Posted: 6/30/18 at 6:53pm
Posted: 6/30/18 at 7:21pm
How good is her singing?
how about for plays Master Class
Updated On: 6/30/18 at 07:21 PM
Posted: 6/30/18 at 7:22pm
Posted: 6/30/18 at 8:23pm
How good is her singing?
Seriously? The woman has sung in countless of her films from POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, DEATH BECOMES HER to the highest grossing movie musical of all time: MAMMA MIA! (her rendition of ABBA’s “The Winner Takes it All” is a Master Class in itself).
Posted: 6/30/18 at 8:31pm
She's stated in the past that she'd prefer to do something new and not a revival.
Posted: 6/30/18 at 8:47pm
I'd see her read the phonebook! Hope her Broadway return comes very soon, and I pray to god, whatever it is, that they have an affordable rush.
Posted: 6/30/18 at 8:59pm
Posted: 6/30/18 at 9:49pm
Posted: 7/1/18 at 12:28am
Posted: 7/1/18 at 12:39am
Posted: 7/1/18 at 1:44am
Posted: 7/1/18 at 1:04pm
If she does consider a revival of a classic, how about THE VISIT (the Duerrenmatt play, not the K&E musical) with Kevin Kline as Schill? Even as a Shakespeare in the Park summer production? I am dying to see her play that brilliant,, glamorous old lady.
Posted: 7/1/18 at 1:43pm
GeorgeandDot said: "I've never understood the nasty comments about her singing. She's a very strong singer and is right up there with many of the Broadway actresses of her age. How come they can get away with singing like that and she can't? I call BS. Especially when her acting is as strong as it is.
I'd love to see her originate a Sondheim role. I know that she has been working with Kushner for a while on that play. I wonder what's going on with it."
Who gets away with it though? I don't know if Meryl is a strong a singer as the aging divas (e.g., Bernadette, Donna Murphy, obviously not LuPone). Chita and Angela are much older.
I must admit I don't think Meryl sounds like a strong singer EXCEPT for moments in Into the Woods that do sound exceptional...though cue a revisit to the conspiracy theories about whether it was actually Donna Murphy being layered onto her tracks.
And then we face the problem of singing live vs not in a studio, and singing 6-8 shows per week. I think there is cause for concern about her voice..
Updated On: 7/1/18 at 01:43 PM
Posted: 7/1/18 at 2:19pm
Posted: 7/1/18 at 4:20pm
“Singing” in films is a lot different from singing live on Broadway X number of times a week. Maybe Meryl can manage it. We don’t know yet.
If she’s able, some of these suggestions are pretty great... “Mame”
Posted: 7/2/18 at 12:08pm
I agree that I've never understood the hate on Meryl's vocals.
I'd love Tesori and Kushner to write a new musical with her leading it.
Posted: 7/2/18 at 12:24pm
I think the question is, could she sustain 8 shows a week (or even 7) in a musical?
I'd love to see her take on a new play...even better if it's by an emerging female writer (on Broadway, off-Broadway, or in the Park). She hasn't been onstage since 2006.
Posted: 7/2/18 at 1:05pm
Posted: 7/2/18 at 1:07pm
Posted: 7/2/18 at 1:13pm
I would love to see her in something really gritty and challenging and unexpected. Something more in the veins of Mother Courage.
Posted: 7/2/18 at 1:15pm
benwilsonn.xo said: "Mame, Mame, Mame"
She'd be my pick for an updated film.
Posted: 7/2/18 at 2:30pm
