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#3

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/2/05 at 4:19pm

I like it when the performer's take time to give back to the kids in school's to try and get them to Broadway. Nice article, thanks for the link.
If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience..... Don't be taken in by the guff that critics are killing the theater. Commonly they sin on the side of enthusiasm. Too often they give their blessing to trash... Tallulah Bankhead
#7

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/2/05 at 7:02pm

she was great in Wicked when I saw it on April 13th....and I'll bet she roots for the DUCKS!
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
#8

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:10pm

She really was great in Wicked! But, and I might get killed for this, does anyone think it makes her sound almost... ungrateful. Maybe it's because I've (obviously) never done the whole Broadway thing before and I would get bored with it too, but I feel like there is no way I would be questioning if it was my "role" or not to do this. So many people try to do it. She is one of the lucky ones. Maybe I am just being naive or something...
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#9

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:31pm

She does indeed sound like an ingrate. She has what's probably the most coveted role on Broadway right now, and she doesn't fully appreciate it--or so it seems. This article makes it sound as if she's just killing time while awaiting a recording contract.

Updated On: 5/2/05 at 08:31 PM

#10

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:41pm

Exactly what it seems like. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#12

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:04pm

Hmmm, I think most of the negative comments were the writer editorializing the situation. They wanted to make it seem like their hometown sweetheart was too good even for Broadway.

"I love you, too, she calls back -- and sounds as if she means it."
That's a horrible line to end an article on. What a rude inference.
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#14

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:40pm

while the tone of the article may have given the wrong impression, shoshana is grateful for what she is doing, even if she may strive for more, and she is one of the most down-to-earth, kind, giving people both in the business and out. I know the 5th grade class they mention in the article and she has truly been an inspiration to them and made such an impact on their lives.
#15

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:56pm

I hope that is true. I hate to think of people being ungrateful for what they have, especially something like this.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#17

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/2/05 at 10:36pm

talkin is 100% right.
Shoshana is so dedicated to her fans and to helping people. She puts so much energy into making people happy. She was replying back to her fans emails for up to two hours a night, how many other people do that?
She seriously puts such an effort into being a role model and a good person, and this article seems to really misrepresent who Shoshana truly is.
#18

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/3/05 at 12:28am

i saw it in the oregonian this morning and was super excited. I agree that it wasn't written the right way. Nevertheless, i was still so excited to see it. Oregon needs some b'way exposure!

P.S. Elphaba, i hope she roots for the ducks too!
"Are you petrified of being petrified?" harry and the potters in Save Ginny Weasley VOLDEMORT CAN'T STOP THE ROCK!
#19

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/3/05 at 2:12am

I don't think she sounds at all ungrateful. I just think some jealous people are reading into it the wrong way.

The girl has had a dream since she was very young, to sing her own songs, her own way. That is her strongest heart's desire, as an artist. She's a creator, not just an interpreter of other people's stuff. She just happens to be extremely good at one right now, and is still developing the other.

Don't fool yourself for a second, thinking she doesn't realize what this opportunity is, or that she's not thanking her lucky stars all the time for being given it.

So, sue the girl for not bowing down to whatever you think she should have, and for not being content to spend the rest of her career being "that girl who took over for Idina". Or, lay off her, give her some credit, and maybe one of these days she's going to give you the next WICKED, and give you a future opportunity in the role of a lifetime.
#20

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/3/05 at 9:03am

No denying that she is very talented (just listened to her wail away on "I Believe in Love" on the HAIR CD), but this article does not show her in a good light. She is treating Bway as a pitstop on her way to a recording contract. Heather Headley kind of said the same thing when she put out her first album. I just don't like to hear performers respect their position and opportunities when MANY other equally talented people didn't get their break. I don't really want to hear about how she doesn't want to be on Broadway while she's the lead in a hit show. What a ridiculous thing to say! My opinion of her will always be tainted now.
#21

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/3/05 at 10:15am

The article is not well-written, but it shouldn't reflect poorly on Shoshana. It seems like Alex Pulaski, like most of the country, doesn't understand the significance of starring in a Broadway show.

Unfortunately, I think most people see Broadway as little more than a starting point for actors and singers. Like it's just a place to train until they get their big break. They just don't get it.

But all of the actual quotes from Shoshana are pretty nice.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
#22

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/3/05 at 10:19am

lest we all forget...idina menzel's goal was also to land a recording contract and sing her own songs...

i think shoshana is making the most of every opportunity that comes her way, and i think that is great. i hope she gets a recording contract, and i believe that when she does, she will speak of her broadway time positively, not as simply a stepping stone.

all that being said, i do think that the author of that article slanted it a bit.
So long status quo/ I think I just let go/ You make me want to be/ BRAVE
#23

re: Nice article about Shoshana Bean in today's Oregonian

Posted: 5/3/05 at 10:45am

I don't think Shoshana is ungrateful at all. She loves the part of Elphaba, but was happy to keep the standby position after Idina left. She was dissapointed that they didn't want her taking over, but happy that someone else would get the part. When she got the role, she was grateful, but sad because she had just gotten comfortable with the idea of staying as a standby and recording her album.

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