Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutton 1st to leave FRANK — Page 2

#26

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 3:00pm

So, here's hoping I get lotto tickets when I go next month to see YF. I really want to see it especially with Sutton(My mom wants to see her too, my mom loves Sutton).

Oddly enough I'm seeing Cat on A Hot Tin Roof on Thursday with my Acting II class.

#27

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 3:09pm

Ms. Rashad had training and experience in theater before her TV stardom. RAISIN was hardly the first play she had done. There are plenty of reasons to dislike a performer, without making things up.

#28

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 3:17pm

fflagg is right on--Debbie Allen should be directing industrials for Amway.

#29

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 3:17pm

Is her Tonys speech online anywhere? I always see people talking about it, but I've never seen it myself.

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#30

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 3:19pm

Oh it was something--like a Bazooka Joe wrapper written by Maya Angelou.

#31

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 3:22pm

I thought Rashad was fabulous in RAISIN and well deserving of her Tony. She was also pretty darn good in GEM OF THE OCEAN.

But from that point on it's been downhill.

Every performance has been a rip off of her RAISIN performance. Nothing new, nothing fresh. It's gotten really tiring.

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#32

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 3:33pm

Up until now I've had zero interest in Shrek. I've stated before that I'd pay to see Sutton read the phone book, well this is some what better than that, and even though this is not my cup of tea, I think she'll be great great in this role.

#33

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 3:34pm

This is very bizarre, to have simultaneous conversations about "Shrek" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in one thread.

#34

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 4:35pm

I had a feeling Cat was selling well. Every time I've walked past that box office, there have been at least 5 or 6 people in there, queued up to buy tickets. It's strange to see a line in the box office, with the proliferation of phone and especially internet orders.

#35

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 7:07pm

I wanted to see the first preview but have to leave the city Tuesday morning, is there any way to get into a dress rehearsal w/o invitation? I'm just dying to see the show.

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#36

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 7:19pm

Foster, from that point?

She has done two plays. "Bernarda Alba" and "Cymbeline". How large is this hill she's been going down? Two performances?

#37

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 8:08pm

This year, the Actress/Featured Actress and Actor/Featured Actor slots are going to be incredibly tight.

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#38

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 9:04pm

Brick, I also saw her in the A WONDERFUL LIFE benefit performance for the Actors Fund.

Each performance has been a duplicate of her RAISIN performance. Same vocal inflections, same posture, same bag of tricks.

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#39

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/8/08 at 10:24pm

I also had zero interest in the Shrek musical until reading that. I've really enjoyed watching Sutton and I hope Shrek winds up being a better showcase for her talents than Young Frank.

#40

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:42pm

question, are there student rush tix avaible for this play this week? if not, when will they be available?

#41

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:49pm

there should be...i think they have some spots reserved for student rush. i got my discounted tickets for this wednesday evening...looking forward to seeing this production!

#42

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/10/08 at 11:55pm

thanks, i will try the rush this thursday.

#43

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/11/08 at 3:50am

Haha...I'm trying to imagine Sutton in full-blown ogre gear.

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#44

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/12/08 at 5:21pm

I, like most people, fell in love with Clair Hanks Huxtable, and became more familiar with Phlyicia Rashad sometime later. Apparently, she has always been a smidge haughty and affected. I read an article by a Dreamgirls OBC member who said something to the effect of Ms. Rashad always having a put-upon look on her face; as if she felt that she belonged in a production more complimentary of her talents. In her Lifetime Intimate Portrait, she shared moments of her past with a quivering voice, and watery, fluttering, half-mast eyes as if she was doing the affective memory exercise. The only things missing from her Tony acceptance speech were a crown, sceptre, and ermine-trimmed cape. Meanwhile, if I met her on the street, I would ugly cry.

#45

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:36pm

I really dont understand why sooo many people HATE on Phylicia and her talents. She has proved herself time and time again. I get that she has an air about her but its not Diva-tude all the time....shes just elegant and poised. Now I'm not saying that her Cym. performance was the greatest but her work on TV (The Cosby Show, Cosby, The Old Settler,etc.) and her work on stage Medea, Raisin, Gem of the Ocean(OMG! I secretly like this performance more than RITS) speak volumes about her talent. Not at all the same style and technique all the time. Like her or not but respect talent.

#46

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/12/08 at 8:18pm

what talents? She ain't Lena Horne or Diahann Carroll. She makes Halle Berry look talented.

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#47

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/12/08 at 8:29pm

She makes Halle Berry look talented.

Oooohhhhh - now - that was uncalled for!

Would you be saying that if she hadn't sunk her career after her Oscar win with Catwoman, Gothika, Perfect Stranger...

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"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum

#48

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/12/08 at 8:42pm

I don't think anyone in this thread has denied her talents. She's just a bit...haughty.

However, I've liked her in just about everything I've ever seen her in.

#49

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 2/12/08 at 9:36pm

I liked Phylicia's performance at the Tony Awards as the Witch in Into the Woods.

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Broadway Shows I've Seen: Hairspray, Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors (2003), The Wedding Singer, Spamalot, Riverdance, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Spring Awakening, Wicked, Legally Blonde, Phantom of the Opera, Sweet Charity (revival), Drowsy Chaperone, The Lion King, Dreamgirls(2010 Tour).

#50

re: Riedel: CAT revival selling well, despite an investor pulling out; Sutt

Posted: 5/14/08 at 7:53pm

Who the hell is Lena Horne or Diahann Carroll when it comes to Phylicia Rashad? And why must you people compare folks to another?
It's about art...not popularity contests.