Linda Eder in Sunday In the Park.........

[The8re phan]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 10:55pm

I'm sure to be stoned for posting this, but what the heck!

God knows she certainly isn't much of an actress (no offense, girl, I love ya), but I think vocally, she could totally nail the score and make Dot's songs her own.

Okay, grab your rocks and throw away!!!!

Updated On: 2/24/07 at 10:55 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 11:17pm

I'd love to see her on Broadway in a non Wildhorn show.

[sondhead]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 11:19pm

Given that none of the songs in Sunday are mid-90's style sweeping pop ballads I think not

[luvliza89]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 11:21pm

Please. None of the songs on her wonderful "By Myself" Judy Garland album are "mid-90's sweeping pop ballads". The girl can sing, and sing amazingly.

[LostLeander]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 11:31pm

No thanks.

Bitch can belt, but let's keep her away from Sondheim, where she can't rely on her crazy high voice to get by.

[kjklo]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 11:38pm

Please God, No. That would be sacrilege (literally).

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 2:26am

Not even stoned would I come up with this idea.
Please no.

[pianoman215]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 9:02am

Major fan, but not in Sunday. As for not being able to act, the b*tch can act. Anyone who saw her in Camille Claudel up in CT were blown away by how amazing she was. Can't fake it in a 200 (?) seat theatre. She was amazing. Don't judge her acting ability by her stint in the god-awful Jekyll & Hyde.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 9:34am

Makes about as much sense as Ethel Merman as Nellie Forbush.

[tazber]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 11:01am

c'mon gang,
Give her a chance. I'm not a big fan of the ides either but she is an actress (I know this is questionable to many of you, but please for the sake of argument)and should be able to adapt to Sondheim's style. A lot of it would depend on the direction also.

[wiggum2]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 11:52am

Isn't she a little... too old for Dot?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 12:08pm

Speaking of which, she'll make a great Maria in the revival where someone suggested Donna Murphy should play Anita.
Seriously, this is not much of a good idea.
I actually like the Ethel Merman as Nelli better.

[NYSinger1]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 12:42pm

Listen, I love Linda Eder. However, I love listening to her belt, sing 90's pop versions of songs. (I think her Garland stuff was her own rendition of Garland's songs.)

I am not sure how she'd fare in a Sondheim show.

Think of Bernadette playing Lucy in Jekyll...

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 12:47pm

With her voice she could sing Sondheim no question

Mr Sondheim does put his pants on the same way as we all do so stop elevating him to Sainthood status. He is a great composer we can all agree but.....

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 12:48pm

She can't act.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 12:51pm

Many people now on Broadway cannot act so we are back to square one

I would much rather her sing one than have David Hasselhoff sing one of his songs. On this we can all agree

[pianoman215]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 1:01pm

You are judging her ability to act on one role in the slop that was Jekyll & Hyde?? If she ever comes back to Broadway in something decent, you will all eat your words. For those who didn't see her in anything other than J&H, shut your holes.

[LostLeander]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 1:39pm

Fiesty, are we?

I have never heard or seen her sing a song where she connected to what she was singing. It's all vocal pyrotechnics.

Not ideal for Sondheim.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 1:42pm

I agree lost. When people compare her to Streisand I just role my eyes. I've never been emotionally moved by any of her performances. Great, big voice, but very empty.

And she's a republican.

[Peter]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 3:22pm

I have to laugh when people claim she has no connection with her songs. She was so good the first night recently in OC, CA that I saw her there three nights in a row, and each and every time she sang "Smile", people next to me were wiping away tears. Seems to me you have to have some kind of connection to repeatedly produce that kind of response.So many people on these broadway boards buy into the negative crap posted about some singers/actors. I bet most of you naysayers have never seen her in concert.

This is not to say that I don't understand some of the criticism with regard to her. She has this huge powerhouse voice, (and an exquisite softer soprano too) but she generally stands there and doesn't put on much of a "performance" onstage.Unlike some of the other broadway performers, she doesnt use a lot of physical histrionics to sell songs. Hell, you're lucky to see her move around on stage AT ALL. She has this amazing voice, but the performance..or to be more precise..the ACT.. doesnt match up to her vocal abilities. Is that such a bad thing? Do we really need to see yet another performer with arms flailing up, down, left, right, running around the stage trying to sell a song? When Eder sings, the emphasis is much more on the way she phrases a lyric and on facial expression... the approach is far more understated than I'm normally accustomed to seeing from a broadway performer. Friends of mine who weren't such fans sat second row center for her last concert in OC and were struck by how much she did actually connect with the songs and how they never really noticed before how much she does act them out with tears welling up from time to time.

What I really like about Eder, outside of her awesome voice, is a PURITY I find lacking in most other broadway performers. Too many broadway singers I think are overly trained and try too hard to put on an act onstage, and its far too apparent. When I see Eder perform, and I witness my rock obsessed friend crying next to me when she sings "Smile", its a magical moment because it comes from something pure, rather than just another someone whos putting on yet another forced ACT.

Btw..how do you know shes Republican? Shes never made her political affiliation known as far as I know...and for one Republican fundraiser she was to sing at, she pulled out when she found out it was a fundraiser..


Updated On: 2/25/07 at 03:22 PM

[KChenowethfan]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 5:23pm

The score in SITPWG doesn't really fit Linda's voice. I love her voice, but she should stick to the recording studio. I saw her and concert and her songs were carbon copies of the versions on her CD. That would not be so bad if it actually seemed she was connecting to the material.