The Evita Revival
The Evita Revival
#1The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:24pmI know there is already a thread for this but i am too lazy to find it. Anyway does anyone but me think Sutton Foster in Evita would rock!
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#2re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:24pmSutton Foster is SO wrong for that role it's not even funny. She can't even belt that high.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#4re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:27pmAside from being wrong vocally, Sutton Foster does not have the dynamic presence to play Eva Peron. The role requires someone with a personality beyond being the bland girl.
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#5re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:28pmEvita has to belt a G...and she has some low notes that Sutton Foster probably couldn't hit, either.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#6re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:30pmSutton is always remembered as the quirky heroine because she hasn't been given any other roles besides those types of characters. But she won't do revivals so she will continue to be typecast
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#7re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:31pmSutton can't even sing the part. She's out of the question.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#8re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:32pmSutton Foster only if Nathan Lane plays Che or Juan
#9re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:32pmShe's also about as exciting to watch onstage as paint drying.
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#10re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:33pmI also don't think she could pass as a 15 year old.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
AwesomeDanny
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/09
#11re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:33pmIf Sutton Foster is stereotyped as the quirky, funny heroine, why was she cast as Eponine in Les Mis?
#12re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:34pm
That was before Millie
I am referring to one of the national tours she was in
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#13re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:36pm
There's 6 pages of this , hello?!
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=1001146#3887229
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#14re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:37pm
Sutton Foster
A) Is Too Old
B) Has the wrong type of belt for EVITA
C) Does not have the range
She can not be Eva Peron.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#15re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:39pm
Patti was 30
Elena was 32
Sutton is 34
How is that too old early-mid 30's can pull it off
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#16re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:40pm
Patti and Elena read younger than their ages. And
A) They Have the right Type of Belt
B) They Have the range.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#17re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:41pm
I also don't think she could pass as a 15 year old.
I don't think Patti made a very convincing 15 year old, either. but that's besides the point. Sutton isn't right for Evita. it's not the end of the world if your favorite actor isn't right for a part, you know.
#18re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:42pmElena's voice was shot like Idina Menzel voice on a two show day
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#19re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:42pmElena still had the range (at some point). Sutton does not.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#20re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 1:45pm
If you wanted an all perky version of Evita with a happy ending, I would say yes.DO it as a musical comedy & she nails the role.
She would also be dynamite in the musical of Whatever Happened To Baby Jane doing the Bette Davis role .
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#21re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 2:06pmBottom line, you won't be happy until everyone agrees to Sutton Foster as Evita.
#22re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 3:44pm
I think Sutton Foster would be a terrible Evita in nearly every way, but I think she COULD pass as a teenage girl. Just not the kind of teenage girl that Eva Duarte is supposed to be.
If Sutton Foster is stereotyped as the quirky, funny heroine, why was she cast as Eponine in Les Mis?
Eponine is, technically, quirky and funny in the original novel, and she saves Marius' life, which I suppose makes her a heroine as well. Most actresses choose to play up her pitiful and tragic sides, but not all of them.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#23re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 4:14pm
Evita is an iron fist inside a velvet glove. Sutton could be believed as the velvet glove, but not the iron fist.
You have to understand that the movie of Evita was a travesty with Madonna's music changed because she couldn't sing the original score and the material toned down. The stage version is more fierce.
#24re: The Evita Revival
Posted: 8/23/09 at 4:23pm
Eponine is, technically, quirky and funny in the original novel, and she saves Marius' life, which I suppose makes her a heroine as well. Most actresses choose to play up her pitiful and tragic sides, but not all of them
That, and when she was cast as Eponine (understudy), she was pretty much Random Replacement Les Miz Ensemble Person #802324. She had no "stereotype" then.
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