My kind of Norma Desmond

[morosco]

My kind of Norma Desmond#1

Posted: 12/28/07 at 4:18pm

Simone Kleinsma. Love her voice.
As If We Never Said Goodbye

[morosco]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#2

Posted: 12/28/07 at 4:24pm

She sounds great in Mamma Mia too.
The Winner Takes It All

[ljay889]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#2

Posted: 12/28/07 at 4:29pm

Great voice!

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#3

Posted: 12/29/07 at 9:22am

I didn't realize that a Dutch Tour of Sunset was in the works for 2009. Well, she is a nice enough singer. But, she should take another look at the lyrics. There were a number of individual words that were substituted. Also, at the end, she left out: "We taught the world...new ways...to.. dream." from RC in Austin, Texas

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

[morosco]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#4

Posted: 12/29/07 at 11:24am

...at the end, she left out: "We taught the world...new ways...to.. dream."

I kind of like it that way. That moment, when sung at the end of the song, always struck me as anticlimactic.

[miss pennywise]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#5

Posted: 3/8/09 at 3:33am

Oh how I wish I could go to the Netherlands to see Simone Kleinsma in this production! It's happening NOW.

Sunset Boulevard in Dutch

"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"

http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html

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[CATSNYrevival]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#6

Posted: 3/8/09 at 4:09am

What the hell is she wearing? Looks like a towel and a shiny bath robe. I really like that ending for the song though. I've always hated the little "New Ways to Dream" reprise that gets tacked on.
Updated On: 3/8/09 at 04:09 AM

[miss pennywise]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#7

Posted: 3/8/09 at 4:29am

She is the first actress in the role who has impressed me since Elaine Paige.

Also, I like the energy of the Dutch cast. So tempting to fly to the Netherlands this summer. I've been meaning to go back for years.

"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"

http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html

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"If any relationship involves a flow chart, get out of it...FAST!"

~ Best12Bars

[mallardo]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#8

Posted: 3/8/09 at 5:10am

Kathryn Evans is giving a masterful performance in the role right now in the London production. If you're going to be in London any time soon, don't miss her.

Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!

[defyingravity11]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#9

Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:14am

I prefer Pia Douwes. She sounds great on the bonus tracks on the cast album.

[pirrar]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#10

Posted: 3/16/09 at 11:39am

Pia Douwes and Simone Kleinsma singing together the song 'met een blik'/ with one look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCAU8c_T83s

[Dancin Thru Life]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#11

Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:06pm

Oh my goodness!

Simone's concert version ROCKS!

Thanks so much for sharing! I must confess I have never heard of Her before today either...and that makes me sad!

"To love another person is to see the face of God!"

[nmartin]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#12

Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:21pm

Damn! I love that ending and that woman is GREAT!
(despite the terry cloth on her head)

[Broadway Baby 2]

re: My kind of Norma Desmond#13

Posted: 3/16/09 at 12:26pm

I love her too!