Orfeh / Reading She was in tonight

tonight i saw a reading called "Once Upon A Time In New Jersey" and it was about Italians in a love triangle in Hoboken NJ 1956.. small cast ..orfeh played Angie one of the title roles and she was outstanding. She really stood out over the other female singers and in the 2nd act she had to put on this softer speaking voice kind of like an Audrey voice which now changes my mind and leads me to believe she would make a good Audrey if Kerry does not indeed take on the role. The show itself was cute but, I don't think it can go any further than what it was tonight...sort of like an "Earth Girls Are Easy" kind of a show. Very talented bway actors in it as well... some guy who was Sonny in GREASE on bway... and the girl who played Nadine in Wild Party she has blonde hair... short girl very funny..shes going to be in GREASE in the Europe cast. It's amazing how many of these readings there must be with all these wonderful people in them that none of us get to see!! P.S someone also needs to cast Orfeh as Rizzo!!

Updated On: 6/30/03 at 11:07 PM

I saw "OUATINJ" last week. I was impressed with Orfeh as well as by some other members of the cast. The musical is lyrically well-written and clever, overall. I did think the lead was miscast and making the plot totally improbable. In my opinion "OUATINJ" could develop further productions. By the way it won the Richard Rodgers Award for new musical and the lyricist won the Kleban Award for her lyrics to this show. I have to restate though that I did like Orfeh. Who is she?

Yours for a better Broadway!

is there a recording with orfeh of saturday nigh fever?? and she on any other recordings?? thanks :)

Who did she play in SNF?

Actually, I do just think that she's brilliant :)
I'm so upset they never recorded the Broadway cast. Thank god for bootlegs! :)

I saw "Love Janis" like three times. Orfeh was amazing--definitely very powerful in the role. Cathy Richardson, the first singing Janis, was also great, but I liked Orfeh's voice--it was more theatrical yet still rock and roll. Oh--and she WAS one of the only people who could sing it, but it was four shows a week, not eight (they alternated). I remember that Kristin Lee Thomas from "Rent" dropped out quickly and so did Laura Branigan and Amy Joe Johnson. Check out the link below.. it's actually pretty funny!!!!

As far as her not extending, my guess is that the pay was terrible. One of my friends played the Interviewer in the show and I can still remember clearly him showing me his first paycheck. It was shocking how little money he made a week. Are all Off-Broadway salaries so low???

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See, BroadwayGuy.. We DO need you around! Feelin' better yet?

possibly.

Eevn though your numerous remarks toward me have in no way given me any cause or reason to take them as harmless joking.

Not Since-It was a silly promo for AMC, the movie channel. Perhaps you saw it-around holiday time last year, they taped actors, singers, local characters, etc., introducing the films and talking about stuff during commercial breaks. I avoided watching mine, lol!

Oh-and I wanted to add that Kristen Lee Kelly absolutely rocked as the understudy of Yitzak in Hedwig!

Updated On: 7/7/03 at 09:23 PM

Revival??? From your lips, etc... How I wish! But that show should never run on Broadway-that would be the kiss of death for it.

The AMC thing wasn't a commercial, it was all these people just being themselves, adlibbing about the films they were introducing. It was more fun talking with everyone in the waiting room than making the spot!