Karen Olivo Out of "West Side Story" Tonight- Page 8

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:20pm

She's not in 'I Feel Pretty' ? Too bad she's not a good understudy. I bet Kat is better.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:23pm

I Feel Pretty is only Josefina (obviously), Kat, Jennifer, and Danielle.

I know I've said it about half a million times but I think Kat would be great as Anita. She covers Maria, too, which could also be good.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:25pm

Yeah, Kat seems like a lovely girl.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:26pm

Which one is Kat? The one with the blonde wig? The one who tries to outsing Josefina? Or the third one?

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:27pm

The one who tries to outsing Josefina (and is hilarious for having so little to do).

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:28pm

Kat is also the one who sits with Jennifer in America, and jumps in for the end, right?

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:30pm

Yes!

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:37pm

She is so funny during "I Feel Pretty." (i'm listening to that song right now - the spanish version)

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:39pm

So is Yarina at least a good dancer? Someone said she wasn't, but then someone said she was.

I guess I can forgive bad singing if she's a good enough dancer, when it comes to Anita.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:41pm

"So is Yarina at least a good dancer?"

Absolutely not.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:42pm

This thread is more entertaining than the revival is.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:43pm

"This thread is more entertaining than the revival is."

But not as entertaining as the 1980 revival, right PJ?

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:46pm

Why does every WSS thread need to turn into this?

We were having a nice discussion about the talented Shark girls.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:47pm

Her dancing was fine technically (some of her lines could be a little neater), but there was, like most of her performance, no feeling behind it.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:48pm

Honestly, Karen's dancing was better...

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:55pm

I agree with you. Technically some things could use some tightening but she dances very well and there's a lot of passion behind it.

[NityaC]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:00pm

re: Yanira in "America"



is that not her between Karen and Danielle? Pale pink dress...

[bethnor]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:03pm

But not as entertaining as the 1980 revival, right PJ?

correction: the ultra successful 1980 revival. which was so successful because robbins insisted on marshall over two more vocally capable performers, and sang a maria for the ages! it went on to launch marshall's career as well as the career of its riff, james mellon, who robbins also insisted on!

oh wait.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:06pm

Uh oh. I smell a cat fight coming.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:09pm

is that not her between Karen and Danielle? Pale pink dress...
Whoops. Haha. She may not have been in for the press video of America as she missed a lot early in the run.

[NityaC]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:16pm

She may not have been in for the press video of America as she missed a lot early in the run.

The um...one on youtube?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKXKkgQf51A


0:03???

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:18pm

Hmmm, if that is her in the video....it looks nothing like her outside of the show.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:21pm

That's her understudy, Kristine Covillo.

[NityaC]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:35pm

That's her understudy, Kristine Covillo.

ohhh, thanks for clearing that up. I like knowing everyone in a show but there are just so many in WSS. :)

tangent - would LOVE to see Kat Nejat understudy either Anita/Maria. Am a big fan of Her Tiny Fierceness.

k, I'm done...carry on. (or rather, don't. pointless thread is pointless.)

[spidey_882]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 4:22pm

I was there last night and I was deeply disappointed to see the understudy board that full, but the show went on and I enjoyed myself.

As several other posters have said, life goes on.