Karen Murphy as Madame Armfeldt?

[PeteGonBway]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 1:11pm

Did anyone get a chance to see her during Angela's vacation? How was she? Anyone know if Stritch will take a vacation? I love me some Karen Murphy and would love to see her in ALNM...

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 1:38pm

She wasn't that good. Fairly standard portrayal, with not a lot of nuance or anything all that interesting. Not in the same league as Stritch or Lansbury.

[legally_popular]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 5:22pm

I saw her during Lansbury's vacation back in... April? I believe. I thought Karen Murphy was fine, but then again I hadn't seen Lansbury yet and it was my first exposure to the show and character so I didn't really have anything/anyone else to compare it to and I wasn't that knowledgeable on the show and character. She didn't really have that big of an impact on me.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 5:24pm

She was pretty terrible in the ensemble. Both vocally and as a presence onstage. So I can't imagine how she would handle a full-fledged role.

[PeteGonBway]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 5:55pm

Is she in the ensemble normally? I saw the show last week and I don't think I saw her....

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 5:56pm

She's a swing, and has gone on a few times for one of the Liebs. I saw her once in that track, and she looked ridiculously out of place (wearing a costume in act 2 that resembled a lab coat).

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 6:51pm

I also saw her in one of the ensemble tracks, and although she wasn't bad, she just appeared too old to be in the group.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 6:57pm

One of the times I saw the show Betsy Morgan called out of the 2nd act and she was on in the ensemble in her track...I wasn't really that impressed. She seemed out of place with all the other fairly young ensemble members (Erin Stewart was on that day for Jayne Paterson as well). Also that "lab coat" costume is the same thing Betsy Morgan wears in the 2nd act, or something very close, but it looked odd and matronly on Karen Murphy.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 7:02pm

Also that "lab coat" costume is the same thing Betsy Morgan wears in the 2nd act, or something very close, but it looked odd and matronly on Karen Murphy.

Yeah, I should have been more clear- Morgan wears the same outfit, but it looks much different on Murphy. As you said, it looks positively matronly on her. She definitely stands out among the much younger members of the ensemble.