My Gawd, Melanie is performing right now!!! — Page 2

Ha!

I'm just finding this SO funny.

The cast knows how BAD she is. Broadway fans like us were cringing as soon as we heard she was coming in, and yet because she's a NAME she gets cast.

Well, "That's showbiz kid."

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This thread reads like the work of a Cyberspace Lynch Mob! I expect to read next that she'll be strung up at high noon in Time Square.

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haha I knew she would be. I mean just look at her movies.

...They just hung her from a lampost in Times Square!

:::hehehehe::::

Careful what you wish for....bubala!

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I wonder if she will be in it when I go to the matinee in August?

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Dear DP, as explained before, my friend wanted to see Chicago. Since I did not see it in many years, I agreed. It is during the time when Ms. Griffith will be in the show. Full price was not paid this time.

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"relevatory" ???????

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Some of us thinks Melanie "sucks" as a movie actress. She also sucked as a Tony presenter when there where far worthier actors and actresses out there who didn't have a famous husband to land that gig for them. Her smug smirk at the Tonys implied an especially self serving attitude when compared to other couples on that Tony stage.

Not everyone is swooning over Antonio, either. In my opinion, although his singing has improved since the "Evita" movie, it still isn't wonderful.

Maybe Melanie is absolutely fabuluous in her Broadway role. I don't enjoy seeing performers fail and with such criticism. I was one of the few that was actually embarrassed for Michael Crawford after DOTV. I hope for everyone's sake she pulls this role off.

But Melanie doesn't sing or dance professionally and I am not impressed with her as an actress. I am impressed with CHICAGO, however, and wish they woulndn't mess with something that ain't broke to begin with.

There is also a board member here who is an extremely reliable source of info concerning CHICAGO and I trust her opinion on this matter. I also feel that Ms. Griffith has not paid her dues as a stage actress. There are many (some are members of theater message boards) who are more talented and have worked for an opportunity to be on a Broadway stage for years. It must be frustrating for them to lose parts to people for whom the phrase "It's not who you know, it's who you blow" applies.

And trust me, some tourists don't like miscast, overrated Hollywood stars causing tickets to sell out shows they have a limited opportunity to see. Those name actors and actresses sell out tickets to the unenlightened, but they prevent those with genuine interest in theater from acquiring seats to the shows they wish to see.

Mrs. B, again let me state that I hope Ms. Griffith is everything her hype says she is. I hope this for her sake and for the rest of the CHICAGO cast and crew. But this is only a message board. There are some very knowledgeable Broadway audience members here and I believe most know what they are talking about. So let's just wait and see.

And being afraid of Melanie as a "sexual female"? I'm not sure what you mean by that.