Rondi Reed in August today

[ljay889]

Rondi Reed in August today#1

Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:04pm

For the final performance.
Updated On: 6/29/09 at 02:04 PM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#2

Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:07pm

You mean as an audience or playing Mattie Fae, I imagine as an audience but still.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[defyingravity07]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#2

Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:10pm

I assume that she's playing Mattie Fae. Seems kind of stupid to post a thread for her being in the audience.

[ljay889]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#3

Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:10pm

Performing! Yay.

[ljay889]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#4

Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:14pm

Sorry my phone won't let me correct the spelling of her name in the subject.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#5

Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:23pm

What happened to Elizabeth Ashley? Good for Rondi.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#7

Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:33pm

I 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.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[everythingtaboo]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#8

Posted: 6/28/09 at 2:49pm

Lucky! I loved the performance I saw on Friday, but I didn't care for Elizabeth Ashley's scenery-chewing.

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[adamgreer]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#9

Posted: 6/28/09 at 5:32pm

Today's audience is infinitely better off with Rondi Reed than they would have been with Ashley's cartoony mess.

[Rudy2]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#10

Posted: 6/28/09 at 5:41pm

I 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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[husk_charmer]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#11

Posted: 6/28/09 at 5:43pm

I agree with Rudy2, I thoroughly enjoyed Elizabeth Ashley, and know more southern women like her, than like Rondi Reed.

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[little_sally]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#12

Posted: 6/28/09 at 6:17pm

I really like Elizabeth Ashley. Then again, she was the only Mattie Fae I saw.

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[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#13

Posted: 6/28/09 at 6:28pm

Ashley 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.

[Tag]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#14

Posted: 6/28/09 at 7:57pm

So when is the last time, if ever, has someone performed in a play and musical on Broadway in the same day?

[CapnHook]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#15

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.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[Tag]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#16

Posted: 6/28/09 at 8:23pm

Well she called out of the Wicked matinee (assuming there was one).

[obsessedjb]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#17

Posted: 6/28/09 at 8:27pm

^There was..I give her so much credit for doing both.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#18

Posted: 6/28/09 at 8:29pm

That'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.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[StickToPriest]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#19

Posted: 6/28/09 at 8:43pm

I cannot wait to see her in AWAKE AND SING next year. With Amy Morton directing. Yes, please.

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[Kevn520]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#20

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.

[Rentfan931]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#21

Posted: 6/28/09 at 9:02pm

That'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.

[Yankeefan007]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#22

Posted: 6/28/09 at 9:12pm

Times said that Liz Ashley called in sick.

[Tag]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#23

Posted: 6/28/09 at 9:32pm

As does playbill.com.

[singtopher]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#24

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.

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[BruceWayne5148]

re: Rhondi Reed in August today#25

Posted: 6/28/09 at 10:03pm

It was definitely an awesome surprise to see the insert in the Playbill.