on sale at 12 again?
#168
Posted: 7/14/16 at 11:22am
Tickets for members will go on sale on Monday the 18th, and remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public at noon on the 20th.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#169
Posted: 7/14/16 at 11:40am
Where were the $75 seats located? And what's the next highest price level after that?
Also, do we know if this will be performed with the full book?
#170
Posted: 7/14/16 at 11:53am
Now I have to decide whether to purchase a membership. Don't want to be locked out of seats again. Also interested if anyone remembers the price levels
#171
Posted: 7/14/16 at 12:02pm
I'm wondering why they waited so long to add dates. People may have made other plans for those dates given the absence of any timely announcements of added performances.
#172
Posted: 7/14/16 at 12:04pm
Well then I guess those people won't be able to go.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#173
Posted: 7/14/16 at 12:04pm
Okay guys, come on!! Please join me in a prayer circle for there to be a recording of some kind!!
They/them.
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#174
Posted: 7/14/16 at 12:13pm
"People may have made other plans for those dates given the absence of any timely announcements of added performances."
Performance dates aren't usually scheduled based on the availability of the potential audience.
#175
Posted: 7/14/16 at 12:26pm
mamaleh said: "I'm wondering why they waited so long to add dates. People may have made other plans for those dates given the absence of any timely announcements of added performances.
HUH?? By that "logic" no performance or event of any kind should EVER be scheduled because there's a chance that some people might have other plans and not be able to make it that night! Maybe it's just the heat -- but people around this place seem to be getting more and more cray-cray!
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