Nolan Gerard Funk "stops" Birdie- Page 3

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 12:30am

He isn't good looking. He can't sing. He has the stage presence of Windex. All the way around, he's miscast.

Worst of all? I had to sit in front of his Jersey mother the night I suffered through the show: She was perhaps the most uncouth, loud and obnoxious woman I've ever been around and by the second number, I wanted to strangle her with the obviously knocked-off 'Burberry' scarf she was wearing.


... Ragtime closes and crap like Birdie stays open? Something ain't right with the world today.




BN

[Eris0303]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 12:37am

Worst of all? I had to sit in front of his Jersey mother the night I suffered through the show: She was perhaps the most uncouth, loud and obnoxious woman I've ever been around and by the second number, I wanted to strangle her with the obviously knocked-off 'Burberry' scarf she was wearing.

Was there a need to describe her as "Jersey"? Don't base your perceptions on what you see on Real Housewives or Jersey Shore.

Ragtime closes and crap like Birdie stays open? Something ain't right with the world today.

Birdie is closing as well.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 12:40am

Funk is from Canada. How do you know she's a Jersey mother?

I love stereotypes.

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 12:45am

amoni2 - Yes, I saw the show three times, but never did I pay to see it. I attended the INVITED final dress rehearsal...and I received free comps for opening night through work as well as one other performance.

I'll see anything as many times as I want if it's free :)

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 12:48am

A loud woman claiming to be his mother was behind me all night and it seemed the ushers knew her. Her accent was atrocious.

What else can I call a horribly loud, obnoxious accent originating from the area of New Jersey? I'd say the same thing about a Texas accent or, in my case, a Chicagoan accent. That's just the way it is... Don't be a sensitive Sally.

Glad you love stereotypes: If the world wasn't full of characters, we wouldn't even know the word. That's life... And FYI, we ALL stereotype at one point or another. Glass houses.



BN

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 12:49am

You're an asshole.


LJ Updated On: 12/29/09 at 12:49 AM

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 12:49am

I'm from Texas and I don't have an accent.

[musicalbluemirror]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 12:53am

and as for his underwear packing...im pretty sure thats all padded too

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 12:56am

I'm actually talking about his PRE Birdie days. Back when he worked in a club in LA.

[musicalbluemirror]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 1:16am

oh i didnt know this
do go on...youve caught my attention

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 1:19am

Google 'Nolan Gerard Funk Gay Club' to find out

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 1:29am

Uncut? Well...there goes that.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 1:33am

Well there's nohing wrong with a little extra skin!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 1:52am

There's nothing wrong with keeping what you were born with. Circumcision has been relatively unnecessary since the advent of soap.

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 1:52am

Maybe not to you :)

Lol this thread sure went way off topic...

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 1:59am

Not really. Any talk of Nolan eventually leads to conversations about his junk.

[misto625]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 2:51am

For whoever commented before, the ensemble girl with pigtails you are referring to is probably Deanna Cipolla, although Allison Strong also wears pigtails and is a pretty energetic dancer as well.

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 2:54am

Deanna is the tini tiny one who says the line..."And by then we'll be too old" right before "Put On A Happy Face."

[Eris0303]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 11:44am

There's nothing wrong with keeping what you were born with. Circumcision has been relatively unnecessary since the advent of soap.

This sort of talk always reminds me of the SVU episode about the twins. Both were born boys but when one was being circumsized the knife slipped and he had to be raised a girl because he had no junk.

Deanna is the tini tiny one who says the line..."And by then we'll be too old" right before "Put On A Happy Face."

Penelope Ann I believe. She's so small that it's hard not to notice her

[popgoestheweasel]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 12:48pm

I know Nolan on a personal and professional level and am saddened by these attacks on his character and his "Jersey mother". It is not my place to discuss his family but can tell you that he has a small but loving family who are not at all into the pushy stage-parent/guardian scene. (And as for the woman who was claiming to be his mother -- that kind of behavior is shameful and insulting. If you knew anything about his family you would know that his real mother would not and could not have done that.)

As for working with Nolan, he is extremely creative, sensitive and diligent and has very good instincts. Like everyone in this business, there are times when we don't see eye to eye creatively, but his input has always been valued and respected.

Please remember when you're writing anything on these boards about an actor or biz person that they're real people who feel these malicious and personal digs every bit as much as you or I would.

Posted: 12/29/09 at 1:24pm

Sounds like the "Nolan worked as A GoGo boy" story might be BS:

"From 2005-2006, Funk had a direct-to-DVD film role, two TV movies, and what looks like eleven SAG TV parts, making it – as you say – highly unlikely he was also working as a fully naked go-go boy in a gay club – despite (Perez) Hilton’s self-proclaimed “impeccable” sources."


Ask the Flying Monkey

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 1:30pm

The Go-Go boy story isn't BS.

And popgoestheweasel - I'm sure Nolan is a delightful, hard working young man and is a great guy off stage...but, that doesn't make me think he's any more talented. I still find him pretty awful on stage.

And circumcision is necessary in my book Just a preference.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 1:30pm

Why you gotta bring me down Joe?

Posted: 12/29/09 at 1:33pm

Sorry- I Googled looking for pictures.

And if anyone had further information, I'd love to hear it.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/29/09 at 3:40pm

>>>"He has the stage presence of Windex"<<<

I love this! May I use it sometime in the future?