The Best Mimic in Theatre
The Best Mimic in Theatre
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#1The Best Mimic in Theatre
Posted: 11/16/08 at 7:58pmSometimes people can master a role of a real life person or a well known character so much that the voice, mannerisms and personality are almost a carbon copy. Who do you think is the best mimic in theatre?
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#2re: The Best Mimic in Theatre
Posted: 11/16/08 at 8:10pmChristine Ebersole as Edie Beale comes to mind.
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#2re: The Best Mimic in Theatre
Posted: 11/16/08 at 8:22pm
Ebersol for sure. Maybe Langela in "Frost/ Nixon"
Also might go way back to John Belushi in the original "Lemmings" stage show and his Joe Cocker. pretty dead on classic stuff.
Scott Briefer
Broadway Star Joined: 5/3/04
#3re: The Best Mimic in Theatre
Posted: 11/17/08 at 12:07am
I thought Isabel Keating's, Judy Garland, was magnificent in The Boy From Oz. Unfortunately, that was about all that was magnificent in The Boy From Oz.
Updated On: 11/17/08 at 12:07 AM
Scott Briefer
Broadway Star Joined: 5/3/04
#5re: The Best Mimic in Theatre
Posted: 11/17/08 at 12:16amYou're right, Mr. Jackman was good. I guess it was such a bland show that I forgot his performance.
#6re: The Best Mimic in Theatre
Posted: 11/17/08 at 12:48amLeslie Kritzer - though she does lean closer to parody/satire.
A little known fact is that in the original screenplay, Pan's Labyrinth was Pan's FLAByrinth. Hmmmmmmm...glad they changed it.
#7re: The Best Mimic in Theatre
Posted: 11/17/08 at 7:23am
Jane Horrocks, Jane Horrocks, Jane Horrocks!
Because this actress actually had a play written around her mimicking talents called The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. In it, she imitates Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Shirley Bassey, and others, and she is so frighteningly dead on that when they shot the movie (Little Voice, which I highly recommend), they had to put a disclaimer at the end that she did all her own vocals. The mimicry juxtaposed with her portrayal of the actual character makes for an amazing and seriously inspiring performance.
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#8re: The Best Mimic in Theatre
Posted: 11/17/08 at 7:41am
How can you call what Langella did "mimic"?
The reviews made it clear that he DIDN'T mimic Nixon.
#9re: The Best Mimic in Theatre
Posted: 11/17/08 at 2:03pm
Yeah, I was going to say that. XD Langella did a phenomenally good job, but it's insulting and inaccurate to call it mimicry. :3
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#10re: The Best Mimic in Theatre
Posted: 11/17/08 at 2:32pm
Sometimes people can master a role of a real life person or a well known character so much that the voice, mannerisms and personality are almost a carbon copy.
Who do you think is the best mimic in theatre?[ I think the word mimic lessens the mastery you're referring to.]
Now consider Tovah Feldshuh's portrayal of Golda Meir in "Golda's Balcony".
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