Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening in Carnegie South Pacific Concert
Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening in Carnegie South Pacific Concert
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#0Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening in Carnegie South Pacific Concert
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:42pm
Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell will headline in the upcoming Carnegie Hall concert presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific...
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Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#1re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening in Carnegie South Pacific Concert
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:45pmI can't wait for this, too. Anything Stokes does is going to be brilliant, we all know that.
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#2re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening in Carnegie South Pacific Concert
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:45pmThis makes me happy. Maybe this will spark the first South Pacific revival ever. And these two are perfect for both those roles. Reba will have a nice new take on Nellie. I wish I could see it.
#3re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening in Carnegie South Pacific Concert
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:47pmI MUST SEE THIS! REBA WILL BLOW THE ROOF OFF!
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#4re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening in Carnegie South Pacific Concert
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:54pm
Cable? Patrick Wilson?
Mary? Ann Harada?
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#5re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:56pm
Reba McEntire as Nellie Forbush?
Well, I don't know... that role is as much an acting role as a singing one... also Reba will have to cut her hair MIGHTY short for "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" (unless they omit shower scene in concert version.) :)
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:59pmMary_Ethel - I'm not sure the I'd dismiss Reba so quickly. She has surprised before on a number of fronts - and she's as genuine as the day is long, and that more than anything else is what Nellie needs.
#7re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:02pmCant wait for tix to this !!! DW is due that week... can always hire the Oompa Loompas to roll her into the theater, I guess.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#8re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:04pm
Yes, DGrant, but is she ACTRESS enough to pull of Nellie Forbush? A woman torn between prejudice and love? A woman struggling to find out where her values really lie?
I still don't know. . .
#9re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:05pm
Well, she is from the south. (so am I so no bashing to my reponse. 
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Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#10re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:05pm
May_Ethel - one way to find out And honestly, anybody that can sing the songs she does and infuse them with all that emotion has some sort of deep well to pull from - all it needs is to be tapped.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:11pm
Since this is a concert version, it doesn't REALLY matter.
But why would Nellie freak out over Emile's 'colored' children when Emile is black?
Interesting challenger, were this a full production.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#12re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:12pmEmile is French, Robbie. His wife and children are polynesian.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#13re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:14pm
Right...and doesn't she freak out because the kids are not white?
Or am I thinking of the wrong show?
#14re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:15pmNo, you are right. In the show and movie he is French but white. I think Nellie would be turned off by the color of his skin if he was black (before she actually knew him)
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#15re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:17pm
I want to state again that it doesn't really matter because this is a concert production.
I just wonder how a director could address the issue in a full production.
One way is by casting a black Nellie...Which shouldn't be too difficult. I know lots of black nellies.
#16re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:23pm
I know that you meant in the show itself, not the concert version
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#17re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:31pmJust wanted to clairfy with everyone else before the 'YOU'RE RACIST...YOU HAVE NO VISION' comments started flying.
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#18re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:42pmi just wet myself reading this news...i must kick myself over and over for having moved to miami. Updated On: 10/13/04 at 07:42 PM
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#19re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 8:53pm
Marquise, I thought YOU'D like this news!
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#20re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 11:39pm
yes Matt_G i had a party in my pants over that one! LOL!
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#21re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/13/04 at 11:47pmthis looks too tempting to resist...
MusicMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#22re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/14/04 at 3:43am
Stokes as De Becque makes complete hash of the racial element in the play and absolutely no sense, concert notwithstanding.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#23re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/14/04 at 4:50am
"...also Reba will have to cut her hair MIGHTY short for "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" (unless they omit shower scene in concert version.)"
She could always wear a wig...
Also, does Nellie supposed to cut her hair or something in the show? Someone explain to me this "hair" thing.
twogaab2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#24re: Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening
Posted: 10/14/04 at 10:06amIt (the racial aspect) is pretty strange, considering the casting. If you read "Tales of the South Pacific", you will see that Nelly's racism is set off by ANY person who is perceived as "non-white". (Reading the novel might not be a bad ideas in any case. I will give you a stronger background into the emotional through-line of the musical)
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