Kristin Chenoweth's MY LOVE LETTER TO BROADWAY Thread- Page 3

[ken8631]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 1:19pm

I went in not knowing what to expect - and was pleased with what I saw and heard.  But - different strokes for different folks!  Originally I wasn't going to go since I thought ticket prices were a bit high, but when someone here provided a discount code I decided to take the plunge....

I'm more of a Stephanie J. Block and Sutton Foster fan (that's why I had to go to "Anything Goes" twice!), but I do like Kristin and her amazing voice....

[SweetLips]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 4:05pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "She sang Tits and Ass from Chorus Line

Seriously?   You're on a Broadway message board and you used that title?   

The correct title is "Dance: 10; Looks: 3".  

Where'd you get your title?  From the Broadway soundtrack?  

Geez!  

Shaking head---Geez!--Some People need to be less offended !

Settle, as 'we' can actually say here what we know without being yelled at.

You offended me reading your response to BrodyFosse123

 

 

 

 

[ILoveYouPatina]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 4:32pm

I am seeing this Sunday and I cannot wait. 

[TFMH18]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 4:38pm

The fact alone that she changed the lyrics from "tits and ass" has convinced me not to see it. 

And no, Marvin Hamlisch did not like that. 

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 4:49pm

Didn't she do that bit in her Lincoln Center concert that was on PBS years ago, that she performed it as "Boobs and Butt" as a child or something.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 5:04pm

Many of the songs on the setlist were the same songs she did in concert (when I saw her) back in 2015.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 5:04pm

double post

Updated On: 11/3/16 at 05:04 PM

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 6:34pm

The story behind the Dance: 10, Looks: 3 lyric change is the following.

During collage Kristin was in a production of A Chorus Line at a regional theater in Oklahoma City (Carptenter Square Theatre), and the director made the change of the lyrics in the production to make it more "suitable" for the bible belt audience, because apparently it's not decent to say "tits" or "ass". It they changed it to "boobs" and "butt".

And yes, Kristin has done that song in this version in her Live From Lincoln Center show that was aired on PBS.

But just to be clear, it wasn't Kristin, who changed the lyrics. She's recreating a moment from her collage days, and she's making fun of it.

[BWayBound115]

Posted: 11/4/16 at 11:46am

She had Renee Fleming as her special guest last night. They sang Somewhere Over The Rainbow. The whole evening was so spectacular. 2 and a half hours for a one-woman show is pretty incredible considering all the singing she did. I really was pleasantly surprised.

[10086sunset]

Posted: 11/4/16 at 4:04pm

KC1 is another code available for some performances next week...

[goldenboy]

Posted: 11/4/16 at 11:45pm

Saw it tonight. I was invited so I snagged a free ticket. I saw her in concert  a few years back but boy was this eons better.

Kristen Chenoweth is a star. They say they don't make Carol Channings any more... or Pearl Bailey's ...or Mary Martin but Chenowith is clearly a star in that Broadway Realm. She sings like an angel and she can warble brilliantly in many styles. She is very funny and personable. You just cannot love her.

I was very impressed with the evening. Check it out and see what a star is.  Fantastic Evening.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 11/4/16 at 11:57pm

I was there tonight too and completely agree. Kristin is at the top of her game and was downright brilliant this evening. I love how self-deprecating her humor is and when she verges into camp she seems to relish it. The song selection was strong, though I would have loved to hear something from Apple Tree and Clear Day, but what was sung thrilled me to no end. 

I pray she comes back to Broadway soon, and even better if such a unique talent gets to originate a few more roles while her voice is in such peak condition. Why isn't every composer banging down her door to pen songs/roles for her?

One of the best shows of this season so far. 

[somechrysanthemumtea]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 12:11am

Has anyone won the lottery? Where were your seats?

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 1:09am

Alan Cumming was there tonight, right? 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 1:11am

After seeing On The Twentieth Century, I don't think she's my diva. I like a full throttle voice - a la Patti Lupone- but I'm sure she's great if she's your thing. But I agree, why aren't people writing a new musical FOR her? I mean, she's probably one of the most popular musical theater actresses we have today. Someone write this woman a role! 

