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Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#100
Posted: 4/10/18 at 2:24pmFor anyone interested to see her debut, the show is up at TKTS at 50% off.
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#101
Posted: 4/10/18 at 2:30pm
yankeefan7 said: ""Most of the reason why McPhee was awful in SMASH was that the character of Karen was awful. She'll be just fine, and she'll sound wonderful."
What was even worse was they stuck her with that awful boy friend in Season 1 and they had absolutely no chemistry."
Okay so most of the characters were written pretty badly, but her acting wasn't great either.
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#102
Posted: 4/10/18 at 3:15pm
SomeOtherMe said: "ET Online just premiered a music video to "What Baking Can Do" with Katharine.
http://www.etonline.com/watch-katharine-mcphee-perform-what-baking-can-do-from-waitress-exclusive-98423"
She sounds phenomenal. SO different from Jessie/Sara. Holy mother I was not expecting this.
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#104
Posted: 4/10/18 at 4:09pm
I'm going tomorrow, woohoo for a gifted free ticket!
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#105
Posted: 4/10/18 at 5:40pm
broadwayboy223 said: "most of the characters were written pretty badly, but her acting wasn't great either."
That's a pretty fine line to discern...
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#107
Posted: 4/11/18 at 12:33amSaw her first performance tonight. She was fantastic. I've seen Stephanie, Jessie, Betsy and Sara in the past and thought Katharine did a great job!
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#108
Posted: 4/11/18 at 5:28am
So excited to hear other reports!
Also, I know posts like these tend to make people roll their eyes, but I'd love it if someone could grab me a Kat Playbill!! They're back in color and gorgeous!
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#109
Posted: 4/11/18 at 9:18amI went last night and I thought she did a fantastic job. Her voice sounded amazing and she nailed She Used to Be Mine. Her acting in some places felt a bit subdued to me, but could be a choice to be playing Jenna as a bit more quietly resigned to life than other actresses have played her. But her singing was incredible and the rest of the audience also loved it, as far as I could tell!
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#110
Posted: 4/11/18 at 9:31am
"Her acting in some places felt a bit subdued to me, but could be a choice to be playing Jenna as a bit more quietly resigned to life than other actresses have played her."
Hmmm. I'm trying to look at this as a positive as you seem to be doing, but for the life of me I can only seem to interpret that comment as "her acting is really dull".
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#111
Posted: 4/11/18 at 11:02am
Patash said: ""Her acting in some places felt a bit subdued to me, but could be a choice to be playing Jenna as a bit more quietly resigned to life than other actresses have played her."
Hmmm. I'm trying to look at this as a positive as you seem to be doing, but for the life of me I can only seem to interpret that comment as "her acting is really dull"."
Really? That's an odd interpretation. IMO Jessie was definitely more subdued than either Sara or Betsy..or even Stephanie... in the role. Is that necessarily a weakness? I don't see it that way. I don't see it as a positive or a negative. I see each actress bringing her take on who Jenna is that works for who they are and where their talent lies....and the role is so rich, the audience loves each of them.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#112
Posted: 4/11/18 at 11:11am
Yes, but since "boring" is exactly what I've thought of ANY of McPhee's acting....it might not be a choice.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#113
Posted: 4/11/18 at 11:22am
"Yes, but since "boring" is exactly what I've thought of ANY of McPhee's acting....it might not be a choice."
Just curious. Have you seen her in "Scorpion" or just from her part on "SMASH"?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#114
Posted: 4/11/18 at 11:26am
"I went last night and I thought she did a fantastic job. Her voice sounded amazing and she nailed She Used to Be Mine. Her acting in some places felt a bit subdued to me, but could be a choice to be playing Jenna as a bit more quietly resigned to life than other actresses have played her. But her singing was incredible and the rest of the audience also loved it, as far as I could tell!"
Sounds good, wish I could get to NY and see her in the role.
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/13
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#115
Posted: 4/11/18 at 12:14pm
Let's not forget that Smash was a show that made Jeremy Jordan and Christian Borle seem untalented. Megan Hilty's really the only one who came out looking good.
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#116
Posted: 4/11/18 at 1:15pm
MrsSallyAdams said: "Let's not forget that Smashwas a show that made Jeremy Jordan and Christian Borle seem untalented. Megan Hilty's really the only one who came out looking good."
Borle was fine on Smash. They underused the brilliance of Brian D'arcy James in that show.
I'm curious to get my hands/ears on a soundboard of McPhee. The "What Baking Can Do" ET Online video has genuinely shocked me, I wasn't expecting her to reinvent the wheel but looks like she might have done that but it's also a studio recording so don't think I should trust that entirely.
Broadway Star Joined: 11/22/17
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#117
Posted: 4/11/18 at 6:51pm
Everyone in Smash was awesome. Smash was the problem, it was a horrible television show. I was there last night and Katharine was amazing, the cast seemed to have great chemistry with her and the audience just loved her. I do think it was a choice made on her part for her Jenna to be slightly subdued, even traumatized occasionally due to her life circumstances. I think she is a great actress who fits the role really beautifully. See this if you are in town, guys.
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#118
Posted: 4/11/18 at 7:30pm
there's decent audio of What Baking Can Do and She Used to be Mine floating around now
tbh Katharine actually sounds even better than I would have imagined
Broadwaybox also posted a review: https://www.broadwaybox.com/daily-scoop/now-is-the-time-to-return-to-waitress-on-broadway/
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#119
Posted: 4/11/18 at 7:44pmSounds like they’ve recorded a bunch of songs, any chance they’ll be released on an EP or something?
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#120
Posted: 4/11/18 at 7:52pm
I hope they do. although frankly i don't really like what they've done with her voice in the official recordings that have been released thus far. she sounds MUCH better on the live audios that people have posted
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#121
Posted: 4/11/18 at 7:52pm
I came here to mention that I would LOVE if they did another cast recording with Katharine.. I know its a pipe dream, but I also wouldn't mind if they filmed it with Katharine and released it ala Falsettos and Allegiance.
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#123
Posted: 4/11/18 at 8:12pm
They released some promo audios. Theres a music video for What Baking Can Do, and then there's just an audio of She Used to be Mine. Just go on YouTube and search Waitress - Katharine McPhee and it'll come up. Theres also a fantastic video of snippets from her rehearsals and she sounds incredible.
Katharine McPhee Broadway Debut#124
Posted: 4/11/18 at 8:18pm
search for the waitress tag on tumblr and you'll see it
only What Baking Can Do and She Used to be Mine were posted to the public though
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