Jessica Lee Goldyn
Jessica Lee Goldyn
#1Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/2/12 at 10:49pmI just saw a video of Jessica Lee Goldyn doing Music and the Mirror from A Chorus Line and she is amazing. After Every Little Step I was just so happy for her because she basically breathes dance and enthusiasm for what she does. Her dancing is such high quality and just fantastic and I'm surprised we haven't seen more of her, at least in the ensemble. Does anyone know what she's been up to recently?
brettarnett
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/09
#2Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/2/12 at 10:55pmI think she was tiger lily at the paper mill playhouse, and wasn't she in on the town at encores. Other than that she has been in regional productions of ACL just about every where as Cassie. I too am surprised she didn't burst on to the broadway scene. Her Val is pitch perfect.
egghumor
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/9/11
#2Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/2/12 at 11:31pmI feel the same way... I remember that she made the strongest impression on me in Every Little Step. I thought she'd have been a bit more high-profile by now (not knocking anything she's done since). Perhaps one (perhaps minor) reason for this is that in general that Broadway revival of ACL was largely reviewed and remembered as being rather ho-hum. She was showcased to much greater effect in Every Little Step which allowed us to see her with more dimension and variation. Hopefully she'll land a plum role in a New York production again soon.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#3Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/2/12 at 11:33pmShe and Jason Tam were my favorite parts of Every Little Step
kipster
Understudy Joined: 1/8/11
#4Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/3/12 at 12:14amSaw her in Crazy for You with Tony Yazbeck up in Maine a few years back. She was excellent. And according to IMDB she's been playing a dancer in Smash.
#5Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/3/12 at 1:00amI have to wonder if she simply won't settle for "ensemble" in any current Broadway show and wants at least a featured part. not sure what roles are available for her outside of Roxie in Chicago.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#6Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/3/12 at 5:56am
It's really sad and frustrating that leading roles aren't being written for dancers ... and for her specifically. I guess those days are gone.
I can't even imagine what an up-and-coming Gwen Verdon or Chita Rivera would do in today's world. They would be in the chorus of some regional production or revival just to put food on the table.
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#7Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/3/12 at 8:59am
I saw her in one of the final performances of A CHORUS LINE, in which she played Cassie. She was spectacular. I can't say that I know very much about the technical side of dancing, but her moves blew me away. I was mesmerized by her. Add that to the fact that she has a great voice and is a compelling actress, and I'd say she's a true triple threat.
Here's video of her dancing "The Music and the Mirror":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KObIVed6yeU
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#8Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/3/12 at 10:31amI liked her better as Cassie than I did as Val. So glad someone captured her performance on video. The girl "woo-ing" throughout should have been taken out back and shot. How obnoxious and totally unnecessary.
#9Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/3/12 at 10:48amI missed her in A Chorus Line, but her performance as Ivy in On the Town was incredible. I love dancers that are built like her anyway, but I thought her ballet sequences were so beautiful.
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-Kad
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Broadway Star Joined: 1/3/08
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Understudy Joined: 1/6/12
#12Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/3/12 at 12:40pmI know Hilty was a big hit in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, but if that show were to get a full revival, I'd much rather see JLG as the lead.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#13Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/3/12 at 3:48pmI remember she taught at the same acting studio I used to go to when I was a kid, but she is incredibly talented. But yes I do recall hearing that she was on Smash from her facebook.
#14Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/3/12 at 4:47pmThat person "woo"ing in that video is her mother. That video was taken closing night and my friend was there, met Jess's family (they were sitting right behind him), and identified the "woo"s to me.
<-- Tevye, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, March 2018
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#15Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/4/12 at 2:19amShe's really talented. Hope she gets back to Broadway soon.
#16Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/4/12 at 3:36amI know she & Tony were engaged at some point after the run of ACL, anyone know if they're still together?
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#18Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/4/12 at 10:00amHer quality of movement I really just stunning. Crazy lines. I really wish incredible dancers, such as Jessica, didn't have to rely on revivals to showcase their dance abilities. Let's get some new song and dance shows up in here!
"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times
kipster
Understudy Joined: 1/8/11
#19Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/4/12 at 8:02pmApparently she'll be playing Brooke in Legally Blonde up in Maine next month...
#20Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/4/12 at 8:11pm^ Are you talking about the Ogunquit production? Because Coleen Sexton is listed as Brooke on their website.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
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Swing Joined: 3/24/08
#21Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/4/12 at 8:16pmI believe he's talking about Maine State Music Theatre.
#22Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/4/12 at 8:30pmAh, okay.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
kipster
Understudy Joined: 1/8/11
#23Jessica Lee Goldyn
Posted: 6/4/12 at 10:06pmYeah, Ogunquit Playhouse did it last year (and with Sally Struthers playing Paulette...). I remember a very funny thread about that from last summer.
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