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 2:00am

It's funny because in one of the Paul Wontorek interviews she says something along the lines of "in the old days someone would write a show for me" and then is like "somebody write one!"

[MrsSallyAdams]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 6:23am

I doubt anyone is writing a show for anyone these days. They need it to run longer than any one star is willing to commit to it. The post-star slump of The Producers (and more recently the closing of Shuffle Along) serve as cautionary tales.

I'd heard Kristin on the cast recordings of A New Brain and Steel Pier before her breakout role in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. I found her TV performances of "My New Philosophy" fascinating and wondered what she'd do next. For better or worse I enjoy her more as a performer than an actress. She's a delightful singer and comic but I've never seen her lose herself in a role.

The one role I saw her stretch herself in was Marian Paroo in the 2003 film of The Music Man. There was some good work there but she was saddled with a ridiculous wig and makeup that made her look more like the town madam than an uptight spinster.

On The Twentieth Century seemed ideal for her. However the role is written for a grand lady who shows her crass side when she gets flustered. Kristin played it crass from the start giving the middle finger to the men when she sang "Never" and throwing herself all over Andy Karl. She was hilarious but, in my opinion, she wasn't playing Lily Garland.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 8:33am

People do still write shows for stars: LaChiusa did Marie Christine for Audra and Queen of the Mist for Mary Testa, Jason Robert Brown wrote Bridges for Kelli and Tesori/Kushner wrote Caroline, or Change for Tonya Pinkins. Just around the corner we'll have War Paint which every vocal line has been written/rewritten/tailored for Ebersole and LuPone. It doesn't happen nearly as often as it should, but the art isn't dead yet and some composer somewhere should be doing the same for Kristin. 

 

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 9:02am

CindersGolightly said: "Alan Cumming was there tonight, right? 

 

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Yes he was..they did a lot of banter, mostly about the Tony Awards when they co-hosted. And they sang Easy Street from Annie.

Also not a huge KC fan, but boy can she put on a show ...and I was very impressed and very moved at times. The reviews have been amazing..

She works with a different school choir each night..last night was one from Pace University. They were great and just thrilled with this opportunity.

Updated On: 11/5/16 at 09:02 AM

[GoblinKing2]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 9:47am

Isn't the Tammy Fae Bakker musical Rise being written for her?  Or  was that an existing project she liked and became associated with?  I know it's been in development for awhile.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 11:45am

I wish that Soapdish musical she was attached to was happening. Haven't heard anything about it in ages. It would make a fabulous musical and shed kill in the Sally Field role. 

[Peter2]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 12:45pm

A very conservative Catholic relative of mine (but down to earth and with a sense of humor) took her kids to the last national tour of "A Chorus Line," having no idea what it was about, really, just that it was a famous Broadway show she figured would be a great evening out for her family. She told me she was totally mortified during "Dance: 10; Looks: 3," wondering what her seven-year-old son would say. After the song was over, he leaned over and whispered, "Mom, what's a tit?" She roared with laughter. (Auntie Mame would have said, "You won't need some of these words for months and months!"

 

But honestly, there's plenty else to make a religiously or socially conservative audience uncomfortable besides that one song. You'd have to rewrite the whole script!

[Marianne2]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 1:06pm

Haven't heard anything myself, but does anyone know if anyone is appearing at the matinee concert today? Just curious. Lea DeLaria said she is going to be in tomorrow night's show.

[4thschuylersister]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 1:07pm

SOLD 

Updated On: 11/5/16 at 01:07 PM

[Marianne2]

Posted: 11/5/16 at 4:39pm

Was there this afternoon.  There were no special celebrity guests, but that's okay.  I agree that a lot of what she performed I saw her do last year in Morristown.  But, it was still an excellent show. I am so bad at remembering titles of songs I am not 100% familiar with, so I'm not sure what was different today versus the list from the 1st.  Her special group was from the New Paradigm Theater in Connecticut though.