Raven-Symoné to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT- Page 4

[bobbybaby85]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:06pm

And Barbra Streisand was "up" for Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors... that doesn't mean that they ever had any intention of actually casting her.

[bobbybaby85]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:09pm

Updated On: 2/27/18 at 05:09 PM

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:09pm

God, you're an idiot.

She wasn't just "up" for the role. She was in the final three.

[bobbybaby85]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:12pm

Updated On: 2/27/18 at 05:12 PM

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:14pm

As LJ and somethingwicked have shown in their posts, Patina has had no trouble getting work pretty much from the moment she graduate university. She'll be fine.

Final 3... went to an audition and never heard from them... NONE OF THAT MATTERS.

Ok then. Call me when you're thisclose to landing an Oscar-winning role (as a complete unknown, up against some of Broadway and Hollywood's biggest talents) and tell me it doesn't matter.

Updated On: 1/31/12 at 05:14 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:15pm

This is all well and good, but I was really hoping to hear that Raven Symone was playing Eponine.

Damn it.

I must say, girl is lookin' good since she slimmed down. Well done!

[adamgreer]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:23pm

Bobbybaby, either Patina beat you out for a job somewhere or you're just an idiot. I'm not sure which.

Ljay and somethingwicked have already pointed out that Patina has been continuously employed since arriving on the scene, never once being unemployed. Her role in Sister Act, despite your claims, has been almost universally well-received by the industry and has only served to raise her profile.

Couple this with her fantastic work ethic. Deloris is arguably the most demanding role on Broadway right now- she's onstage almost the entire show, sings in 10 numbers, dances, and has to carry the show. Aside from her weeklong vacation, Patina has called out of about 5 performances. That's a stellar attendance record.

So yes, between her reliability, talent, and absolute star quality, Miller will have no trouble working in NY in the future.

[bobbybaby85]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:30pm

Updated On: 2/27/18 at 05:30 PM

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:30pm

In this business, ALMOST counts for a lot. It means that even though you didn't make the cut your name and face will still be remembered by the right people. This is a business about who you know and the connections you have made. When getting down to the final three, you have made connections, directors and producers will remember you.

Also keep in mind, once you are down to the final three, it is less about talent, and more about how you look compared to others up for various roles. If you don't have talent, you don't make it that far.

I am done feeding the troll now, I promise.

[bobbybaby85]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:33pm

Updated On: 2/27/18 at 05:33 PM

[bobbybaby85]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:38pm

Updated On: 2/27/18 at 05:38 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:39pm

Plenty of Effies weren't that big, including Sharon Brown, who played the role to great acclaim on tour in the 80s.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:40pm

"I must say, girl is lookin' good since she slimmed down. Well done! "

I love it when Best talks black.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:41pm

Deloris is the most demanding role on Broadway? That's a laugh. Clearly you're not aware that we have a Reno Sweeney (who manages to tap her face off AND look attractive doing it and then belt her face off), a Bess (with today's musical theater voices, one of the hardest roles to sing), and an Elphaba (a role known to butcher voices left and right) on Broadway right now.

Clearly, I am. All 3 of the roles you've mentioned have generous amounts of off-stage time built in to them. Deloris doesn't. Reno gets entire scenes where she's off-stage. The role of Elphaba is about being able to sing 3 big songs- none of those roles have anything on the stamina required to play Deloris.

I will concede that when Evita does open (but it hasn't yet), the titular role in that show will become Broadway's most demanding, but right now, no contest. None of those other roles have to carry the show the way Deloris does (because all get to rely heavily on co-stars, be they Porgy, Billy, or Glinda).

[shrekster224]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:44pm

I second this: "Bobbybaby, either Patina beat you out for a job somewhere or you're just an idiot. I'm not sure which."

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:56pm

Really? Then why is Taylor Swift playing Eponine in the Les Mis movie

Ha HA

[bobbybaby85]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 5:58pm

Updated On: 2/27/18 at 05:58 PM

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 8:14pm

Entertainment Weekly said that a manager of Raven's has confirmed she will be starring in 'Sister Act'.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/01/31/raven-symone-to-star-in-sister-act-on-broadway/ Updated On: 1/31/12 at 08:14 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 8:21pm

This thread made me get a ticket for tonight's show to see it one more time before Raven takes a big ol shlt on it.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 8:38pm

Updated On: 1/31/12 at 08:38 PM

[HBP]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 8:45pm

Hmmm I'm pretty interested. It could really go either way, but I'm hoping she does well and doesn't schtick it up too much.

[Starcarolina]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 9:30pm

Patina is from my home state of South Carolina and attended the SC Governor's School for the Arts. I remember hearing about her and saw some clips of her performing there. I thought OK, she's fine and I hope she can develop into a good performer. I had no idea she had received a full scholarship to Carnegie Mellon and received a BFA in MT. From the clips I have seen from SISTER ACT, I thought she was giving a wide open take on the role. Even the schtick and frenzy, I attributed to lack of proper training, direction, and just her interpretation, but while schtick is schtick, with her training at a prestigious university for MT, I am surprised the schtick was not a little more refined and her vocal technique a bit better (too much screaming). All I can say is please refine your schtick. And one other thing, it has been said Tisch MT graduates often lack acting skills. What about Carnegie Mellon? I read the threads here on Cap21 and the best (opinions) schools for MT in the country in an effort to understand if "lack of acting skills" of MT graduates is pervasive in fact or opinion. I still couldn't wade through the bias about this from the threads.



Updated On: 1/31/12 at 09:30 PM

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 9:59pm

"Patina is far too ugly to play Deena in Dreamgirls, lol. Deena is supposed to look like Diana Ross, not a bulldog.

And she's not fat enough to play Effie. The fact that she was "up" for Effie seems stetched... like they would have had to do in post to make her look appropriate."

Those comments were very harsh and unnecessary. Patina is a remarkably talented young woman.

[bobbybaby85]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 10:21pm

Updated On: 2/27/18 at 10:21 PM

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 1/31/12 at 10:36pm

Ugh I swore I wouldn't feed the troll..

calling someone trash is so tacky and completely unnecessary..we get it you don't like her but it's starting to cross a line