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Okay, Ljay, THIS is How It's Done

Okay, Ljay, THIS is How It's Done

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Mildred Plotka
#1Okay, Ljay, THIS is How It's Done
Posted: 5/28/10 at 7:55pm

Move over Baranski and Finneran!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b88JLEUr_Bg&feature=related


"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"

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Almira
#2Okay, Ljay, THIS is How It's Done
Posted: 5/28/10 at 8:41pm

I actually find the guy more convincing as a schmuck than Sean Hayes.

Anyway... I TREASURE the memory of seeing Jean Smart in the role.




Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt

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HeyMrMusic
#2Okay, Ljay, THIS is How It's Done
Posted: 5/29/10 at 1:40am

O my goodness, that's my college! I was the accompanist for this.

~Steven

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Mildred Plotka
#3Okay, Ljay, THIS is How It's Done
Posted: 5/29/10 at 2:14am

That was a college? Oh my... She holds for laughs in the weirdest places and skips over laugh lines that I thought were obvious.


"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"

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HeyMrMusic
#4Okay, Ljay, THIS is How It's Done
Posted: 5/29/10 at 2:22am

This was a student-directed, 20-minute cut of the show, not a fully staged production. It was for a directing class. I only came into the show the day before the performance. Something happened with the original accompanist, I can't remember what. This was also the first (and only) time they did this for an audience, so I'm sure they didn't fully know where they would get laughs.

~Steven Updated On: 5/29/10 at 02:22 AM

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B3TA07
#5Okay, Ljay, THIS is How It's Done
Posted: 5/29/10 at 2:44pm

There's no way around how bad this is, for a college or otherwise.


-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

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Mildred Plotka
#6Okay, Ljay, THIS is How It's Done
Posted: 5/29/10 at 2:50pm

Where they are pushing and not pushing for laughs has nothing to do with having an audience. It has to do with basic, elementary comic timing.


"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"

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HeyMrMusic
#7Okay, Ljay, THIS is How It's Done
Posted: 5/29/10 at 3:22pm

This is probably how they were directed. I know the two people who did this scene and they are very talented. The girl, Ellen, has such a great voice. A shame she can't show it off here.

~Steven


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