Poor Carolee Carmello...- Page 2

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:58am

Ah ok. I'm not insane then. Good to know. And my point wasn't about it being a hit or not anyway. Merely that it's a teeny role and Patti is Patti.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:04pm

True. Small roles can do well for one's career, however, I don't think this one will do much for Carolee. Patti was already a known star with a big TV show when she took Les Miz. Still, if Lestat were a hit, Carolee's star would be sure to rise.

Carolee is attached as the lead in Kathy Lee Gifford's Broadway bound musical, so we'll see where that goes...

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:08pm

Kathy Lee Gifford? My my.

And you can be in a giant pile of stinking dog turd that is the biggest flop in history and emerge with dignity and career intact if you're the best thing in it.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:12pm

True. I don't think this will hurt Carolee, but I don't know how much it'll help...

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:15pm

When she wins the Featured Tony for her role, we can judge then

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:17pm

Lol. That is IF the show makes it to Broadway...

Hey I'd love to be proven wrong. Anything to get my Carolee on that stage!

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:22pm

Well even that unfixable mess Seussical managed to get a Tony nom for Featured Actor (I think that was the category). If La Carmello is truly as astounding in Lestat as people say she is, it's not inconceivable that, if the show does come in, that she'll be nommed and possibly win.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:29pm

He was lead. I'm kind of unclear at this point who would be Carolee's competition. Some of the women from Sweeney? Lauper and Gasteyer for Threepenny? The Color Purple ladies? I don't think the competition is too stiff, so perhaps that will increase things for Carolee.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:36pm

Woops. My bad DD. I always switch the years of Les Mis and Sunset. You're right. She was however, well know from Evita when she took the supporting role.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:41pm

Yes DD, you're older than me.

[Scottie310]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 3:17pm

I got free tickets to Kathy Lee Giffords show when it had a try out at a theater in Westchester this summer. It was a pretty bad show, but Carolee was unbelievable in it. It was the first (and only) time I've seen her live, and she really blew me away. But I wouldn't count on it reaching it to Broadway anytime soon without major revisions to the show