Rondi Reed in August today
Rondi Reed in August today
#1Rondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:04pm
For the final performance.
Updated On: 6/29/09 at 02:04 PM
#2re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:07pmYou mean as an audience or playing Mattie Fae, I imagine as an audience but still.
#2re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:10pmI assume that she's playing Mattie Fae. Seems kind of stupid to post a thread for her being in the audience.
#4re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:14pmSorry my phone won't let me correct the spelling of her name in the subject.
#5re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:23pmWhat happened to Elizabeth Ashley? Good for Rondi.
#7re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:33pmI think it's a surprise. I really wanted to be there tonight, I can't believe I'm missing it. It's such an event, I hope it goes marvelous and that plenty people report on it.
#8re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:49pmLucky! I loved the performance I saw on Friday, but I didn't care for Elizabeth Ashley's scenery-chewing.
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#9re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 5:32pmToday's audience is infinitely better off with Rondi Reed than they would have been with Ashley's cartoony mess.
#10re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 5:41pmI just want to say, for the record, that I thought Liz Ashley was brilliant, and my mom, with 30+ years of theatregoing, felt the same way.
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#11re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 5:43pmI agree with Rudy2, I thoroughly enjoyed Elizabeth Ashley, and know more southern women like her, than like Rondi Reed.
#12re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 6:17pmI really like Elizabeth Ashley. Then again, she was the only Mattie Fae I saw.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#13re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 6:28pmAshley was wonderful as Mattie Fae. As was Reed. They both took the role in different directions but it worked well both ways. I prefer Reed (although I think it's a bit crazy that she won the Tony over Mary McCormack, the only thing I liked about BOEING-BOEING) but both were very strong.
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#14re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 7:57pmSo when is the last time, if ever, has someone performed in a play and musical on Broadway in the same day?
#15re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 8:06pm
Let alone a 3+ hour play and a 2+ hour musical. That's over six hours.
Kudos to Reed, who by the way, especially didn't want to call out of WICKED because this evening is an Actors' Fund performance.
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#16re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 8:23pmWell she called out of the Wicked matinee (assuming there was one).
#17re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 8:27pm^There was..I give her so much credit for doing both.
#18re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 8:29pmThat's pretty intense, especially doing something as mammoth as AUGUST (especially tonight of all nights) and then getting in full costume for WICKED. Good for her, that's pretty crazy.
#19re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 8:43pmI cannot wait to see her in AWAKE AND SING next year. With Amy Morton directing. Yes, please.
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#20re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 8:59pm
What a treat to see her today. I was amazed at how easily she was able to slip back into the role.
I was surprised at the lack of speeches/etc. after the performance.
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#21re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 9:02pmThat's awesome that she returned to the show for the final performance. I wish I could have been there to see her again, but I'm happy I saw her during previews. I'm definitely gonna miss this one. It really is an amazing play even though it didn't do too well @ the box office some weeks.
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#22re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 9:12pmTimes said that Liz Ashley called in sick.
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#24re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 9:37pm
That is what the stage manager said before the performance.
Rondi was great, as was the rest of the cast.
Besides a second curtain call, and the cast taking pictures of the audience on their way out, nothing really extra for the final performance, which was a disappointment.
BruceWayne5148
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#25re: Rhondi Reed in August today
Posted: 6/28/09 at 10:03pmIt was definitely an awesome surprise to see the insert in the Playbill.
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