Richardson's Performances

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/21/09 at 11:23am

It would be great if her performances are on Lincoln Center Archives they could be released to DVD in a multi DVD set.

I am quite sure something could be worked out with all parties involved.

Updated On: 3/21/09 at 11:23 AM

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 3/21/09 at 7:20pm

Mr Roxy...such a great observation. Agree.
Hope her theater performances, at least, will be archived at the Lincoln Center.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 3/21/09 at 7:26pm

It would certainly be something to at least see her performance as Sally Bowles. I regret that I was not old enough to see what I know was a brilliant performance.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 3/21/09 at 7:36pm

From the B-Roll/Press Reel for the 1998 Sam Mendes re-invention/revival of CABARET... here is Tony Award winner Natasha Richardson (and the original 1998 Broadway revival cast):

"Mein Herr": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZlh5Ive1EU

"Maybe This Time": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH0MosoWLfo

"Cabaret": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmhYZ_uEAPw

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 3/21/09 at 8:48pm

Thank you, BrodyFosse. I especially like "Maybe This Time".
She had a very pleasant voice, and her eyes and facial expressions really capture the essence of the songs.
Truly a great loss to the acting community, including Broadway.
It is a shame that she was not better advised and convinced to be taken to the hospital.

[Broadwaywest2]

Posted: 3/21/09 at 8:50pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihZl8B7U6FE&feature=related

you forgot here perfectly marvelous "Perfectly Marvelous"

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 3/21/09 at 8:51pm

I heard there was some controversy when she won the Tony for CABARET. Truth? Lies? Should I do a search?

[jazzicat]

Posted: 3/21/09 at 9:51pm

Well there was controversy that Cabaret wasn't Tony- eligible they forgot to apply for a license and missed a deadline.

[DoranC]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 12:05am

I know "Closer" is in the LC Archive. I know someone who viewed it there.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 10:16am

Brantley's review for the CABARET revival was a flat out love letter to Richardson.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 1:13pm

Rest assured that Anna Christie, Cabaret, and Closer are ALL there in the Lincoln Center Archives and can be viewed. Richardson's performances will never be forgotten so long as those videos remain in existence.

[esparza 333]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 6:21pm

Brody thanks for those clips. She was so brilliant in the song Cabaret especially. So raw and powerful. I wish I had only seen her on stage.

[jennafan]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 6:59pm

Natasha was an amazing performer. Broadway will miss her great talent.

[mikem]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 8:55pm

"I heard there was some controversy when she won the Tony for CABARET."

I don't know if controversy is the right word -- she was the clear front runner and it was widely expected that she would win. But there were some who felt that her singing in that role didn't have the qualities that one would be looking for in a musical star. Brantley has it exactly right in his review -- Natasha Richardson sang the songs the way the character would sing them, not the way that a "musical star" would sing them (since Sally Bowles is not a musical star). Some people had issues with that at the time, but I think that is part of what made her performance in that role so special and cherished.

She was a great, great actress.

Updated On: 3/22/09 at 08:55 PM

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 9:18pm

A lovely piece on Richardson's shattering performance in Cabaret.



Fully Realized: On Natasha Richardson in Cabaret

Updated On: 3/22/09 at 09:18 PM