OF THEE I SING MasterVoices concert with Pinkham and Benton

[Fan123]

Posted: 9/22/17 at 4:37am

I thought I'd start a new thread for this upcoming one-night concert, as the other thread was mostly about Of Thee I Sing more generally as a property. Wish I could go to this; is anybody here going to go?

I don't think this has been widely announced yet, but the website now has Denee Benton listed as Mary Turner (replacing Phillipa Soo). Good choice!

https://www.mastervoices.org/events/of-thee-i-sing/

(At this rate, Denee and Phillipa should really do a joint album or cabaret show or something together...)

[AC126748]

Posted: 9/22/17 at 8:43am

I was super excited for this before, but Benton's casting seals the deal.

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 9/22/17 at 10:17am

They went from one Natasha to another...Lol.

Richard Kind has also been replaced with Kevin Chamberlin as the VP.

[Fan123]

Posted: 9/22/17 at 7:41pm

OTIS's plot is vaguely reminiscent of Season 2 of unREAL as well, in which Denee starred. Season 1 was similar too actually. (Spoilers?) Man reluctantly participates in beauty/matchmaking contest for PR purposes, then falls for the 'wrong' woman... they're all Cinderella stories (up to a point) I guess.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 9/22/17 at 7:53pm

Fan123: go read the script again.

Twice more, if you have to.

There's a reason this musical got the Pulitzer.

[Fan123]

Posted: 9/23/17 at 7:05pm

Okay. Well, I never claimed that the plot points above are all that there is to OTIS, but those are the ones relevant to the parallel I was drawing, which is in fact accurate as far as I took it. I was pointing out some similarities which may interest those who are fans of Denee's work in general. Typecast in Phillipa Soo roles, typecast in matchmaking contest-related roles, heh.