Lauren Kennedy in Spamalot (Pic)

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:32pm

Dnk if this has been posted, put Lauren has put a picture of her as The Lady of the Lake up on her site (it's from curtain call.)

http://www.laurenkennedy.com/photos12.html

Updated On: 12/31/05 at 03:32 PM

[442namffug]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:34pm

She looks fantastic! I love the red X she's wearing.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:36pm

Sorry. I tried posting it directly and it didnt work, so there's the link.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:36pm

She looks gorgeous.

[442namffug]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:37pm

Eh.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:38pm

In My Opinion.

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:40pm

for the lazy people Updated On: 12/31/05 at 03:40 PM

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:40pm

is she better or worse than sara (in your people's personal opinions)?

[drswickedl5y998]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:49pm

Personally I prefer Lauren Kennedy. I never saw Sara Ramirez but I have the obcr, her voice is beautiful no doubt but there is just something about Lauren Kennedy's voice it's so beautiful and so powerful. I just thought she was perfect for the lady of the lake, but again my opinion is bias seeing as how I only saw Lauren and not sara and I got a picture with Lauren and she told me my hair was pretty hehe so again I'm biased.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:51pm

Though I haven't seen Kennedy, I know she doesn't have the obvious break in her voice that Ramirez has.

[andyf]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:51pm

Here's the new press shot from outside the theater.
(Photo credit: bythesword84)

I like her a lot more than Sara, but I'm miles away from objective. She really impressed me, though.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:52pm

She looks fab.

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:53pm

yea sara's voice is soo strong, I really want to hear lauren kennedy's vocals

[andyf]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:54pm

Yeah, she looks AMAZING.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:56pm

Wait-A gorgeous woman with actual talent? I'm so confused!

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:59pm

haha

darn! my sister's patti lupone pic just "failed to print"

sorry...

but yay lauren! (and go sara)

[ruprecht]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 4:00pm

I'm not going to pass judgement, I'm sure the woman is a hard worker but I think it's idiotic for Orfeh to not have this role as we speak and a great many people agree with me over on ATC.

Here's he post that started it edited for length:
Posted by: BWayFan27 11:38 pm EST 12/27/05
So I caught the new cast members of Spamalot...
Now comes the part I dread....Lauren Kennedy. Granted she had HUGE shoes to fill replacing Sara Ramirez. The whole time I kept thinking "She is totally, amazingly miscast in this role." She's good, but not for The Lady Of The Lake. Why did they cast an ingenue for a character role???

Her singing is fine, but her comedy is really flat. She's playing the comedy and everyone else around her is playing the scene. Her "Diva's Lament" was anything but a diva. They did such a great job with Alan Tudyk and Simon Russell Beale, I guess they had to screw up a little bit with at least one role.

Please bring Ofreh, Amy Spanger, Ramona Keller, or ANYONE else into the show!!! Get a character actress in there who can belt to the rafters, and who can land a joke. Is that so hard???? :)


If you want to read the rest (it's a long thread), go to ATC.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 4:07pm

good opinion, i mean, like, i have no prob with lauren, but i still think sara owns the role
and they should really bring in a black girl to do it, that would be amazing! :)

[ruprecht]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 4:11pm

I don't know about it having to be a black girl, but it shouldn't be a milquetoast "ingenue", it should be a diva like Orfeh who can sing most girls, black or white, under the table and has the comic chops that easily rival Sara Ramirezes'.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 4:17pm

A friend of mine saw Lauren's first show, and when I mentioned to her how I thought a black girl would have been amazing, she said a white girl like Lauren trying to sing like a black actress would made it funny. Not saying I agree but that might have been the appeal the producers might have seen, since most people thought they'de go ethnic with the role. She liked Lauren btw.

[wickedobsessed]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 4:18pm

I saw her last night, and she was AMAZING! She is just as good if not better than Sara.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 4:29pm

Wow, is she ever beautiful!

And I heard her sing something today (on a bway radio) and her voice was fabulous...

[Broadway_freak]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 4:35pm

She looks X.

[drswickedl5y998]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 4:49pm

By the way does anyone know how old Lauren is?

[Doogie]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 5:17pm

Lauren is a 1994 college graduate, thats all I know in terms of age.