Posted: 1/1/23 at 2:08am
OlBlueEyes said: "Jarethan said: "I have always felt that she had a beautiful voice, but lacks charisma on stage. I thought she deserved the Tony for Piazza hands down, but did not feel she deserved a win for anything else. I thought Donna Murphy and Faith Prince were more charismatic Anna’s, as was Marin Mazzie.
I just don’t see her as being in the same league as Foster, Murphy, Lupone, Peters, MacDonald, or Clark…or, based on only one show, Michele."
I agree with you on Kiss Me, Kate. There is very little to it, as evidenced by the great importance given to the spanking scene. Cole Porter's score and perhaps the colorful costumes keep bringing it back. I did not see the Marin Mazzie / Brian Stokes Mitchell production, but I fell in love with the back-to-back "Wunderbar" and "So in Love" and one day just tweeted Marin that I loved her performance.
Flinging opinions is pretty pointless, especially when there has been no preparation, but I love Sutton Foster and you love Sutton Foster and Joel Grey loves Sutton Foster but the roles of Millie and Reno Sweeney do not approach the role of Nellie Forbush in difficulty. No acting is required. I can't see Sutton moving an audience to tears. Or even moving Alan Alda to tears, which isn't difficult. Yes, you have seen her in many other
Two points:
1. I assume you did not see Sutton Foster in Violet…she gave a heartbreaking performance in a small production produced by Roundabout 5 or 7 years ago. I also thought she gave a terrific dramatic performance in the mediocre Little Women production.
2. I am not an actor so I ultimately don’t know which role is harder; I actually would assume that the Reno Sweeney role Sutton executed was at least as difficult a role as Nellie Forbush, which always seemed to me a pretty straightforward role. I can’t remember the exact words, but there is some expression about the difficulty of comedy being underappreciated.
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