Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Albin
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#0Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:07amThat thud you just heard was Gwen Verdon turning over in her grave.
#1re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:08am
What? I don't see a problem with it.
The Weisslers are really trying some new things with Chicago, it's been 9 years, and still trying some creative casting.
There have been black Roxie understudies. But I think Robin might be one of the first full time black Roxies.
#2re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:09am
Can't be any worse than some of the others who have played her. :)
I am still getting over Sandi Duncan.
#3re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:10amThis should be a walk in the park for her after playing the role of Mike Tyson's wife. I am sure when she shoots Fred she'll be picturing Tyson.
#4re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:15am
Yeah. I was just on IMDB. They don't have some nice things to say about her.
But they said Tyson beat her up a lot.
So she'll def be shooting Tyson, not Fred.
#5re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:18amI have no problem with Roxie or Velma being black I do have a problem with less than talented has beens playing those parts. Of course then again, there goes most of the casting of Broadway as of late.
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#6re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:18amShe's not a bad actress (I love her in Women of Brewster Place), but it'll be interesting to see her singing and dancing skills.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#7re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:21amNot like I wasn't a Head of the Class fan way back when....but WHAT?? Agree on the Tyson visualization. But can she even sing or dance?
#8re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:21am
Well. We don't know her singing & dancing skills. But it's the Weisslers, this is expected.
There have been a ton of black Velmas. And some really amazing ones.. (Brenda Braxton, Deidre Goodwin, etc)
So I think a black Roxie will be exciting.
Updated On: 9/5/05 at 11:21 AM
#9re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:24amANYONE is better than Brooke, granted she can sing!
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#10re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:29am
I have adored Brenda Braxton since she sauntered on stage in LEGS DIAMOND but I found her Velma to be sloppy and rather uninspired to say the very least.
If I recall correctly HEAD OF THE CLASS did an episode where they did HAIR, I wonder if she sang in that?
I think she is a fine actress but I'm really tired of lackluster performers who cannot do the dancing and singing justice. Honor the work not the name!
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
#11re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:30amI remember that episode. We need to get our hands on it!
#12re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:32am
Maybe you saw Braxton when she first started?
Because I've heard when she first started she wasn't too hot. But she's been playing the role for quite some time now, and has really grown into it. She was fantastic the both times I saw her. She can sing her ass off, her only lackluster moments in the dance department is her "I Can't Do It Alone", and a lot of others have agreed, she lacks the high kicks.
#13re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:36amIt is kinda crazy that I recall that, huh? I remember Michael DeLorenzo was Berger and the parachute at the end and them singing "Let The Sunshine In" and that is about it. Anyone remember anything else about that episode?
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
#14re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:41amYes ljay!!! Her "I Can't Do It Alone" really got to me!!!!
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
#15re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:44am
I saw her Velma here in Los Angeles earlier this year and she was fine, but she didn't wow me.
#16re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 12:42pm
I can't wait to see her. I thought her acting skills were good in the movies i saw her in.
This may actually prompt me to see Chicago finally.
A dancer might dream to see her name in lights and mean it,
but all she really dreams is to make someone
else feel the way she did when she first saw a dancer.
And that is so beautiful-Anonymous
#17re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 1:05pmWow... when you have to list "the Fresh Prince of Bel Aire" on your resume... you know you're stretching it. Sounds like she won't be around for long though. Maybe people will just stop going for a bit.
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#18re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 3:05pmMy favorite episodes of "Head of the Class" were the two where they did "Hair" and "Little Shop of Horrors." I don't remember Robin Givens having solos in either one. I do, however, remember Elaine Stritch as the teacher who was against the school doing "Hair." If I remember correctly, Elaine's character had a son who died in Vietnam.
#19re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 3:09pmYou are SO right! It's all coming back to me now!
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
#20re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 3:17pmI'm really surprised the Weisslers haven't signed Mike Tyson yet to play Billy.
#21re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 3:23pm
Thanks sidneybruhl. It's all coming back to me now too. I forgot about the Little Shop episode, and forgot Stritch was in it (I was young when I saw that episodes and I doubt I truly understood who Stritch was at the time).
Updated On: 9/5/05 at 03:23 PM
#22re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 3:37pmBobbyBubby, dear we will be needing your card back now along with the complimentary Belgian waffle iron or did you get the blender?
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
#23re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 3:39pmIt was a blender. And you ain't taking it back! I didn't get my card until after the Little Shop Episode. It turned me gay!
#24re: Robin Givens as Roxie Hart???
Posted: 9/5/05 at 3:45pmOkay then. We'll let it pass this time!
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
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