New Interview Up - Q&A with Deidre Goodwin ...

[Rob]

Posted: 7/27/03 at 1:36pm

...by our own Heather Smith. Up on da' main page.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 7/27/03 at 1:46pm

Okay.
A.) Great Interview.
B.) Rob, that new pic -- aaaawwwwwww! It's soo cute! :) Updated On: 7/27/03 at 01:46 PM

[LifeOnStage]

Posted: 7/27/03 at 1:59pm

Very nice interview. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Rob]

Posted: 7/27/03 at 2:13pm

I was sick of staring at my own face. Will change it again sometime soon. That's my cat.

Oh, and yeah - Heather did a great job...

Rob

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/27/03 at 3:19pm

Heather really did a fine job on that interview. It really reads beautifully. I think she's been hiding her talents for too long.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 7/27/03 at 3:35pm

I just want to post my favorite parts that , I think, RREALLY ring true ::

"And I liked to mimic; I could never BE the people, like you know I would mimic Bebe [Neuwirth]… Like what she did. Oh that’s the choice she made there and so maybe that works and I’ll do it. Or I saw Jasmine [Guy], and that’s what I should do there, because that’s what they told her to do. And then I finally got to take over the role and I got comfortable with the fact that I had the role… then I started to use things that I knew worked, but also took away things that I knew didn’t work on me. Cause not everything works on each actor, or your body, or just from where your life experience brings you into a role. And I think once I was able to mix all of that together from people I respect, plus trusting my own instinct and using it, it was easier to find my own way."



"Superstar, that I think is my second favorite score, and my favorite overture next to Chicago’s overture. To hear an orchestra that big play (demonstrates JCS overture) every night, oh my god. Even though that show, personally I thought…. cause I had hurt my knee and I ended up watching the show and I thought “what the hell?” It was misguided I think. It started off with good intentions and they tried to make it something that it’s not. And they should have focused on the music and let the people sing it. Sing it. Cause they had people in the cast who could have sung the **** out of it. But they’re like “Noooo just sing it straight.” Why? It’s a rock musical. Let it wail, let it out. I wanna see blood off you chords. I wanna hear it, and I think they tried to make it a Shakespearean piece and it’s not. Sing the songs, get off the stage. They tried to make the boys contemporary like they were walking around in Chelsea. It was just a weird mixture of ideas and fantasies. With that being said, it was one of the best companies I was ever in."

VERY, VERY true. As far as having singers who could belt the hell out of the score and really just let it wail -- Shayna Steele anyone?? She understudied Mary.

[CJR]

Posted: 7/27/03 at 3:38pm

*blushes*

Why thank you :)

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 7/27/03 at 5:11pm

I left some comments by the interview, but let me just say that I have renewed respect for Ms. Deidre Goodwin. Great interview, Heather.