Laura Benanti as Fosca in Times Square

[indytallguy]

Posted: 1/7/14 at 10:38pm

OK, this is fun. To go along with all the other mascots in TImes Square, Laura Benanti dresses up as Fosca and seeks out people who want to have their picture taken with her.

Video from Playbill.com
Laura as Fosca

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/7/14 at 11:32pm

If you refuse to pay her for the photo, she coughs on you.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/7/14 at 11:33pm

So I guess you would have gotten coughed on.

A lot.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/7/14 at 11:33pm

Oh, and that video is A-MAZING.

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 1/7/14 at 11:43pm

There are words to describe the brilliance of this video. My new favorite show!

[iflip4musicals]

Posted: 1/7/14 at 11:46pm

She is so great, I loved it!

[HBP]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 12:20am

That was amazing.

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 12:29am

I love the way she says to those guys "you know in real life, I'm actually pretty hot". And she ain't lyin'.

Updated On: 1/8/14 at 12:29 AM

[sephyr]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 12:47am

Love this and I love her! she's hilarious!! The fact that none of those people in the TKTS line knew Stephen Sondheim was actually kind of disgraceful lol And Passion is one of my favorites, though lesser known so I could see how most people didn't know the show. However I wish she was singing a song from that show to me! She sounds amazing on those songs. I want her for the role in a future performance!

[HorseTears]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 5:23am

God, I adore this woman. She's marvelous in dramatic roles and yet she has this wonderfully wicked kind of wacky sense of humor. I still so fondly remember her wonderful performance as Ann in A Little Night Music at LA Opera. I'd love to see her put those comedic chops back to work on Broadway. Can anyone think of a dream role for her that would tap into her comedic sensibilities? Perhaps it hasn't been written yet...

As for the video. HI-LARIOUS. Love the opening theme rap as well. Quick question, did anyone else notice the Broadway.com "Show People" theme music playing while she's shopping for a shawl? Is this some well known song? I always assumed it was music that Broadway.com commissioned. Kind of funny to hear it in a Playbill video. Also, if you haven't seen it yet, Laura's appearance at Don't Quit Your Night Job at 54 Below is very funny as well. Link below.





Laura B. Updated On: 1/8/14 at 05:23 AM

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 7:45am

Laura Benanti can do no wrong in my book! I love that video and I love her!!

LOL @ "I'm rapping"

Her synopsis of the show is hilarious and she didn't lie when she said, "In real life I'm really hot". Damn right! Updated On: 1/8/14 at 07:45 AM

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 8:23am

She is fricken hilarious. Her and Susan Blackwell just need to make a show together forever.

[Musicaldudepeter]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 8:36am

Wow she is really campaigning to play Fosca... Clearly her dream role.

I think she'd make a great Baker's Wife - that would be a role that would involve both pathos and humor for her... Plus, I think she has the presence and stature on stage to give the role the power it needs... She could rival Joanna Gleason's performance.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 8:44am

Great video, and Laura is so fantastic.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 10:08am

This was cute! I always saw her more as Clara though.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 10:14am

She looks and sounds exactly like Julianne Nicholson in "Masters of Sex."

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 10:24am

"Wow she is really campaigning to play Fosca... Clearly her dream role."

That was what you took away from the video?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 10:32am

I thought it was a message to ABC to bring back "The Mole"

[trentsketch]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 10:39am

She told the story on Side by Side by Susan Blackwell (I think) that she used to dress up as Fosca for Halloween and trick or treat while singing Passion.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 11:45am

I want a Fosca action figure ... or a bumper sticker ... or a Passion lunchbox.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 11:55am

Just show up in Times Square with your dance belt and a tube of Chap-Stik, basically.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 12:08pm

If I ran into Laura Benanti wandering around Times Square dressed as Fosca, I'd lose my sh*t.

[someone.else's.story2]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 1:27pm

Seriously though, I'm not sure she would make a good Fosca

[theaterfan862]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 1:43pm

Reginald I second that! She is perfection and I don't know how I could keep it together!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/8/14 at 1:48pm

Sent this to my hubby to cheer him up. She is very funny, and whoever suggested she and Blackwell is right...they are very good together.