Just announced....Diana Degarmo

[jboy1]

Just announced....Diana Degarmo#0

Posted: 8/12/05 at 9:58am

For anyone in the San Francisco Bay Area (or even those who are not)...it was just announced by the American Musical Theatre of San Jose that they have cast Diana Degarmo as Maria in their upcoming production of West Side Story. When I read it, my only was, "Really? Wow..."

Any thoughts or opinions?

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[FindingNamo]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#1

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:11am

Is she the young woman from American Idol who resembles a hostess from The Olive Garden?

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[Yorkie1276]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#2

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:20am

"Is she the young woman from American Idol who resembles a hostess from The Olive Garden?"

Yes. She's blonde and chubby.

[erinrebecca]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#3

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:22am

Oh good lord.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#4

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:22am

Well, hmmm. That might work but isn't she Italian?

[EverythingIsRENT]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#5

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:24am

grrrr Diana is NOT chubby, she is a perfectly normal-sized, beautiful, talented girl! I think this is really cool news, even if she isn't Puerto RIcan...I can't wait to see reviews!!

Sunchips: Best Kept Secret in the chip aisle!!

[FindingNamo]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#6

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:32am

"Could it be? Yes, it could.
Something's coming, something good,
Breadsticks while you wait!
Unlimited salad, and pasta al dente,
It's gonna be great!"

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[Carl Magnum]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#7

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:33am

I think she has some form of a latin blood line....my ex was obsessed with her during AI season 3.........I could care less though.

I got rid of my teeth at a young age because... I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them

[Kringas]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#8

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:34am

"A boy like that, will take your order
Bring you the check, refill your water"

"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey

Updated On: 8/12/05 at 10:34 AM

[Aigoo]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#9

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:35am

This is my signature.

Updated On: 8/12/05 at 10:35 AM

[broadwaystar2b]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#10

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:35am

Vocally, her pop style doesn't automatically strike me as "Maria", but if she can pull it off, best of luck to her

[Carl Magnum]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#11

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:36am

"Give me back the chocolate or I swear to god this microphone gets eaten!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aww Screw it, I'll eat it anyways.....GIMMIE THE DAMN CHOCOLATE!!!!"

I got rid of my teeth at a young age because... I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them

[FindingNamo]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#12

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:39am

"Diana!
You've just been seated by Diana!
And now you're in your seat
Soon you'll get to eat
Yippee!
Diana!
When she sings, it's almost like braying,
When she eats, there's food always spraying..."

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[BobbyBubby]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#13

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:40am

She's a bit to chipper for my tastes.

[Carl Magnum]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#14

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:41am

Whoever advised her to wear white in that first picture should be shot (and that was my non-straight moment for the day thank you)

I got rid of my teeth at a young age because... I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them

[Hanna from Hamburg]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#15

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:43am

Yeah, I'd like to hear her belt Tonight. She'll probably have to cut out the top octave of all of Maria's songs. Diana as Belle is one thing (and it didn't happen). But Maria!!!!! No way. There's NOTHING legit about that voice.

". . . POP . . ."

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[Kringas]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#16

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:43am

"Dear Kindly Olive Garden
Please always hire stars
Like Marcia Gay Harden
Or Pamela Des Barres
You've got Diana Degarmo
That much we can see
Glory osky, who the hell is she?"

"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey

[Hanna from Hamburg]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#17

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:46am

"She is flabby ......
Oh, so flabby ......
And her voice is so shabby, I hear ......
And Fantasia, could play Effie in about a year"

ALL JOIN IN

"la-la-la-la-la la la la la-la"

". . . POP . . ."

Updated On: 8/12/05 at 10:46 AM

[robbiej]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#18

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:50am

'There's a plate for us.
Somewhere a plate for us.
Pasta, chicken and parmesan.
Wait...Not done...feed me.'

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

[Patronus]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#19

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:50am

I was a big Degarmo fan (no pun intended) during AI3, however I don't get this casting.

I may still go see it out of sheer curiosity.

I wonder if she was also up for Kim in production of Miss Saigon?

[BobbyBubby]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#20

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:56am

Maybe if Fantasia ate Diana she'd be big enough to play Effie.

[FindingNamo]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#21

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:59am

"You'll want to eat our tiramisu
Yummy and sweet our tiramisu
Chocolate Lasagna and cream cake, too
But nothing can beat our tiramisu!"

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[Aigoo]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#22

Posted: 8/12/05 at 11:11am

I love tiramisu. YUM.

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[GirlforTartaglia]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#23

Posted: 8/12/05 at 11:16am

She is practically a normal weight, but the clothes she wears are VERY unflattering. Anyone can look 'chubby' wearing clothes that are too tight for them.

And the other thing about the Phantom Lady was, Bert, she realized, in the city that never sleeps... What did she realize, Kitten? That all the songs she'd listened to, all the love songs, that they were only songs. What's wrong with that? Nothing, if you don't believe in them. But she did, you see. She believed in enchanted evenings, and she believed that a small cloud passed overhead and cried down on a flower bed, and she even believed there was breakfast to be had... Where? On Pluto. The mysterious, icy wastes of Pluto.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Just announced....Diana Degarmo#24

Posted: 8/12/05 at 11:17am

Well then if she wants the fat rumors to stop, then she should change her wardrobe.